An ordinance meant to provide opportunity for minorities in the construction industry can help address unemployment and crime, but it must be better monitored, funded and enforced.
Economic Development
Economic Development
Posted inCarousel, Economic Development, Home, Neighborhoods, News
Job seekers hold out hope despite obstacles to employment
With the assistance of the Wisconsin Department of Workforce Development and the YWCA, local residents learn skills and find opportunities they hope will lead to employment.
Posted inCarousel, Economic Development, Home, Neighborhoods, News, North, Sherman Park
State agency accused of inaccurate Sherman Park job creation numbers
Citizen Action of Wisconsin is claiming that the Wisconsin Economic Development Corp. is inaccurately reporting the number of jobs in the beleaguered neighborhood.
Posted inCarousel, Economic Development, Home, Menomonee Valley, Neighborhoods, News, South, Walker Square
Local nonprofits focus on how to make use of 85 acres of empty land on city’s waterfront
Harbor District Inc. searches for ways to protect the waterfront’s habitat and utilize vacant land.
Posted inCarousel, Economic Development, Home, Menomonee Valley, Neighborhoods, News, South
Two years after Cargill shut down, displaced workers train for new opportunities
Two years ago this week, Cargill’s beef slaughterhouse was closed, displacing more than 600 workers, many of whom received training for new opportunities.
Posted inCommunity, Economic Development, Neighborhoods
Arts @ Large purchases building in Walker’s Point
The youth arts nonprofit organization seeks to expand its programs and invest in its long-term future, as well as the neighborhood.
Posted inCarousel, Community, Economic Development, Home, Neighborhoods, News, North, Northwest
Scruggs & Sons still shining after five decades serving the community
A family-owned business on Teutonia Avenue is one of the few shoe-shining and repair shops left in the city.
Posted inCarousel, Community, Economic Development, Home, Neighborhoods, News, South, Walker Square
MKEGrind owners offer teens training and mentorship
A new, expanded program is benefiting the second class of barista trainees at the Arts @ Large Walker’s Point café.
Posted inAmani, Carousel, Economic Development, Home, Lindsay Heights, Metcalfe Park, Neighborhoods, News, North, Sherman Park, Washington Park
Bus route 61 changed to meet worker needs, but faces long-term uncertainty
The county recently adapted new bus routing and scheduling after a Costco opened in Menomonee Falls, but the needs of some workers on the early shift remain unmet and the long-term future of the route is uncertain.
Posted inCarousel, Clarke Square, Economic Development, Home, Housing, Kinnickinnic River Neighborhoods, Layton Boulevard West, Menomonee Valley, Neighborhoods, News, South, Walker Square
Special Report: Sixteenth Street Health Centers tackles hazards of lead paint in South Side homes
With no city subsidies available for lead abatement on the South Side, Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers points residents to other options to keep children safe from lead poisoning.