Aside from a streetscape redesign a few years ago, Cesar E. Chavez Drive in Clarke Square remains the same as it was decades ago. That might change as a result of local organizations’ efforts to greatly enhance the street’s appeal.
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New head of Clarke Square is “community organizer at heart”
Ian Bautista, the new executive director of the Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative, says his goal is to “unlock, invite and connect” with people and organizations.
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Candelaria resigns from Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative
CSNI is seeking an executive director to replace Ramon Candelaria, who is leaving the organization.
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Neighbors unite to make Clarke Square cleaner, friendlier place
Clarke Square residents and volunteers helped clean up the neighborhood on the third annual Serve Your City Day.
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Neighborhood ambassador program moves parents ‘from W-2 to the workforce’
Twenty new neighborhood ambassadors are preparing for future jobs while leading community cleanup efforts in Clarke Square and Layton Boulevard West.
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Community honors professor’s memory at South Side clean-up
The Clarke Square community paid tribute to the memory of Tomás Garrett-Rosas as it prepared to clean up neighborhoods surrounding Journey House.
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Development efforts top agenda for Clarke Square neighborhood
The new director of the Clarke Square Neighborhood Initiative plans to focus on redeveloping abandoned and foreclosed properties and creating a new public safety initiative, among other projects designed to improve the quality of life in the neighborhood.
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Green Bay Packers’ practice field soon to be laid out in Mitchell Park
For three years a $300,000 synthetic turf football field donated to Journey House by the Green Bay Packers has sat in a storage warehouse in Green Bay. But, ground has now been broken for the Journey House Football Field and Stadium at Mitchell Park, and the turf will soon be laid out.
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Journey House collection to brighten holiday season for the whole family
Journey House is collecting toys and gift card for neighborhood children and families this holiday season.
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Cyclocross bikers overcome obstacles in Mitchell Park
Cyclists of all ages and skill levels gathered to have fun, learn and work toward a more active lifestyle and a more bike- and pedestrian- friendly neighborhood in Clarke Square at the recent “Cross the Domes” event in Mitchell Park.