Clarke Square

Herbalist Connects Community With Nature

Angela Kingsawan teaches classes, works with non-profits, believes city can develop herbal industry.

Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers Seeking South Side Artist(s) for Mural on National Ave Clinic

Sixteenth Street commissions mural on new National Ave Clinic to celebrate vibrancy and multi-cultural identity of National Avenue Corridor community

Zilber Family Foundation announces $1.8M in grants

Dilapidated Building To Become Community Resource Hub

Plus: A recap of the week's real estate news.

City Advancing 26-Station Bublr Bikes Expansion

Federal grant funding new bike sharing stations. See where.

Doors Open 2020 Will Be Virtual Event

Pandemic alters form of popular event that provides inside look at over 100 city buildings.

The Farm Project-El Proyecto Campesino an Award Finalist

Project strives to seed arts, culture, and small business in Clarke Square and adjacent neighborhoods. It's up for a MANDI.

Charter Communications Outlines Additional $100,000 Contribution to Support the City of Milwaukee and its Residents

Clarke Square Apartments Open

New buildings bookend south side park, provide affordable housing.

The Census Caravan Rolls On

Voces holds its second caravan to get Census forms filled out and urge citizens to vote.

Second Round of Black and Brown Business Owners Win Financial Backing

Brew City Match announces second cohort, begins accepting applications for next group.

‘We Care Crew’ Takes on Pandemic

County teams with city, police, non-profits to distribute meals, face masks, resource bags at local parks.

Brew City Match Providing Emergency Business Support

Program focused on small businesses in city's historic commercial corridors

Where Are City’s COVID-19 Hotspots?

Big change as south side census tracts now have far higher rate than on North Side.

State Grant Will Support 27th and Wisconsin Demolition

Plus: A run down of the week's real estate news.

Vote To Advance Your Favorite Community Project

Co:Lab civic accelerator has groups competing with ideas

Affordable Housing Redevelopment for 37th Street School Gets City Funding

Plus: City assessments top 2008 values for the first time.

$33 Million School Rises in Clarke Square

Cristo Rey will become anchor in southside neighborhood.

Zilber Foundation Commits $3 Million in Funding to Support COVID-19 Response

First round of grants to support current grantees and immediate COVID-19 response efforts in Milwaukee and Hawaii.

Commission Okays Rezoning for Wantable

Company to double in size, add public cafe to new Walker's Point headquarters.

New Safe and Sound Leader a City Insider

Joe’Mar Hooper pledges to take organization to new heights.

Wantable Wants More in Walker’s Point

Company moving a half block for bigger headquarters, cafe, maybe rooftop deck.

LISC Milwaukee and Safe & Sound to Host the 71st Crime Prevention Awards on February 5, 2020

Zilber Family Foundation Announces $3.5 Million in Grants to Improve the Quality of Life in the Neighborhoods

Clarke Square Will Get New Clinic

Sixteenth Street Community Center’s eighth near south side health clinic opening.

Journal Square Will Be Hundreds of Apartments

Plus: Packed week of affordable housing news, and Cheesehead expansion.

Cafe-Cop House Coming to Clarke Square

Unique center is a partnership of city, non-profit Journey House and police department.

Reckless Drivers Think ‘It’s a Game’

City residents talk about the rise in reckless driving.

Evers, Barrett Kick Off 2020 Census

They were joined by "Captain Census." Milwaukee could lose millions if Census undercounts population

NBA Player Plans Downtown Apartments

Big week in real estate with Couture taxes, Strauss, Marchese, Airbnb, Scott Lurie and more making headlines.

Civic Accelerator Returning

Co:Lab pairs young professionals with business improvement districts to address problems.

Most Expensive Milwaukee Zip Codes for Renters

National report shows where your dollar goes the furthest.

Public Likes Domes Plan

They want to save the Domes, as does county board. But can officials move quickly enough?

Cristo Rey Breaks Ground on New School

Voucher high school will move from suburban West Milwaukee to Clarke Square.

12 New Pop-Up MKE Shops Coming

Eager entrepreneurs will bring new business activity to three of city's commercial corridors.

