MANDI winners announced
Three Bridges Park — Brewers Community Foundation Public Space Award
Martin Luther King Economic Development Corp. — BMO Harris Cornerstone Award
Howard Snyder — Northern Trust Navigator Award
Just One More Ministry — PNC Bank Trail Blazer Award
Westlawn Gardens — State Farm Building Blocks Award
Northwestern Mutual — Vision Award Honoree
MANDI Award winner videos produced by LISC Milwaukee
Three Bridges Park
Martin Luther King Economic Development Corp.
Howard Snyder, Northwest Side Community Development Corp.
Just One More Ministry
Westlawn Gardens
Northwestern Mutual
Finalist Videos
LBWN Rent to Own Homes
Havenwoods Economic Development Corporation
Habitat for Humanity
Milwaukee Rotary Centennial Arboretum
Journey House Packers Football Stadium
Charles Brown
Independence First Mobility Store
King Drive Commons IV
United Methodist Children’s Services
Jan Christensen
Sixteenth Street Community Health Center
Three Bridges Park
2014 Brewers Community Foundation Public Space Award Winner: A product of partnership among Menomonee Valley Partners, Menomonee Valley Branch of the Urban Ecology Center, State of Wisconsin, and the City of Milwaukee. The 24-acre site offers access to the Menomonee River for fishing and canoeing, a native landscape for wildlife, and two miles of walking and biking trails (part of the Hank Aaron State Trail).
Martin Luther King Economic Development Corp.
2014 BMO Harris Bank Cornerstone Award: The Martin Luther King Economic Development Corp., has focused more than $30 million in investments on a three-block area in the Harambee neighborhood. The development, based on community input, includes affordable housing, retail shops, offices and a Growing Power, Inc. location.
Howard Snyder, Northwest Side Community Development Corp.
2014 Northern Trust Navigator Award: Since he began the CDC in 1983, Snyder’s organization has been involved in community development activities including the reclamation of an abandoned city fire station, the Villard Avenue Business Improvement District, MetroWorks Small Business Incubator, the Northwest Industrial Council and the Villard Avenue Library.
Just One More Ministry
2014 PNC Trailblazer Award Winner: The organization employs more than 100 volunteers a week to retrieve unused food from caterers, grocery stores, bakeries and wholesalers. The group repackages and distributes the food in the community, serving 1,500 meals per week.
Westlawn Gardens
2014 State Farm Building Blocks Award Winner: A project of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee. The project, which residents helped to design, includes 250 affordable apartments and homes, green space, and 30,000 square feet of community gardens. It also features 14 homes built to reduce risks for respiratory-related illness, 45 units of dedicated senior housing and 12,000 square feet of neighborhood-serving retail space.
Northwestern Mutual
2014 Vision Award Honoree: Northwestern Mutual has given $16.9 million to nonprofits nationwide. In 2012, more than 1,000 of the company’s employees donated 25,000 hours to volunteer efforts, and last year, the Northwestern Mutual Foundation committed more than $725,000 to three Milwaukee neighborhoods—Amani, Metcalfe Park and Muskego Way.
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