Martin Drive

Public Favors Stadium Freeway Removal

WisDOT finds great public support for replacing much of stadium freeway with a boulevard.

Handmade Tiles Found in 101 Milwaukee Apartment Buildings

Uniquely beautiful creations across city a legacy of 6-year, pre-Depression trend.

WisDOT Releasing New Freeway-to-Boulevard Designs in April

State agency plans to offer three 'themes' for replacing the Stadium Freeway with a boulevard.

Milwaukee Recreation to Host Sixth Annual Winter Wonder Woods

Event to take place December 6, 7, 13 and 14

See Harley-Davidson’s New $20 Million Park

New park represents transformation, recommitment to historic HQ says CEO.

Milwaukee Recreation to Host Fifth Annual Winter Wonder Woods

Event takes place Dec. 8, 9, 15 & 16 at Hawthorn Glen

West Side’s Triciclo Peru is Closed

Restaurant at 38th and Vliet shuttered last week with no explanation.

Bartolotta Headquarters Moving to Walker’s Point

Current office will be razed for new Milwaukee Public Museum.

A New Westside Home For Creatives

Washington Park Media Center opens on W. Vliet Street.

Vliet Street Bowling Alley To Reopen

Formerly Sanders Super Bowl, eight-lane bowling alley could reopen as Barry's Senior Bowling by this summer.

Wedding-Focused Event Hall Planned for Vliet Street Near Washington Park

Industry veterans to open Denizen MKE, among a wave of new developments planned for Near West Side.

Triciclo Peru Owners Could Buy Vliet Street Building

Restaurant plans production space for frozen empanadas in vacant, city-owned building.

School Board Member Moves Into Her District

Aisha Carr won MPS District 4 race though she lived outside district.

Meet the District 4 School Board Candidates

Aisha Carr and Dana Kelley both have a flock of endorsements.

School Board Candidates Live Outside District

Aisha Carr and Dana Kelley both would have to move into MPS District 4 if elected.

City Selling Commercial Buildings

Looking to buy? City has buildings and lots for sale in three areas of town.

A Primer on City School Board Races

Who is running in February primary and why the Milwaukee school board matters.

Vliet Street Oasis Opens on Near West Side

Vacant lot converted to fresh produce market and pocket park

Two Milwaukee projects win AARP ‘Small Dollar, Big Impact’ grants

New Mac’n’Cheese Place in Bay View

New Caribbean restaurant in Walker's Point and Basque-style cuisine on East Side.

Finding City’s Most Integrated Neighborhoods

Study shows 25 neighborhoods across Milwaukee are majority-minority like city as a whole.

Marquette CAMPus Impact Wins Inaugural ITGA Intern Challenge

CAMPus Impact focuses on community engagement in Milwaukee, in concert with Near West Side Partners, Inc.

Can Vliet Street Be Revived?

Business owners, community activists encouraged by beautification efforts.

Good Mexican in an English Tudor Building

Michael Feker opens his third restaurant, this on city’s West Side.

More Smoke Alarms for the City

Partners Red Cross and Harley Davidson install 700 smoke alarms in city neighborhoods.

Celebrating the Sherman Park Neighborhood

City Hall event mixes personal histories of residents, architectural history project and dance.

Chef Michael Feker Comes to School

Il Mito and 2Mesa owner helps Auer Avenue School with its hot breakfasts.

New Pizza, Mexican, Pakistani Places

Plus a new Third Ward diner. And goodbye to The Eastsider bar?

Millennials Offer Vision for West Side

Diversity, safety, need for community center among the concerns.

How To Revive City’s West Side

Keith Stanley, head of Near West Side Partners, oversees efforts to revamp seven communities.

The Story of Washington Park

Often overlooked neighborhood gets its story told in new work of documentary theater.

Small Grants Program Has Big Impact

Community Connections program gives grants to 57 projects in many different neighborhoods.

State Street Had Three Names

And once was the chief connection to Watertown Plank Rd, a road made of oak planks.

New Milwaukee Marathon Includes Central City

Inaugural marathon, October 31-November 1, takes runners through many city neighborhoods.

New Center Brings Police Closer to People

Press conference celebrates opening of Near West Side Waypoint, a neighborhood center.

Martin Drive Residents Celebrate New Pavilion

Rain-harvesting pavilion provides water for Martin Drive garden.

Mayor’s Design Awards

The 2015 Mayor's Design Awards recognized projects big and small from across the city.

Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative Will Expand

Partnership of Greater Milwaukee Foundation and city adds four neighborhoods to six already getting help with economic development.

Residents Support Changes at Washington Park

Quality of Life Plan works with residents, landlords and police.

Bargain Deals to Save the Environment

City works with Norseman Plastics to create low-cost rain barrels and compost bins.

Mayor Tom Barrett’s 2014 State of the City Address

Milwaukee February 24, 2014 As Prepared for Delivery

New Shop on West Vliet Serves Urban Gardening Community

Brew City Gardens to Host Grand Opening, Ribbon Cutting Celebration

Landlord Alliance Strengthens City Neighborhood

Landlords, renters, police and city work together in Washington Park (60% renters) neighborhood.

Three More Neighborhoods Will Get City Loans

Pulaski Park, St. Joseph’s and Martin Drive neighborhoods now eligible for TIN loan program to increase property values and owner occupancy.

Vliet Street Business Association Opens Nominations for First Annual Business Awards

The Vliet Street Business Association is accepting nominations for its first annual business awards contest.

Central City Crusaders

More than 15 Milwaukee groups and individuals are award nominees for work improving central city.

Public Service Commission loses sight of the public interest in power line decision

Statement of Alderman Michael J. Murphy March 1, 2013

Bank of America Hit With Discrimination Complaint

Federal complaint claims homes owned by bank in city's minority neighborhoods are more poorly maintained than its homes in white areas.

New Journalists in Town

Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service could be the future of journalism.

Lend Your Support to the Milwaukee Makeover Project. Vote Today!

The Milwaukee Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative together with the Greater Milwaukee Foundation and the City of Milwaukee have developed the Milwaukee Makeover Project.

Milwaukee Makeover Project

Imagine bringing together a group of talented architects and designers with Milwaukee homeowners from “middle-market” neighborhoods to explore how the look of their basic homes can be transformed through quality design. That’s the idea behind the Milwaukee Makeover Project.