A decade-old program provides free driver’s education for Milwaukee teenagers who hold a 2.3 grade point average, participate in community service and attend an after-school program.
Brendan O’Brien
Posted inMultimedia
On the Block: Don’t cross this guard
Steven Tipton, 61, explains his job as a crossing guard at the corner of 35th and Brown streets, near the Westside Academy II in the Washington Park neighborhood.
Posted inNews, Public Safety & Criminal Justice
Safe & Sound targets eight neighborhoods for its community safety efforts
Crime prevention organization Safe & Sound has adopted a new strategy to create safer communities in Milwaukee.
Posted inNews, Public Safety & Criminal Justice
Amani neighborhood credits drop in crime to ‘comprehensive community effort’
Neighborhood leaders are crediting an increase in youth and family programming, a new health clinic and creation of a neighborhood association with a 32 percent reduction in crime since 2013.
Posted inEconomic Development, News
Favorite of 2014: Scrappers brave the elements trying to make ends meet
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service covered a wide range of stories focused on central city neighborhoods during 2014. NNS reporter Brendan O’Brien explains why the story republished here is the favorite of those he wrote this year.
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On the Block: Community organizer
Terry O’Kelly, 31, is an organizer with Wisconsin Voices who goes door to door hoping to persuade residents to get involved in their community. NNS caught up with him in Metcalfe Park.
Posted inCommunity, Economic Development, News
Visitors to weekly bed giveaway dream of comfortable place to sleep
A community center called Adullam Outreach gives away donated mattresses, box springs and furniture on the city’s North Side.
Posted inHealth and Wellness, Housing, News
Solar energy program shines on two more city neighborhoods
The Milwaukee Shines program uses group purchasing power to buy solar power equipment and installation services at more affordable prices for homeowners.
Posted inEconomic Development, News
Micro lawn-mowing businesses put food on table for poor laborers
For a few dollars, landscapers mow lawns and clear brush for homeowners and small businesses.
Posted inHealth and Wellness, News
Officials, residents hope new park in Lindsay Heights will revitalize neighborhood
Neighborhood residents joined city officials to break ground for a new pocket park in Lindsay Heights, part of the HOME GR/OWN Initiative, intended to create economic development, healthy food access and neighborhood revitalization.