Halyard Park

TID amendment means affordable housing, traffic safety and other improvements for Bronzeville

Subsidies Will Advance Three Developments Along King Drive

Plus: Funding for a statue and more streetscaping, traffic safety projects.

Council Votes to Close Lush Lounge

Excess noise, litter and a strip show led to non renewal of tavern's license.

Wisconsin’s Only Black-Owned Bank Is 100 Years Old

Located in high-poverty area and still helping people buy homes.

Common Council adopts resolution expanding the Bronzeville Cultural and Entertainment District

Salvation Army Seeks To Demolish Buildings By State’s First Black Architect

Much of former Central City Plaza complex north of Downtown could be replaced.

80s-Themed Bar Planned For King Drive

Summer of '85 is bringing retro vibes to Bronzeville, starting next spring.

Bronzeville takes center stage at the DNC

Statement from Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs August 22, 2024

Inside The Huge ThriveOn King Development

Former department store becoming a true community hub.

Biden Promotes ‘Life-Changing Improvements’ in Milwaukee Visit

Speech at Pieper Hillside Boys & Girls Club promotes effort to rebuild 6th Street.

Four To Be Honored at Indaba African Ball

Benefit funds free community summer entertainment series

Malaika Receives $250,000 Challenge Grant from the Fotsch Family Foundation

As part of a $500,000 gift to the Expansion to ThriveOn King

Ellen Gilligan to retire from Greater Milwaukee Foundation

Longtime Foundation President and CEO leaves legacy of growth, collaboration

A Look At Milwaukee Home Sales In Second Quarter of 2023

Private-equity firms remain quiet as number of home sales tanks. Prices are still rising.

Volunteers Clean Up Abandoned Building in Harambee

Part of a series of community clean-ups organized by county Sup. Priscilla Coggs-Jones.

City Could Regulate Airbnb, Other Services

Short-term rentals have proliferated beyond Downtown, but no public database of who is participating exists.

Council Issues 20-Day Suspension To Lounge 340

Suspension issued after neighbors shared grievances about litter, noise, loitering and reckless driving.

Assembly Passes School Crime, Conversion Therapy Bills

Bill provides no funding for school resource officers. Democrats oppose both bills.

Bucks, Froedtert Plan Massive Health Equity Initiative

20-year, up-to-$100 million effort aims to be a data-driven eliminator of health disparities.

City Creates Bronzeville Development Zone

To spur development, limit chain businesses. Plus: a recap of week's real estate news.

TIF Could Fund Traffic Calming, Affordable Housing Near Downtown

City proposing $6.5 million for traffic calming, anti-displacement housing efforts in area north of Fiserv Forum.

Call for artists goes out for the 2022 Bronzeville Artwalk

State Ranks High in Pre-School Access

But dropped from 3rd to 7th best during pandemic last year, national study finds.

ThriveOn Investing $5 Million In Neighborhood Childcare Facilities

Malaika Early Learning Center will operate new center at ThriveOn King complex.

HotWax Will Mix Music and Meat

At Crossroads Collective. Plus, new Jamaican and Indian restaurants and a Bay View cafe with Finnish bakery.

New Jamaican Restaurant On MLK Drive

Grand opening for Pepperpot's second location on MLK Dr. is Tuesday, April 12.

Madison Company Buys Third Ward Block

Plus: Recapping a flurry of real estate stories in the past week.

Halyard Park Has a Suburban Feel

It’s a neighborhood transformed, with new houses from 1970s and ‘80s, along with restored Victorian homes.

Greater Milwaukee Foundation Unveils $700 Million Philanthropic Campaign

Part of "a Milwaukee for all" vision with an emphasis on racial equity and inclusion.

Bronzeville Center for the Arts Proposed

Former DNR building would become 'world-class' cultural hub at North and MLK.

Entrepreneur Announces Run for Mayor

Michael Sampson, 38 founder of SWARMM Events, vying to replace Tom Barrett.

Supervisor Johnson Recognized with Distinguished Worldwide Humanitarian Award

Greater Milwaukee Foundation Funds Minority-Owned Businesses

Providing $780,000 in low-interest loans to 17 small businesses.

Seventeen small businesses receive Greater Milwaukee Foundation loans

Investment helping build back jobs, economy in Black and Brown neighborhoods

Census Data Shows Changing Milwaukee Demographics

Fewer white residents citywide, but shrinking population totals in many majority-Black neighborhoods.

Police investigating rash of broken car windows/vehicle damage cases

Dead Bird Brewing Raising Funds To Expand

Brewery looking to expand in-house brewing capacity as it charts post-pandemic future.

