An anti-pregnancy program, called the Loving and Developing Yourself (LADY) group, encourages teenage girls to seek academic excellence and set career goals while avoiding pregnancy.
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Posted inHousing, News
Homeownership fair highlights affordability for potential buyers
Milwaukee’s range of affordably priced homes, combined with lower mortgage rates than a year ago attracted more than 250 house hunters to a recent homeownership fair organized by Take Root Milwaukee.
Posted inArts and Recreation, Community
With Swing Park, city hopes to look forward, not back
Almost three years after a local group, in a “guerrilla act,” revived a once-forgotten public space under Holton Street by creating a swing park, the city has taken control of the space, but questions still remain.
Posted inEconomic Development, Education, News
OHMS construction skills training moving to Barack Obama School
Working to find new workshop space for more than six months after being forced out of North Division High School, One Hope Made Strong, which teaches construction industry skilled trades to low-income adults, has found a home at the Barack Obama School.
Posted inCommunity, News
Greater Milwaukee Foundation chooses new ‘Healthy Neighborhoods’
The Greater Milwaukee Foundation announced new neighborhoods that will be included in its Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative.
Posted inEconomic Development, News
Job Corps prepares young adults for realities of difficult job market
Job Corps, a federal program created 50 years ago as part of the War on Poverty, attempts to pull economically disadvantaged youth and young adults out of poverty.
Posted inEducation, News
Thurston Woods Campus benefits from federal dollars for ‘Commitment Schools’
Thurston Woods Campus is one of 14 underperforming MPS schools selected for federal funding through the Commitment Schools program.
Posted inCommunity, Education, News
New ‘express library’ at Westlawn Gardens offers residents easy access to books
The Milwaukee Public Library has opened its first automated, 24/7 express library at Westlawn Gardens.
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Construction skills program for adults seeks to return to an MPS school
Representatives of the One Hope Made Strong skilled trades teaching program say they are talking with MPS leaders about using the industrial technology labs at the Barack Obama School of Career and Technical Education, after the project was ejected from North Division High School.
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Silver Spring Neighborhood Center offers backpacks, hot dogs, place to connect
More than 500 people took advantage of a backpack giveaway at Silver Spring Neighborhood Center to pick up school supplies, listen to music and build community at Westlawn.