Committee Appoints Whitney Gould to Planning Commission
Approving Whitney Gould‘s appointment to the City Plan Commission was the highlight of this meeting.
The Committee made it clear that in her former position as the Journal Sentinel’s architecture writer she played an important role in improving Milwaukee’s urban environment and hoped she would bring her enthusiasm and knowledge to the Commission.
The Committee also approved resolution 071307 which if approved by the full Common Council will allocate $1.4 Million dollars from the Housing Trust Fund to support five affordable housing projects. One example of these projects is the St. Catherine’s Residence at 1018 E. Knapp Street. It will receive $264,000 to build affordable housing for low-income women and it is already under construction. Alderman Michael Murphy pointed out that this $1.4 million will generate $26 million worth of development and went on to say that these projects do two things “one economic development and… two do the right thing”.
Additionally two closed sessions were held to discuss strategy with the City’s lawyers regarding the court case Dawn McCarthy vs. the City of Milwaukee. This case involves the City’s handling of the development of a City owned surface parking lot on Downer Ave. Despite the courts apparent concern the judge hasn’t stopped construction and development continues at a brisk pace.
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Hi Dave,
My name is Robert Schmidt, and I’m an American architect doing research for the University of Tokyo. My Japanese colleague, Toru Eguchi, and I will be in Milwaukee March 6th-11th. During our period of stay, we hope to have an opportunity to talk with you as it seems you have great knowledge/ interest regarding the development of downtown Milwaukee.
Our research focus is on building conversions as a tool to spur community (re)development, especially looking at the role government plays as policy makers, both in terms of enhancing and regulating opportunities. We are interested to understand the processes/ policies which are particular to projects underway/ completed within downtown Milwaukee. If you would like I can send you an outline of the research investigation, which includes our general questions. Milwaukee is part of a 4-city US investigation (New York, Kansas City, and New Orleans), and an integral part of our research. We hope that you could take the time to speak to us. We greatly appreciate your wiliness to help our research.
Sincerely,
Robert Schmidt III and Toru Eguchi
Department of Architecture
Graduate School of Engineering
The University of Tokyo
Email: rschmidtiii@yahoo.com / tooru@buildcon.arch.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Robert,
Sounds great I should be in town then and would love to chat… I’ll send you an email with my contact information.