Ron San Felippo

Contribution to Marina Dimitrijevic of $250

Public Market Again Posts Record Numbers, How?

Market director, vendor explain what they think is driving record growth.

Summerfest Got $48 Million in Gifts

Total donations from 2010 to 2018 helped pay for CEO Don Smiley’s "caviar lifestyle"?

Should Summerfest Pay Higher Rent?

Harbor House pays at least 7 times more than Summerfest per acre of lakefront land.

Summerfest Blows Off City Meeting

No festival official attends scheduled meeting. Partnership with city “broken”, Ald. Murphy says.

Milwaukee Losing As Summerfest Safety Costs Grow Quickly

Long-term lease agreement means the city has eaten $4 million in costs since 2011.

Contribution to Tony Zielinski of $500

Condo Plan Okayed for Third Ward

A 13-unit complex, though the pediments were questioned. And more Ice Bars coming!

Board Questions Shake Shack’s Signage

Historic Third Ward ARB acts on a host of small changes, from signs to a new dock.

Public Market Names Executive Director

Paul Schwartz has been named Executive Director of the Milwaukee Public Market.

Contribution to Cavalier Johnson of $50

Contribution to Mark Borkowski of $250

Downtown Building Grows Apartments

Century Building would (mostly) convert from offices to 50 low-income residential units.

13 Ways to Revive Grand Avenue

Experts offer ideas to transform downtown’s long-struggling mall

All Hail Our Business Improvement Districts

City party celebrates work of 35 BIDs, which have helped improve many city neighborhoods.

The Design Competition That Wasn’t

Lakefront Gateway competition picked a team, not a design. So what will that mean for the lakefront?

Lakefront Gateway Plaza National Design Competition Culminates with the Selection of the Graef Team

Water, Year-Round Activity Featured Among Ideas

Contribution to Robert Bauman of $386

How UWM Deal Will Affect the Bucks

UWM’s naming rights for old U.S. Cellular Arena could change where new NBA arena is built -- and what happens to Bradley Center.

Lessons from the Public Market

Could its success provide a model for the Grand Avenue Mall?

Rep. Petri’s Daughter is Washington Post Columnist

Alexandra Petri's brilliant column ridicules the concept of "affluenza" but she may inherit the malady from her dad.

Milwaukee Public Market Manager Resigns

The general manager of the Milwaukee Public Market, Meg Rauschenberger, has resigned, ending the term of the third manager since the market opened in October of 2005.  Instead of giving the fourth a chance, the Third Ward Association has elected not to replace the general manager position.  Looking to trim overhead the market management team […]

City Hall Redo

Minority hiring goal set.

The Extraordinary Longevity of Milwaukee Politicians

We have had twice as many Mayors as we have had City Treasurers since 1917.

Pratt’s “Reimbursement” Mystery Money

Acting Mayor Pockets $7,500 with no explanation