Are taco food trucks creating safety problems along West National Avenue? That’s the question Mayor Barrett and the Common Council must address as the battle over a ban on taco trucks shows no sign of ending.
‘We don’t just build buildings; we build communities:’ Welford Sanders legacy comes to life in Harambee
A shoe factory turned apartment and office building is the latest development of the Martin Luther King Economic Development Corporation, which seeks to reinvigorate a thriving community in the blocks surrounding King Drive.
Your cheat sheet to voting in the April 2 MPS school board election
Did you know that there’s an election coming up? Five of nine school board seats will be vacated and only one incumbent is running. Here are some things you need to know before you cast your vote.
Project lends the next generation of entrepreneurs a helping hand
Rev-Up Milwaukee’s small business competition winners are reshaping the commercial corridors of the Near West Side through new storefronts.
This homework is music to MPS students’ ears
Twenty excited MPS students were given band and orchestra instruments by the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in what conservatory and MPS representatives hope will be the first of many community-driven initiatives.
5 things you need to know this week in Milwaukee: March 10 to March 17
Fire and Police Commission committee meeting, Pi day celebration at The Tandem, “Girl’s Day” at City Hall, winter farmers market enters its final month and Miller Park is having a job fair.
Habitat for Humanity launches historic Midtown housing initiative
A $200,000 grant from Wells Fargo is helping Habitat for Humanity to build, rehab and repair 100 homes in the Midtown area. Officials say the project will create the highest concentration of affordable, single-family homes built in Milwaukee since World War II.
MATC Promise program gives thousands an education lifeline
MATC’s Promise program has helped thousands of low-income students focus on school without having to worry about the burden of tuition.
‘Scrap it, start fresh, and think:’ What Milwaukee can learn from New York City on housing young offenders
As a major deadline looms for Milwaukee, researchers from Columbia University offer insights learned on how New York overhauled the way it houses young offenders. Will local and state leaders listen?
‘An enduring ecosystem of disadvantage:’ New report takes comprehensive, distressing look at Milwaukee’s 53206
A neighborhood of “cumulative disadvantages” is how a new report from the UW-Milwaukee Center for Economic Development characterizes Milwaukee’s 53206 ZIP code area.
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