The city’s Community Improvement Project grew out of a partnership with the Greater Milwaukee Foundation in a limited number of neighborhoods. It now has expanded into a citywide matching grant program with many partners.
Andrea Waxman
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MATC pilots initiative to help students from 53206 earn degrees
A new MATC program, Commit to Complete, is intended to serve students who live or work in the 53206 ZIP code, and who started college but were unable to finish.
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Favorite of 2017: Open housing marches placed spotlight on racial discrimination, segregation
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service reporters covered a wide range of stories in 2017. NNS reporter Andrea Waxman explains why this story, originally published on June 12, is her favorite among those she wrote this year.
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Developer buys Reader’s Choice building to house nonprofits
Nonprofit real estate developer CUPED Corp. has purchased the property that formerly housed the Reader’s Choice bookstore and plans to redevelop the building for Jazale’s Art Studio and Grateful Girls.
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New African American Chamber of Commerce leaders build for the future
Under new leadership, the AACCW is focusing on helping entrepreneurs grow their businesses and expand their access to capital.
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Open housing marches placed spotlight on racial discrimination, segregation
For 200 consecutive days from August 1967 to March 1968, local civil rights activists protested racial discrimination in housing in marches across the city. The March on Milwaukee contributed to the national fight for civil rights for African-Americans and to passage of the federal Fair Housing Act in 1968.
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Favorite of 2016: Diverse group gathers in Alice’s Garden to address racial oppression
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service reporters covered a wide range of stories in 2016. NNS reporter Andrea Waxman explains why this story, originally published on July 15, is her favorite among those she wrote this year.
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North Side entrepreneurs pitch ideas at St. Ann Center business incubator
St. Ann Center hosted its second incubator to help startups launch or expand businesses in the 53205 and 53206 ZIP codes.
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Poets take ‘soapbox therapy’ to Sherman Park
In the wake of violent protests in the Sherman Park neighborhood, two spoken-word poetry groups joined together to host an open-mic event there.
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Favorite of 2015: ‘Dr. Carter’ still ministers to community at 83
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service covered a wide range of stories focused on central city neighborhoods during 2015. NNS reporter Andrea Waxman explains why the story republished here is her favorite of those she wrote this year.