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30th Street Industrial Corridor
Milwaukee’s
Greenlight
District
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The City of
Milwaukee is working with local, state and federal partners on
a plan to redevelop the 30th Street Industrial Corridor,
similar to the long-range efforts that went into the
revitalization of the
Menomonee Valley.
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Greenlight District
– A Reinvestment Zone
The term ‘Greenlight
District’
indicates a zone where the City would give the ‘greenlight’
on use of Tax Incremental Financing and other economic
development tools within the corridor to attract and retain
businesses and retain jobs.
Project Area
 The 30th Street Industrial Corridor project area boundaries
are W. Hampton Avenue
south to W. Highland Boulevard,
N. 27th Street west to N. 35th Street.
View a detailed map of the corridor.
The corridor
features a rail line, which traditionally provided
industries with the ability to move raw materials and finished
goods in and out of Milwaukee beginning in the late 19th century. The
corridor has been home to such companies as: Master Lock,
Miller Brewery, Harley-Davidson, Kehr’s Candies, DRS
Technologies, Eaton Corporation, Wisconsin & Southern
Railroad, Perlick Corporation, A.O. Smith, Geiser’s Potato
Chip Company, Tower Automotive, and Cutler-Hammer. Many of
these companies remain today.
Goals
There are several underused, underutilized industrial sites
within the corridor that could offer growing companies the
room to expand. This location could also prove advantageous
for
new business creation, with successful
companies in the corridor and sites situated near
major transportation routes and a large and eager workforce.
The City of Milwaukee seeks partners to prepare a corridor
plan to:
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Attract / grow
businesses |
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Reduce
environmental contamination |
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Identify resources
for site preparation, business incentives |
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Incorporate job
training incentives, additional workforce development
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Improve
infrastructure |
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Improve
residential and commercial areas |
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Address blight,
enhance appeal of corridor |
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Increase public
safety |
Current Corridor
Projects
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City District Office |
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Eaton
Corporation, 4201 N. 27th Street, houses the
City of Milwaukee’s 30th Street Industrial Corridor
District Office. Bob Trimmier staffs the satellite office
to conduct community outreach within the corridor. |
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Brownfields Initiative |
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Environmental
site assessments, building demolition and clean-up of
brownfields within the corridor. The City of Milwaukee
Brownfields Team has secured nearly $1 million in federal
and state dollars to renew sites in the corridor.
Gov. Doyle's Urban Reinvestment Initiative |
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The
A.O. Smith Site
former Tower Automotive |
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The City seeks
to assist in maximizing the re-use of this large, 86 acre
site as an urban industrial park. |
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30th Street Industrial Corridor Employment Training Pilot
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Area businesses will be
surveyed on employment needs, including skills required to
replace several retiring employees. Two to three
businesses will work with the Department of City
Development, Milwaukee Area Workforce Investment Board and
other partners on a pilot project to develop
skills-specific training that fills the needs of employers
in the corridor. Partners: Alderman Willie
Wade, Alderman Ashanti Hamilton, Capitol Stampings, DRS
Technologies, Master Lock, Milwaukee Area Technical
College, Business Improvement District #37, Department of
City Development and Milwaukee Area Workforce Development
Board. Job creation: estimated to begin with
20 new jobs but program will be expanded after pilot. |
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Milwaukee Technology Incubator Center |
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The former DRS facility at
4625 N. 30th Street will be renovated to become a small
business incubator for five to seven companies. The
incubator will offer state of the art testing facilities
with modern security and communications systems. DRS’s
relationship with the defense and power electronic control
industry is expected to attract start-ups and supplier
businesses. Partners: Northwest Side
Community Development Corporation, Department of City
Development and 30th Street Industrial Corridor
Corporation. |
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Bishop’s Creek
32nd & Hampton |
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The City of
Milwaukee is working with Holy Redeemer Church on the
redevelopment of a blighted site on 32nd & Hampton.
The project includes affordable housing, hospitality
uses, offices, retail and parking.
Bishop's Creek website |
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Targeted Investment Neighborhoods |
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The
Targeted
Investment Neighborhood (TIN) program is a neighborhood revitalization strategy in which the City of Milwaukee, working with a neighborhood community partner, focuses resources in a relatively small area (6 to 12 city blocks) in an effort to stabilize and increase owner-occupancy, strengthen property values and improve the physical appearance of a neighborhood.
Bishop's Creek TIN
Eaton Corporation / DRS TIN TIN
map
Metcalfe Park TIN
TIN map |
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Business Improvement Districts |
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In
Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), property owners in designated geographic areas voluntarily collect annual assessments
which are spent on projects that enhance the local business environment. These may include improvements to the streetscape, marketing efforts, business recruitment activity, and security programs.
BID 28, North Avenue Gateway
BID map
BID 29, Atkinson Ave, Capitol Drive & Teutonia Ave.
BID map
BID 32, North Avenue Market Place
BID map
BID 37, 30th Street Industrial Corridor
BID map
BID 39, Center Street Market Place
BID map |
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