Wangard Plans “Eagleknit” in Walker’s Point

Plus: Action-packed week of real estate includes new apartments, downtown HQ and more pizza.

Car Free, South Side Streets on Saturday

Ciclovia MKE returns. Mix and mingle, walk or go for a bike ride on September 14th.

South Side Has Bustling Fashion Scene

Cesar Chavez Dr. has many locally owned clothing stores. It’s becoming a destination.

Zilber Family Foundation Announces $3.02 Million in Grants to Enhance the Wellbeing of Individuals, Families, and Neighborhoods in Milwaukee

Since 2008, the Foundation has invested more than $50 million in improving the quality of life in Lindsay Heights, Clarke Square, and Layton Boulevard West through the Zilber Neighborhood Initiative.

The Couture Changes Financing Plan

Developer misses funding deadline, plans to apply again. Baird & Co. now working on the deal.

Bucks Vetting Bids For New Hotels

Plus: Foxconn plans another building and Northridge battle cleared for court challenge

Clarke Square Rises

Two new apartment buildings will bookend park.

Effort Improves City’s Recreation Areas

MPS has invested $12 million in rebuilding, renovating outdoor athletic and play facilities.

State Aids Convention Center Expansion

Plus: Affordable housing developer buys south side site, Irgens plan to redevelop M&I building

Milwaukee-Based Artists Janelle and Matthew Gramling Announce Inaugural Collaborative Collection & Gallery Exhibition

“Persistent Object” debuts Friday, June 21 at Between Two Galleries in Milwaukee’s Walker’s Point Neighborhood

Large Third Ward Building Sold

Plus: Downtown Post Office remains in limbo, King Drive Library deal hits roadblock

A Clarke Square Groundbreaking

Unconventional partnership breaks ground on 40-unit apartment building.

Milwaukee Awards for Neighborhood Development Innovation (MANDI) Announces 2019 Winners for Improving Milwaukee Neighborhoods

This year MANDIs celebrated its 20th year anniversary.

4 Questions and Answers on The Domes

What's going to happen? That could be the toughest question of all.

Jose Vasquez’s Journey of Redemption

From prisoner and gang member to working with troubled teens at Project Excel.

The Legacy of Susan Lloyd

Retired Zilber Foundation leader oversaw $100 million investment in neighborhoods, still promotes social justice.

MPD Beat Patrol Targets Clarke Square

Police worked with aldermen Donovan and Perez to establish neighborhood beat cop program.

11 Upgrades to Layton Boulevard West

Catalytic projects for homes, parks, retail corridors are changing neighborhood.

Zilber Initiative Helps Near South Side

Home ownership, retail corridors revived in Silver City, two other neighborhoods.

Program Offers Police-Youth Listening Sessions

Zeidler Center effort aims to improve relations between police and teens, young adults.

Zilber Initiative Spurs Changes in Clarke Square

Residents and leaders have seen better planning, positive changes.

14 Catalytic Projects in Clarke Square

New parks, pathways, charter school, business improvement district and more.

“Beautiful” Trash Containers for Clarke Square

City, non-profits work with youth who paint uniquely designed receptacles to battle littering.

Bittercube Opening in Uptown Neighborhood

Developer Ryan Pattee brings bitters manufacturer to west side neighborhood.

MPD Launches New South Side Beat Cop Initiative

Initiative will put more police officers on foot and bicycles on the streets of District 2.

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Releases Rendering of New School

The projected cost of the new school is between $20 million and $25 million.

How An Immigrants’ Son Changed the City

Joe Zilber’s philanthropy is improving poor neighborhoods on north and south side.

How Joe Zilber Changed Lindsay Heights

Zilber Initiative's funding leveraged $111 million investment in near North Side neighborhood.

La Catrina de Villa selected as winner in Clarke Square Small Business Competition

In addition to the cash prize sponsored by the Zilber Family Foundation, La Catrina de Villa will receive support from WWBIC in form of business classes and technical assistance.

