Editor's note: Kab lus no yog ib qho ntawm ib ntus series profile 12 Cov neeg kawg rau Milwaukee Awards rau Neighborhood Development Innovation, tseem hu ua MANDIs. Lub Welford Sanders Historic Lofts thiab Enterprise Center yog qhov kawg rau qhov "State Farm Building Blocks Award."
Betty Speed, 61-xyoo neeg nyob hauv Harambee thiab tus thawj tswj hwm ntawm Martin Luther King Neighborhood Association, nco txog lub sijhawm uas nws lub zej zog yog qhov chaw.
Nws tau hais tias "Txoj Kev Thib Peb yog qhov chaw hustling uas koj tuaj yeem yuav lub tsho plaub," nws hais. "Tab sis tom qab muaj kev kub ntxhov nyob rau xyoo 60s, tag nrho cov ntawd tau tso tseg. Peb tsis muaj zog."
Nyob rau hauv xyoo tas los no, nws tau hais tias Welford Sanders Historic Lofts and Enterprise Center, 2812 N. 5th St. thiab lwm yam kev txhawb nqa hauv zej zog hauv Harambee tau ntxiv dag zog rau kev txaus siab ntawm zej zog uas nws tau tuav rau txhua xyoo no.
"Lub zej zog no rov qab los," nws hais. "Cov tib neeg zoo li Welford Sanders ntseeg hauv cov zej zog no, tias nws tuaj yeem rov qab mus rau hnub muaj koob meej."
Welford Sanders yog yav dhau los tus thawj coj ntawm Martin Luther King Economic Development Corporation, tus thawj coj hauv nroog thiab tus thawj coj hauv zej zog. Nws tuag hauv 2015, tab sis nws lub zeem muag-thiab lub npe-nyob ntawm Welford Sanders Historic Lofts thiab Enterprise Center.
Leo Ries, Sanders tus ua tiav raws li Martin Luther King Economic Development Corporation tus thawj coj, tau coj txoj haujlwm tsim kho $ 21 lab, uas tau hloov pauv 200,000-square-foot qub khau Hoobkas rau hauv 59 chav tsev uas pheej yig thiab chaw ua haujlwm rau cov koom haum pabcuam hauv zej zog.
Ries tau hais tias "Qhov no yog lub cev tseem ceeb hauv zej zog," Ries tau hais. "Yog li yog tias peb xav ua kom muaj kev cuam tshuam loj heev thiab hom kev sib txuas hauv zej zog ua ke nyob ib puag ncig cov qauv pom zoo, qhov no yog vim nws tseem ceeb heev."
Lub Chaw Alma, Milwaukee Txoj Haujlwm Ua Haujlwm, Txoj Haujlwm Rov Qab thiab cuaj lub koom haum tau hloov mus rau hauv qhov chaw ua haujlwm kho dua tshiab hauv xyoo 2017, thiab tsuas yog ib xyoos dhau los, cov neeg nyob hauv tau tsiv mus rau hauv cov tsev uas muaj cov cib, cov plag tsev ntoo thiab cov teeb pom kev zoo. Hauv pem teb thib rau ntawm lub tsev muaj ib qho chaw ua haujlwm, chav ua yeeb yam, ua yeeb yaj kiab, chav ua noj hauv zej zog, qhov cub, chav billiard thiab lub tsev qiv ntawv rau Welford Sanders lub neej. Lub tsev boiler tom ntej no tau dhau los ua Dreamland Childcare, thiab lub tsev tam sim no tau xauj tag nrho.
"Nws coj qhov kev xav tshiab ntawm kev vibrancy rau hauv zej zog," Speed hais.
Ries tau hais tias nws lub koom haum mob siab rau "txhim kho lub neej zoo thiab lub cev zoo ntawm lub zej zog yam tsis tau hloov pauv cov neeg nyob hauv qhov no."
"Thaum ib txoj haujlwm zoo li no los rau hauv ib cheeb tsam, qee zaum nws pom tias muaj kev cuam tshuam," Speed hais. "Tab sis qhov no nyob ntawm no los pab cov zej zog muaj zog, tsis txhob txav mus rau lwm tus."
Tag nrho cov chav nyob hauv lub tsev yog tshwj tseg rau cov neeg uas tsim nyog tau txais nyiaj tsawg lossis nruab nrab, thiab muaj ntau tus neeg xauj tsev siv Tshooj 8 kev pab xauj tsev. Ries tau hais tias feem ntau ntawm cov neeg nyob tshiab yog tsev neeg.
"Lawv yog cov chav tsev zoo heev, khaws cia zoo," Speed hais. "Cov neeg nyiam nyob hauv qhov chaw zoo, thiab cov no tau muab sijhawm rau lawv."
