New Installation at 24th and Locust By Pegi Christiansen Plain Talk: Wisconsin’s loss is Illinois’ gain as trains roll By Dave Zweifel Riverwest building rescued, repurposed as apartments By Tom Daykin Plans for new UWM student union By jsonline.com UWM students pass referendum to pay for new $160 million Union By Karen Herzog Villard Square, [...]

Gas prices accelerating past $4 a gallon takes toll By Georgia Pabst and Joe Taschler Hopes high for Milwaukee lakefront redevelopment plans By Sean Ryan Slideshow: Big names, big crowd at Business of Growing Milwaukee event By Mark Kass West side office building gets Redevelopment Authority OK By Tom Daykin Federal officials approve $1.7 billion [...]

Revisiting the facts about rail debate By Larry Sandler The disconnect on connections By John Gurda High-Speed Fail By Jack Zemlicka Bureau lowers cost to run high-speed rail By Larry Sandler Smart growth and fiscal responsibility By Daniel Nairin No Free Parking By Eric Betz Hotel May Replace Five Historic Milwaukee Buildings By Margaret Foster [...]

Kaufmann LeSage, led by Juli Kaufmann, plans to develop a four-story 30,000 square foot environmentally-friendly commercial building, located at 538 S. 2nd Street in the Historic Walker’s Point Neighborhood. The project, known as the Milwaukee Fix,will take green development to the next level, going beyond LEED standards.

Multi-Family Construction Begins in Milwaukee By Matthew Myers GOP Wants to Bring Transpo Policy Back to the 1950s By Tanya Snyder New Capitol Drive bridge on Oak Leaf Trail By Wisconsin Bike Routes Other flaws cited in O’Donnell collapse By Steve Schultze Is it absurd to call a garage ‘green’? A new Chicago parking structure, [...]

Bein’ green might not be that easy for Kemit, but for some development projects it seems all to easy “bein’ green.” In fact it seems easy to be Silver, Gold, or even Platinum, “Green,” or in this case LEED certified.

LEED certification takes into account a number of green practices and technologies. These might include the re-use of materials, utilizing renewable energy sources, the use of energy efficient windows and lighting, weatherization, grey water systems, and numerous other items all of which are a great step towards being green. But missing from LEED certification seems to be a key component of actually bein’ green.

The Godfather of Parking By John Van Horn County still has no economic development director By Steve Jagler Parking garage at former Pabst brewery wins LEED gold rating By Tom Daykin UWM School of Freshwater Sciences awarded $525,000 grant By John Schmid Hank Aaron State Trail losing its smokestack landmarks, gaining others By Tom Held [...]

Company Picks Milwaukee As Manufacturing Location By wisn.com Exploring Cities By Rob Pitingolo High speed rail is focus of brown bag lunch meeting July 22 at Public Market By Robert Bauman Some believe sales tax is way to go to boost transit systems By Joe Potente Milwaukee – A Walker’s Paradise By Andrew Knee In [...]

Hide House Lofts’ rapid rise By Michael Timm Growing educational infrastructure By Jeff Plale Investing in our green economy By Jon Richards Federal stimulus dollars at work in Milwaukee County By Marina Dimitrijevic Mass transit sesquicentennial By Chris Larson Have you heard about Alterra’s proposed Bay View (bakery & café) project?… What do you think? [...]

UWM stream project aims to reduce storm-water runoff going to sewer system – JSOnline GQ: The 10 Best Food Trucks: GQ Features on men.style.com Doyle won’t seek re-election in 2010 – JSOnline Park East project completed tomorrow – JSOnline Midwest High Speed Rail: Grand stations NEED great locations High-speed rail will boost Milwaukee’s economy – [...]