Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Cast Your Vote for MANDI Awards

Annual MANDI Neighborhood Development plaudits include People's Choice Award based on popular vote.

Express Yourself Milwaukee was one of three winners of the 2015 People’s Choice awards. Photo courtesy of Express Yourself Milwaukee.

Express Yourself Milwaukee was one of three winners of the 2015 People’s Choice awards. Photo courtesy of Express Yourself Milwaukee.

For the second time, community members have an opportunity to vote for their favorite organizations and individuals for the Milwaukee Awards for Neighborhood Development Innovation (MANDI) People’s Choice Award. The top three vote-getters each will win a $1,000 prize.

The MANDIs, a project of LISC Milwaukee, highlight unsung heroes working to revitalize Milwaukee’s most distressed urban neighborhoods.

The People’s Choice Award is the only award put to a popular vote. An article and video about each finalist can be found on the voting page hosted by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.

Three People’s Choice winners will be chosen from among the 15 MANDI finalists in five categories. Winners will be announced at a dinner on March 16 at the Potawatomi Event Center.

The finalists are:

Brewers Community Foundation Public Space Award:

Doors Open Milwaukee

Moody Park Revitalization

Turtle Park

BMO Harris Bank Cornerstone Award:

COA Youth & Family Centers

Northside Housing Initiative

Safe & Sound

Northern Trust Navigator Award:

Larry and Sharon Adams, Walnut Way Conservation Corp.

Rodney Bourrage Sr., Operation Dream

Richard Larsen, Larsen Electric

PNC Trail Blazer Award

ACTS Housing Foreclosure Reclamation Project

Rebuilding Together Greater Milwaukee

First Stage, The Wisconsin Cycle

State Farm Building Blocks Award

Maskani Place

Paper Box Lofts

St. Ann Center for Intergenerational Care—Bucyrus Campus

This story was originally published by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service, where you can find other stories reporting on fifteen city neighborhoods in Milwaukee.

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