Back to class: former factory could become home to Choice school By Tom Daykin Video: Daykin discusses redevelopment of former industrial buildings By Tom Daykin Bader Foundation announces $1.1 million in workforce grants By John Schmid Which Milwaukee neighborhood is the best? By Dave Begel Young Professional Week: Building the next wave By Dan Shafer [...]

Experimental Images : Pedal Tavern By Beezodog City program helps lessen upfront costs of energy upgrades By Thomas Content The Green Living Festival By Brittney Sager Video: Daykin discusses Sweet Water Organics By Tom Daykin Port of Milwaukee wind turbine already sending surplus energy to grid By Bay View Compass New life for The Eisner [...]

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 [...]

Milwaukee Gas Prices Reach Record High By wisn.com Construction begins on Milwaukee’s first wind turbine By fox6now.com Could sales tax boost downtown Milwaukee? By Rich Kirchen Cash mob opens wallets to support indie bookshops By Bobby Tanzilo Milwaukee and state officials talk unity at North End groundbreaking By Sean Ryan Milwaukee’s first cheese factory: Clock [...]

“Cash mob” organized to support Riverwest businesses By fox6now.com The Road To Sprawlville, Chapter 52: Interchange To Nowhere Is Top Drawer By James Rowen Menomonee Valley Power Plant public hearing Monday By Eddee Daniel The Road To Sprawlville, Chapter 51: What Is And What Was By James Rowen Milwaukee makes top 20 healthiest housing market [...]

Spreenkler Talent Labs’ ‘Hackathon’ is race to design best app By Stanley A. Miller II Water views don’t mesh with reality By Jeff Martinka James Richardson: Buffalo connections no longer surprise me By James Richardson Legislature won’t take up Walker’s wind siting bill By Thomas Content Hofbrauhaus to open at former Pabst brew house By [...]

Milwaukee will get Coyote Ugly By BizTimes City leaders, lawmakers forge plan for vacant schools By Erin Richards Are kids prisoners? By David Lewellen Award-Winning Preservation: Milwaukee City Hall Provides Lessons for When “the Sky is Falling” By Charles M. Engberg UPAF cyclists get to ride the Hoan Bridge By Tom Held Tom Daykin Disclosed [...]

Bay View apartments win zoning committee approval By Tom Daykin The Battle for Control of Smart Cities By Greg Lindsay Departing rail money puts freight line in a pinch By Joe Lanane I-94 repaving project will slow traffic between Waukesha, Milwaukee By Tom Held Bank to soon take ownership of Park Lafayette condo development By [...]

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 [...]

Much like cities around the world, Milwaukee owes its existence to water. Access to fresh water allowed it to become the Brew City, fueled its development, and was quite literally why it is located where it is, at the gathering of waters. This history has given the Milwaukee area a firm foundation in water technology and research that can be applied to water issues facing the world.