Hannah Freireich, a Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service reporting intern, will be reporting on youths and youth organizations in Milwaukee.
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Posted inCommunity
The RNC will be in the city soon. Here is what you need to know
The four-day Republican National Convention will be held in Milwaukee next week. Here is what you need to know.
Posted inCommunity, Housing
Common Ground pushes for reform with new HACM board nominees
In a push for change, Common Ground has nominated seven candidates to serve on the board of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee.
Posted inCommunity, News
Three more commissioners resign from the SDC board
Three commissioners have stepped down from the Social Development Commission’s board in recent weeks, as the board works to restructure SDC’s programs.
Posted inbasic needs, Community, Housing
After months of being ignored, Housing Authority residents take a new approach to making their demands known
Frustrated by unresolved complaints, public housing residents have tried unsuccessfully for months to attend the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee, or HACM, board meetings.
Posted inCommunity
What you need to know about the SDC’s closing
Less than a week after the sudden closure of the Social Development Commission, there are more questions than answers about the anti-poverty organization’s future.
Posted inCommunity
5 things to know and do the week of March 11
Learn to break dance with Ill Threadz MKE; attend a town hall on urban tree canopies; meet the 10th Aldermanic District candidates; watch a short film in celebration of Women’s History Month; and listen to live music at Garfield’s 502.
Posted inCommunity, Health and Wellness, Public Safety
What do you think about the traffic-calming measures in Milwaukee? Residents speak out
Some Milwaukee residents are frustrated by the curb extensions, traffic-calming poles and other changes, which have slowed traffic.
Posted inCommunity, Economic Development, Housing, Neighborhoods, North, Sherman Park
Here’s how to weigh in on design alternatives for North Sherman Boulevard
View design alternatives for the North Sherman Boulevard Project at an open house on Wednesday evening at Mary Ryan Boys & Girls Club in the Sherman Park neighborhood.
Posted inCommunity
5 things to know and do the week of Jan. 22
Attend a discussion at the Milwaukee LGBT Community Center for BIPOC residents; practice creative writing at Mitchell Street Arts; learn how teens with special needs can transition to adulthood; get competitive during family game night; and attend a city traffic safety meeting.