Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

How to Improve the City’s Quality of Life

How to Improve the City’s Quality of Life

South side organizer helps implement improvement plans in several neighborhoods.

The Power of Paint

The Power of Paint

City program doing artistic paint job on foreclosed homes has reduced graffiti and break-ins at these houses.

National Group Helps Build Playground Designed By Kids

National Group Helps Build Playground Designed By Kids

Milwaukee Brewers, YMCA and others help play for new, much-needed playground on 13th and North.

Mapping Milwaukee for Teens

Mapping Milwaukee for Teens

New project hopes to map 325 activities and resources in the city for bored teens.

MPS Mandates Community Service

MPS Mandates Community Service

New MPS graduation requirement requires public service, promises community engagement

Uncertain Outlook for Milwaukee Public Schools?

Uncertain Outlook for Milwaukee Public Schools?

Poverty, crime and retiree benefits all are issues for MPS, Thornton tells conference on schools.

Field of Dreams

Field of Dreams

Major League Baseball helps fund new baseball field for Milwaukee Boys and Girls Club.

Finally a Health Care Clinic

Finally a Health Care Clinic

Under-served north side patients are already making appointments for new primary care clinic that opens in October.

Can Milwaukee Succeeds Actually Succeed?

Can Milwaukee Succeeds Actually Succeed?

Ambitious education effort by Greater Milwaukee Foundation faces "daunting" challenges.

Making the City Safer

Making the City Safer

Safe & Sound honors neighborhood leaders who make Milwaukee a safer place.

City’s First Futsal Center Proposed

City’s First Futsal Center Proposed

Smaller version of soccer would have field and instruction for kids on South Side.

TeamUp Centers Send More Kids to College

TeamUp Centers Send More Kids to College

Two MPS-run community centers helped more than 3,500 city students prepare for college.