Unfortunately, S. 2nd Street has been in the news for all the wrong reasons recently. Despite the shameful shooting of two police officers by an unstable person, S. 2nd Street is still an up-and-coming district. Hopefully this past weekend’s Thank You Milwaukee Police Department festival will was the start of the healing within the Milwaukee Police Department and the neighborhood.

Recently, with the encouragement and support of our readers, the help of graphic artist Kieran Sweeney, and the drive of Juli Kaufmann a conceptual idea for the redevelopment of S. 2nd Street, in Walker’s Point, was created and entered in to GOOD Magazine’s livable streets contest. Although it didn’t win, it did come in a strong second, validating the importance of a complete street redesign for S. 2nd Street.

S. 2nd St., in Walker’s Point, is another street in Milwaukee that is more than ready to go on a diet. In fact there is an effort by a group of local business and property owners to have S. 2nd Street in Walker’s Point rebuilt as a transformative catalyst to build momentum in an area of Milwaukee where the disparity between potential and reality is vast.