In the last year, Jotshua Vega Marcon learned to build a house as a trainee at MCC YouthBuild, while earning scholarship funds for college.
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Posted inClarke Square, Special Report
ZNI spurs quality of life improvements in Clarke Square over past decade
Since the late philanthropist Joe Zilber selected it as one of three neighborhoods where the Zilber Neighborhood Initiative would invest $50 million over 10 years, Clarke Square residents and leaders have seen positive changes.
Posted inCarousel, Clarke Square, Community, Home, Neighborhoods, News, South
Youth create ‘beautiful garbage’ receptacles in Clarke Square
Safe & Sound, the Department of Public Works and youth from Journey House programming have created beautiful garbage receptacles in Clarke Square to curb littering.
Posted inCarousel, Education, Home, Lincoln Village, Neighborhoods, News, South
Walking School Bus program at Lincoln to expand route, improve attendance
The Walking School Bus program, which first started in fall 2017 at Lincoln Avenue School, will soon pick up nearly 20 children along an expanded route every Monday and Friday.
Posted inMultimedia, Photos, Walker Square
WPCA celebrates Día de Los Muertos with exhibition
Between now and Nov. 17, the Walker’s Point Center for the Arts will be featuring the 26th annual Día de los Muertos exhibition.
Posted inArts and Recreation, Carousel, Home, Neighborhoods, News, South
‘Talking shop’ event to recall hip-hop origins on South Side
The “Talking Shop: Hip Hop,” event at Mitchell Street Library will revisit the days when breakdancing, hip-hop and the Cuteria barber shop were at the center of the neighborhood’s cultural shift.
Posted inCarousel, Clarke Square, Home, Kinnickinnic River Neighborhoods, Layton Boulevard West, Lincoln Village, Neighborhoods, News, Public Safety, South, Walker Square
South Siders optimistic about new beat cop initiative
South Side community members are optimistic about a new police initiative that will increase the number of officers on foot and bicycles in Milwaukee Police District 2.
Posted inCarousel, Community, Home, Layton Boulevard West, Neighborhoods, News, South
Urban Ecology branch manager finds her place in city’s ecosystem
A volunteer at the Riverside Urban Ecology Center when she was in high school, Glenna Holstein now manages the Menomonee Valley branch.
Posted inCarousel, Education, Home, Kinnickinnic River Neighborhoods, Lindsay Heights, Neighborhoods, News, North, South
North Division, Zablocki chosen to participate in community schools partnership
North Division High School and Clement J. Zablocki Elementary School are the newest of 10 MPS “community schools,” where teachers, students, families and community partners collectively create programs that address students’ needs.
Posted inClarke Square, Multimedia, On The Block
On the Block: Still walking and talking
Beverly Mosley, an Air Force veteran, is battling liver cancer and sometimes feels unsafe in her Clarke Square neighborhood.