ThriveOn King Aims to Transform North Side

‘The stars aligned’ for collaboration of medical college, Greater Milwaukee Foundation and others.

Anti-Displacement Grants Double in 2020

To prevent gentrification, 116 greater downtown homeowners received help with property taxes.

Former Gimbels Will Be “ThriveOn King”

$84.5 million MLK Drive project to have 77 apartments and offices for medical college and Greater Milwaukee Foundation.

MKE United’s Anti-Displacement Fund: One Tool for Combating Rising Assessments

Fund in year two continues work in north and south side neighborhoods

Foundation makes new impact investments of more than $11 million

Royal Capital Purchases Former Gimbels Complex

ThriveOn Collaboration construction will begin in February.

Anti-Displacement Plan and related fund honored with an Excellence in Planning Award

Statement of Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs, Alderman José G. Pérez and Alderman Russell W. Stamper, II

The City of Milwaukee’s Anti-Displacement Program Honored with an Excellence in Planning Award

Historic Church Getting New Parish Center, Renovated Monastery

St. Francis of Assisi has long been community anchor on Milwaukee's north side.

Council Okays Expanded King Dr. Business District

14-0 vote by Common Council. Neighborhood association had opposed it.

$85 Million Bronzeville Project Now “ThriveOn Collaboration”

Project on track to open in early 2022.

MLK Drive Business District Bullies Property Owners

Voices of property owners ignored in rush to expand business improvement district.

Greater Milwaukee Foundation to marshal $30 million for economic recovery

Long-term impact investments preceded by immediate small business relief

86 Homeowners Getting Property Tax Help

Foundation's anti-displacement fund gives $38,356 to owners in four city neighborhoods.

Assessments Up 9% to $30.5 Billion

New values were calculated prior to COVID-19 pandemic.

Mayor Tom Barrett’s 2020 State of the City Speech

Potawatomi Hotel Casino, February 10, 2020 As Prepared for Delivery

City Contributing Up To $15 Million to Schuster’s Project

Financing will support $84 million project for Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Medical College of Wisconsin.

Dead Bird Brewing Opens

Taproom open today, with brewing equipment arriving next month.

Greater Milwaukee Foundation

What exactly does the Greater Milwaukee Foundation do? And what's On The Table?

Garfield Days Shine Despite Rain

Annual Garfield festival features music, a laid-back atmosphere and lots of barbecue.

Clear Channel Agrees to Move Billboard

Site overlooking I-43 in Bronzeville with development potential now split by billboard.

City, Bublr Plan Bike Share Expansion

Federal grant will add 26 stations, 250 bikes and service to more areas by end of 2020.

Committee Okays City Funds for Ikon Hotel

One MKE Plaza proposal for old Sears site on North Ave. gets first city approval.

$100 Million Will Transform Old Schuster’s

Medical College and Greater Milwaukee Foundation will anchor redone Bronzeville building.

The Enduring Impact of Redlining

Polices begun in 1930s can still be seen in metro-Milwaukee segregation.

The Couture Still in Limbo

Plus: Plans to convert two schools to apartments advance, more affordable housing in Walker's Point

Halyard Park’s new City Place

New apartment building is the first in a three-phase project for site just north of Downtown.

More Tacos For Downtown

Plus: Pizano's finally opening Downtown, Antigua moves and a Starbucks says goodbye.

County Partnership in Addressing Homelessness Wins National Award

Thurgood Marshall Apartments one of four programs recognized by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for creating healthier home environments

WHEDA wins national HUD Secretary’s Award for Healthy Homes

Thurgood Marshall Apartments in Milwaukee recognized for excellence in healthy housing innovation

Gorman Building Affordable Housing for Veterans

Another project by developer that mixes good business and social impact.

City Place Apartments Rising

MANDI-winning developer Kalan Haywood's new venture is taking shape in Halyard Park.

Pete’s Fruit Market Comes To Bronzeville

Grocery targets food deserts, opens on North and MLK Dr. September 14.

The Rise and Fall of Bronzeville

At its peak in the 1930s to 1950s, it had quite a history.

Council Okays 6 Projects, 346 Apartments

Millions of dollars in new development in five neighborhoods.

Bronzeville Rising

New apartment complex, new Black Holocaust Museum.

New Apartments Approved for Halyard Park

Kalan Haywood's City Place project north of arena moves forward.

Toy Guns Risky for Black Families?

Annual walk spotlights danger of kids with toy guns encountering police.

Arena Apartments Advance

City Plan Commission has concerns, but advances Royal Capital's project design.