The Dominican Center’s new executive director, Britney Roberson, has experience living and working in the Amani neighborhood.
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Posted inEconomic Development, Neighborhoods
Silver City businesses update storefronts ahead of National Avenue construction
VIA Community Development Corp. is incentivizing business owners along National Avenue in Silver City to give their storefronts a face-lift ahead of next year’s road reconstruction.
Posted inAmani, Community, Education
More cuts occur at COA, including teen program at Goldin and Skyline Music Series
The teen program is one in a growing list of services that the agency canceled this summer, including the organization’s annual Skyline Music Series, overnight summer camp and its 30-year partnership with Milwaukee Recreation that served youths across the city as a summer program.
Posted inArts and Recreation, Community, Lindsay Heights
Photo gallery: Community members document the environment of Lindsay Heights
Participants plan to display photos at the Lindsay Heights Legacy Days event from 1 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, June 1 on North Avenue between 14th and 18th streets.
Posted inLindsay Heights, Opinion: Community Voices
Opinion: Profit or people? The PSC’s choice will shape Wisconsin’s future
The question at hand is not simply whether the PSC will approve more fossil fuel infrastructure. It’s whether the Commission will continue to serve a political system held hostage by corporate imperatives of growth and profit — or rise to meet the moral demands of our moment: to protect the breath, health, and future of the people it was created to serve.
Posted inCommunity, Economic Development, North
How ThriveOn King in Bronzeville is connecting the community with workforce training
ThriveOn King partners are working together to make the space a center for workforce development, with job training programs active at Versiti on King, JobsWork MKE, Kinship Café and Malaika Early Learning Center.
Posted inCommunity, Economic Development, NNS Spotlight, North
NNS Spotlight: Wisconsin’s only Black-owned bank moves into new century
Columbia Savings & Loan Association, Wisconsin’s oldest and only Black-owned bank, marked its centennial in 2024 and remains committed to its mission to provide financial services to underserved Black residents in Milwaukee.
Posted inAmani, Community
Amani United swears in new board; Dominican Center searches for new director
Amani United has new board members as the Dominican Center prepares to hire a new executive director.
Posted inCommunity, Northwest
African American Roundtable asks residents how to build a better Northwest Side
As the African American Roundtable prepares to create a community safety campaign for Milwaukee’s Northwest Side, it’s asking residents what improvements they would like to see and how they can be involved.
Posted inCommunity, Lindsay Heights
Lindsay Heights residents advocate for neighborhood through photo research
A group of nine community members took photos as part of a research project to document environmental stewardship in Lindsay Heights and to allow others to “see what they see.”