Txoj kev loj hlob yog qhov thib tsib thiab loj tshaj plaws ntawm King Drive Commons qhov project, uas tau pib thaum xyoo 1990s. Nws suav nrog cov haujlwm sib xyaw ua ke uas tau tawg mus thoob plaws ib puag ncig cov blocks – ciam teb los ntawm N. 2nd thiab 6 txoj kev thiab W. Center thiab Hadley txoj kev – lub tsev muaj ze li ntawm 200 chav tsev xauj tsev thiab chaw lag luam, xws li Rise and Grind Café ntawm 2719 N. King Drive.
Ries thiab Speed ob leeg pom zoo tias qhov kev txhim kho tshiab kawg yog ib feem ntawm kev siv zog ntau dua los tsim qhov lawv hu ua "MLK lub zos."
Ries tau hais tias "Lub tswv yim yog ua kom tib neeg muaj kev paub txog tus kheej thiab kev nkag siab ntawm kev sib txuas rau lub zej zog no uas yog nyob nruab nrab ntawm lub zej zog no," Ries tau hais. "Ib kab kuv siv uas Welford siv ntau yog, 'Peb tsis tsim lub tsev. Peb tsim cov zej zog."
Speed hais tias lub koom haum zej zog ua lub luag haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv kev tsim lub zej zog no los ntawm kev tuav cov rooj sib tham nyob hauv ib txwm muaj, cov hnub so thiab kev ntxuav cov zej zog. Lub caij ntuj sov no, nws hais tias, lawv npaj yuav mus thaiv los ntawm kev thaiv kev ua noj ua haus yav tsaus ntuj kom cov neeg nyob sib ze tuaj yeem ntsib thiab sib tham.
Nws tau hais tias "Peb xav kom peb txhua tus neeg nyob sib ze paub ib leeg, sib faib mov ua ke," nws hais.
Nws hais tias nyob rau hauv lub zos MLK, muaj "hodgepodge ntawm cov kev pab cuam uas nyob rau hauv taug kev deb," ntau yam uas yog dub-muaj, nrog rau lub tsev qiv ntawv, ib tug bank, tub ceev xwm chaw nres tsheb, khw, khw muag tshuaj, tsev kho mob, salon, barbershop, nonprofits, khw nojmov, tuav thiab lwm yam lag luam me. Cov koom haum hauv lub chaw lag luam kuj muaj kev pabcuam rau cov neeg nyob sib ze.
Michael Adams, tus thawj coj ntawm kev txhim kho cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm Milwaukee Txoj Haujlwm Ua Haujlwm Hauv Chaw Ua Haujlwm, tau hais tias cov neeg nyob hauv lub tsev tau dhau los thiab tau txais kev txhim kho kev ua haujlwm thiab kev cob qhia kev txawj ntse los ntawm nws lub koom haum. Nws tau hais tias kev txhim kho lub tsev tshiab tau tso cai rau cov koom haum sib paub thiab xa cov neeg siv khoom mus rau cov kev pabcuam sib txawv hauv lub tsev, ua rau nws yog "ib lub khw muag khoom" ntawm hom.
Adams tau hais tias "Ib tug neeg tuaj yeem tuaj ntawm no thiab tau txais kev txhawb nqa muaj zog yam tsis tas yuav siv sijhawm ntau hnub los ntawm point A mus rau point B," Adams tau hais. Nws kuj tau sau tseg tias nws poob siab tias cov neeg cog lus tsis ntiav ib tus neeg uas tau txais kev cob qhia los ntawm Milwaukee Txoj Haujlwm Ua Haujlwm los ua haujlwm ntawm qhov project, txawm hais tias ntau lub koom haum cov neeg siv khoom tau koom nrog txoj haujlwm ncaj ncees uas cov neeg tsim khoom tau tuav.
Txoj kev loj hlob tau siv cov nyiaj tau los tsawg thiab cov qhab nia keeb kwm ua se thiab cov qauv nyiaj txiag sib xyaw, nrog rau ntau tus neeg koom tes ntiag tug thiab pej xeem. Ntau tshaj 40 feem pua ntawm cov neeg ua haujlwm ntawm qhov project yav dhau los tau poob hauj lwm lossis tsis ua hauj lwm, thiab ntau dua 27 feem pua ntawm qhov project subcontracts tau muab tsub rau cov lag luam me.
"Koj tuaj yeem tso koj cov nyiaj hauv qab cov haujlwm, tab sis qee zaum nrog cov kev pabcuam no koj ntaus qee tus neeg thiab nco lwm tus," Speed hais. "Tab sis thaum koj ua cov cib thiab mortar, thiab ua ke nrog cov kev pab cuam, koj tsim ib lub zos. Koj tsim ib lub zej zog muaj zog, thiab qhov ntawd yog qhov uas Welford Sanders tau hais txog."
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