‘The year of housing’: Milwaukee leaders celebrate more than 3,000 new homeowners
The milestone was marked through speeches and the unveiling of a mural that symbolizes cooperative efforts to create quality, affordable homes in Milwaukee for thousands of families.
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Economic Development
Work, recovery and second chances on a Wisconsin manufacturing floor
Those recovering from addiction have a difficult time finding stable employment and keeping it. Apricity Contract Packaging offers “a safe environment” – one where every person is pursuing sobriety.
Education
How Milwaukee residents and civil rights activists pushed Milwaukee Public Schools to desegregate
A timeline of events related to efforts to address segregation at MPS in the ’60s and ’70s.
Health & WEllness
Measles is in Wisconsin. Are Milwaukee schools vulnerable?
Many Milwaukee schools have vaccination rates lower than the herd immunity threshold for measles. Officials say vaccinations are key to preventing an outbreak.
Housing
Metcalfe Park housing program highlights power of community-led action
The Reclaim and Restore initiative was designed to help stabilize the Metcalfe Park neighborhood.
Public Safety
Common Council members have something to say to ICE in new proposals
Council members want to bar ICE from staging operations on city property, require visible identification for law enforcement and create a city office to support immigrants.
Arts and Recreation
Art that listens: Inside Milwaukee’s first bilingual art museum
Opened in 2024 by Ernesto “Neto” Atkinson, The Catacombs of Neto Art Museum was designed as a space for conversation and connection, but not silence.