MPD Slow to Respond to Violent Crimes

But response times for all types of calls have dropped an average of 32 minutes since 2015.

Historic Commission Saves Clarke Square Building

Notre Dame School of Milwaukee wants to demolish building for open space.

Greenfield Ave. Residents Push For Positive Changes

Neighborhood cleanup and block party seeks to reclaim area beset by drugs and prostitution.

New Art Installation for Clarke Square

Team of local artists creates five sculptures with images of Virgin Mary.

Zilber Family Foundation Executive Director Susan Lloyd to Step Down

Gina Stilp Named Executive Director as of July 5

How to Use Data for Neighborhood Improvement

Data Day event highlights organizations’ data-driven change efforts.

City to Host National Conference

Officials want to show off solutions to urban blight at Reclaiming Vacant Properties Conference.

New Home for Artists on Mitchell St.

Ryan Pattee will redevelop and lease building on 11th and Mitchell to artists and entrepreneurs.

Planning Underway for “Our Town” Grant, Artist-In-Residence Selected

Collaboration Selected by NEA to be housed at MPL Mitchell Street Branch

WHEDA Awards Seven Milwaukee-area Projects $3.2 Million in Low-Income Housing Tax Credits

31 projects expected to create more than 1,000 affordable housing units statewide

5 City Projects Get WHEDA Tax Credits

Credits push forward projects with 311 units, more development across the city.

Barrett Plan Builds 10,000 Affordable Homes

Ambitious plan is centerpiece of mayor's State-of-the-City speech. Will council support it?

NEWaukee Announces Projects Chosen to Pitch at The Big Impact

A Crowdfunded Pitch Event Benefiting Community Projects

Danielle Decker

"Milwaukee is a tremendous asset to the Midwest..."

Program Seeks to Beautify the City

Community Improvement Project has given $1.1 million to 300 projects.

Serving More Than 60,000 Youth

In 20 years, the Artists Working in Education program has had huge impact.

Menomonee Valley Is Booming

47 new businesses, new bridges, recreational improvements added since 1999.

Cristo Rey H.S. Gets First Approval

Jesuit school would expand to 500 students, move to old grocery at 1818 W. National Ave.

Washington Heights the Next Bay View?

Developer Ryan Pattee has seen the future and it's on the West Side.

New High School for South Side

Cristo Rey Jesuit H.S. will renovate old Pick’n’Save on 18th and National.

Mungo Creative Group Leases Space on S. 2nd Street

Founders 3 Real Estate Services Recent Transactions

Zilber Family Foundation Announces $3.03 Million in Grants to Benefit Milwaukeeans

The grants support organizations working to address the causes and consequences of poverty.

Milwaukee Recreation Prepares Ice Rink at Burnham Playfield

Grand opening & ribbon cutting set for Saturday, December 16 at 1:00 p.m.

The Decline of South Side Taverns

About 40% of near South Side taverns in two zip codes have closed since 2012.

City Will Fund Walker’s Point Project

$525,000 for affordable housing project at 7th and National.

Automated Technology Targets Reckless Drivers

Rep. Crowley’s bill creates pilot program in city, supported by 11 council members.

Meet Clarke Square’s Resident Artist

Painter Erick Ledesma is first artist to serve Cesar Chavez Business Improvement District.

National Avenue Mural Celebrated

Mural and art center are seen as way to transform Clarke Square neighborhood.

Zilber Family Foundation Announces $2.19 Million in Grants to Benefit Milwaukeeans

The 27 grants support local efforts to meet basic needs and enhance personal safety, increase access to social and economic opportunity, and improve the quality of community life.

30 Homes On One Block Repaired

Clark Square area work by Revitalize Milwaukee, fixing 1,700 homes in 15 years.

Erick Ledesma Selected as Artist in Residence for Cesar E. Chavez Drive Summer Initiative

Ledesma will create five to seven new pieces of art, including public artwork that will be installed along the corridor.

500 New Community Gardens

All built in May by Victory Garden Initiative, bringing its total to 3,500.

Study Finds Safe & Sound Works

Program's work to create block clubs helps reduce violence in city.