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Plats and Parcels: Mayor’s Design Awards
Plats and Parcels

Mayor’s Design Awards

The 2015 Mayor's Design Awards recognized projects big and small from across the city.

Milwaukee County Board Approves $870,000 in Funds for McGovern Park
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Milwaukee County Board Approves $870,000 in Funds for McGovern Park

New Money Will Improve Rest Room, Covered Pavilion

Working to Help People Get Voter ID

Working to Help People Get Voter ID

70% of voting age minorities in the county lack a drivers license; community workers provide help for those seeking ID.

A Short History of Milwaukee’s Old Streetcar System

A Short History of Milwaukee’s Old Streetcar System

The city once had a dense system with 20 routes that helped change the city. Why did it die and what is its legacy?

Freshwater Mecca: Milwaukee’s Riverwalk Vs. San Antonio’s
Freshwater Mecca

Milwaukee’s Riverwalk Vs. San Antonio’s

In many ways, this city’s Riverwalk is superior. Part III of a series.

County Highway Worker Hit While Helping Car Stuck in the Snow
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County Highway Worker Hit While Helping Car Stuck in the Snow

A Milwaukee County Highway Maintenance Supervisor was hit by a car around noon today near 73rd and Silver Spring Drive.

Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative Will Expand

Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative Will Expand

Partnership of Greater Milwaukee Foundation and city adds four neighborhoods to six already getting help with economic development.

Eyes on Milwaukee: New Express Bus Routes Start in January
Eyes on Milwaukee

New Express Bus Routes Start in January

The good news: Three new express routes will move riders more quickly across the county. The bad: transit system running out of money.

How Teens View Milwaukee

How Teens View Milwaukee

8th grader's book includes boy's devastating poem on crime in Milwaukee.

Mandel Group breaks ground on Echelon Apartments
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Mandel Group breaks ground on Echelon Apartments

Luxury Apartment Community at UWM Innovation Campus

Milwaukee’s First 24/7 Library

Milwaukee’s First 24/7 Library

Westlawn Garden's "vending machine" public library is the fourth of its kind in the nation.

Mandel Group breaks ground on PrairieWalk Apartments
Press Release

Mandel Group breaks ground on PrairieWalk Apartments

Walkable Neighborhood Development in City of Brookfield

Milwaukee Stories: “We’re trying to find what happened to the positive”
Milwaukee Stories

“We’re trying to find what happened to the positive”

Erika Harvey and Precious Taylor worry that one day violence will randomly find them.

Remembering Tom Nardelli

Remembering Tom Nardelli

There was a little of Bob Newhart in Nardelli, but he helped improve the city in important ways.

New report shows effects of traffic congestion on travel times
Press Release

New report shows effects of traffic congestion on travel times

Freeway congestion is costing motorists time and money

Part 2: How Diploma Mills Rip Off Milwaukee Students
Part 2

How Diploma Mills Rip Off Milwaukee Students

Fly-by-night agencies selling fake GED degrees are hard to track down. Part II of series.

Running For Good Food

Running For Good Food

Growing Power's 5K run supports organization and combats urban food deserts.

Public hearing set to address future of Interstate Highway 43 in Milwaukee and Ozaukee Counties
Press Release

Public hearing set to address future of Interstate Highway 43 in Milwaukee and Ozaukee Counties

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation Southeast Region office in Waukesha is holding a public hearing to discuss the design and environmental aspects of proposed improvements on Interstate Highway 43

Eyes on Milwaukee: A Night At the MANDIs
Eyes on Milwaukee

A Night At the MANDIs

The once-tiny awards show is now a prestige event that packed the Pfister ballroom while another crowd watched the show streamed.

Transforming the State’s Largest Public Housing Development

Transforming the State’s Largest Public Housing Development

City bulldozed 332 barracks-style units at Westlawn and replaced them with more urban styles.

Six Milwaukee Police Officers to be Honored for Bravery at fire scene
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Six Milwaukee Police Officers to be Honored for Bravery at fire scene

The election of the next Common Council president will take top billing at tomorrow’s regular meeting (Tuesday, February 11) of the Common Council, and one of the first acts of the new president will be to help honor several members of the Milwaukee Police Department.

The Settlement Houses of Milwaukee

The Settlement Houses of Milwaukee

Eight neighborhood centers in the city are based on the approach of Jane Addams' famed Hull House.

The Best Ride to the Wisconsin State Fair
Press Release

The Best Ride to the Wisconsin State Fair

Traffic and parking are as easy as pie when you ride the bus to Wisconsin State Fair.

16th Annual Mayor’s Design Awards Announced

16th Annual Mayor’s Design Awards Announced

Which are the best designs? You be the judge.

Acclaimed Charter School Will Expand

Acclaimed Charter School Will Expand

Carmen High School, the south side college prep school, will open a second branch on the northwest side.

Milwaukee One of Six Cities Selected to Receive Free Neighborhood Development Consultations Under Second Year of US EPA Grant to Global Green, USA
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Milwaukee One of Six Cities Selected to Receive Free Neighborhood Development Consultations Under Second Year of US EPA Grant to Global Green, USA

Sustainability Experts from Global Green USA to Visit Towns Across the Country in 2013

Zilber Family Foundation Announces Three-Year Grant to UNCOM
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Zilber Family Foundation Announces Three-Year Grant to UNCOM

The Zilber Family Foundation announced today that it had awarded a three-year grant in the amount of $600,000 to United Neighborhood Centers of Milwaukee.

Mayor Barrett to Mark Second Annual Safe Sleep Sabbath
Press Release

Mayor Barrett to Mark Second Annual Safe Sleep Sabbath

City of Milwaukee partners with local faith communities to reduce infant deaths.

Milwaukee Recreation Keeps it Cool
Press Release

Milwaukee Recreation Keeps it Cool

On weekdays when the temperature is predicted to be above 85 degrees (or when the city issues a heat advisory), the Milwaukee Department of Public Works attaches industrial-strength sprinklers to the fire hydrants at seven Milwaukee Recreation playgrounds.

The Roundup: Mequon Turns Voter Away
The Roundup

Mequon Turns Voter Away

The City of Mequon told a local man who tried to register and vote at City Hall last week that he was “too late.”

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