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Public art concepts for the Milwaukee County Courthouse to be unveiled By Mary Louise Schumacher
Sun Fair to shine on Mitchell Street By Molly Synder
Budget panel would shift $160 million in revenue to highways By Patrick Marley
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2011 Bike Trail Construction Plans By Wisconsin Bike Routes
Walker, GOP reversing green initiatives By Lee Bergquist and Thomas Content
Abele wants to keep Black for parks By The Business Journal
Bikers race to fill Riverwest 24 By Tom Held
Settlement signed on lawsuit over partly completed downtown Staybridge By Tom Daykin
Wisconsin Arts [...]

Milwaukee’s street festivals are fantastic. More so than even the city’s ethnic festivals held at the Henry Maier Festival Grounds, Milwaukee’s street festivals bring together a neighborhood and support the neighborhood’s businesses. Having festival grounds on the lakefront dedicated to public events surely makes Milwaukee a great place to be on summer weekends. It’s the street festivals that offer something truly unique though. The public can party at the Henry Maier Festival Grounds nearly every weekend during the summer, but it’s rare that one can stand in the center of the road on Brady Street enjoying a cold beer from Trocadero or gelato from Peter Scorinto’s Bakery. The use of streets as festival grounds affords attendees a unique perspective of the neighborhood. Unobstructed by the roar of engines, thousands of attendees are free to take leisurely strolls exploring the booths of local artists and sampling the wares of local eateries. Unfortunately though, the party is cut off abruptly at 11 p.m. so the street can be opened for traffic.

Water school project tests university budget By Sean Ryan
WUWM: The Gathering Waters Festival By Tom Luljak
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Waukesha forced to reveal water construction costs By Sean Ryan
UWM students to pay new fee for basketball arena By Sharif Durhams
Milwaukee County has most of area’s population [...]

Normally we would greet you on Monday with an urban advocacy piece, but we were a little too busy enjoying all that urban Milwaukee had to offer this weekend. While normally just one of these events would pass as a big entertainment attraction across every other Wisconsin city, urban Milwaukee had at least eight organized and noteworthy events going on this weekend.

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