Master Lock committed to keeping Milwaukee plant
During a gathering of local business leaders earlier this year, a
Milwaukee-area executive lamented the closing of so many
manufacturers, mentioning publicly, among others, Master Lock Co.
Officials with the venerable Oak Creek-based lockmaker -- with a
sizable factory still quite active in Milwaukee's central city -- were
chagrined but not necessarily surprised by the misimpression. Feb 29,
The Business Journal
Reviving Milwaukee’s next great corridor
Milwaukee’s 30th Street Industrial Corridor – an area that runs
roughly from North 27th to 35th streets and from Hampton Avenue to
Highland Boulevard – will be the city’s next major redevelopment
project.
Jan 11, Small Business Times
Growing in the corridor
The 30th Street Industrial Corridor is home to several thriving,
growing companies that are helping to improve the neighborhood.
Jan 11, Small Business Times
Dollars at work
Grants and other public dollars are helping spur redevelopment in the
30th Street Industrial Corridor.
Jan 11, Small Business Times
Stamping grounds: new owners turn around company
In mid-2005, Capitol Stampings Corp. was struggling. … Today, the
company has a leaner and more efficient work force of 100, new owners
and a bright future in Milwaukee’s 30th Street Industrial corridor.
Jan 11, Small Business Times
Astronautics to expand in Milwaukee
City of Milwaukee officials are considering plans to provide a
forgivable $100,000 loan to Astronautics Corporation of America Inc.,
which has secured a large aircraft technology contract and plans to
add more than 70 engineering and production jobs in the city.
Jan 4, Small Business Times
2007
Bishop’s Creek: from defunct tannery, development may spread
The Bishop’s Creek Community Development Corp. is going for the whole alphabet
soup of public subsidy: TIF, BID, TIN and HOME. But it has a big goal. It wants
to take a blighted 5-acre former tannery and turn it into the type of project
that causes ripples of development to spread out all around it.
Nov 2, The Daily Reporter
City gets nearly $1
million; grant will go toward new jobs, building renovation
Five projects - three in the city's 30th St. industrial corridor - will receive
nearly $1 million in federal funds to create jobs and businesses, and renovate
buildings under legislation signed Tuesday by Mayor Tom Barrett.
Oct 30, JSOnline
City to invest in ‘Stronger Milwaukee’
projects; Mayor signs legislation to fund five ‘large impact’ projects
Mayor Barrett authorized nearly $1 million in grants to fund five ‘Stronger
Milwaukee’ projects, using Large Impact Development grants provided by the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development. Mayor Barrett signed the
legislation at Capitol Stampings, 2700 W. North Avenue, a partner in a project
to provide specialized job training to replace retiring workers and fill the
needs for local employers. Oct
30
pdf
Milwaukee strengthens corridor redevelopment
The flood of resources into Milwaukee’s 30th Street Industrial
Corridor continued this week. The city’s redevelopment plans for the former industrial
center cover all aspects of development: job training, housing redevelopment,
crime-prevention efforts, and acquiring and redeveloping blighted properties.
Oct
18,
The Daily Reporter
30th Street Industrial Corridor streetscaping to begin next year
The first major signs of the City of Milwaukee's efforts to revitalize the 30th
Street Industrial Corridor will be seen next year. That's when work on a
streetscaping project along Capitol Drive between 27th Street and 35th Street
will begin. The city is providing a $500,000 grant and a $500,000 loan to the
corridor's business improvement district (BID) for the project.
Oct
17, Small Business Times
30th
Street challenge: rebuilding and educating
Redeveloping 10 or 15 housing lots seems less dramatic than bringing workers to
thousands of square feet of manufacturing space, but they’re both essential to
the 30th Street Industrial Corridor’s future.
Oct 15, The Daily Reporter
Milwaukee to invest $5 million in 'Stronger Neighborhoods'
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett will sign legislation this afternoon to invest $5 million in four Stronger
Neighborhoods projects. The neighborhoods to receive the investments will be
Mitchell Street, Cesar Chavez Drive, the 30th Street Industrial Corridor and Kinnickinnic Avenue.
Sep 28, Small Business Times
City to invest $5 million in Stronger
Neighborhoods projects
The City of Milwaukee will invest $5 million in four Stronger Neighborhoods
projects to boost business and improve some of the city’s neighborhood
commercial districts. Sep
28
pdf
Federal funds set aside for 30th Street Industrial Corridor
The appropriations bill recently approved by the U.S. Senate includes $750,000
to help revitalize the 30th Street Industrial Corridor in Milwaukee's central
city. The money will be given to the city's Redevelopment Authority, which will
use it to acquire and refurbish properties, which will then be sold for
development.
Sep
19, Small Business Times
Milwaukee projects get federal funds
The U.S. Senate passed the funding bill for the Department of Housing and Urban
Development that included $1.2 million for projects in Milwaukee. “The city of
Milwaukee has always had great vision when it comes to investing in economic
development projects to help revitalize our community,” said U.S. Sen. Herb
Kohl.
Sep
14, The Daily Reporter
California firm acquires building in 30th Street corridor
A California real estate investment company has purchased one of the
11 former manufacturing properties on the sale block in the 30th Street
industrial corridor on Milwaukee's near north side.
Jun 29,
The Business Journal
$3.2M
in brownfield grants awarded
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Region 5 announced Monday
that $3.2 million in brownfield grants were awarded to six Wisconsin cities and
one American Indian reservation. The Milwaukee Redevelopment Authority was the
largest recipient, taking in a $1 million award....
May
16, The Daily Reporter
New Metcalfe Park
homes this year
A plan to build 30 homes in Milwaukee's Metcalfe Park neighborhood that will be
rented - and ultimately sold - to moderate-income families is moving forward and
will likely result in new housing this year, said the project's developer.
Apr 4, JSOnline
On the upswing
No one quite knows the exact moment when a neighborhood realizes it is fed up
and the time has come to take action.
Feb 3, JSOnline
30th
Street corridor to be revitalized
Celebrating the moment as a turning point between industrial decline and
neighborhood revitalization, three Milwaukee-area governments partnered on
Thursday to plan the future of the 30th Street Industrial Corridor.
Jan 26, The Daily Reporter
Mayor declares 30th
St. Industrial Corridor Milwaukee’s Greenlight District for jobs
Mayor Barrett announced the City of
Milwaukee will commit significant resources and work 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.
Jan 11
pdf
City gives 'greenlight'
to redeveloping area; funds would boost N. 30th St. corridor
The industrial corridor around N. 30th St., including the former Tower
Automotive complex and other vacant buildings, will be redeveloped over several
years, bringing jobs and new investment to one of Milwaukee's bleakest
landscapes, Mayor Tom Barrett plans to announce today.
Jan 10, JSOnline
2006
Own a home, strengthen a
neighborhood
Residents who live in the
Bronzeville and Metcalfe Park neighborhoods will soon have the opportunity to
buy a vacant lot for $1 or rent a new home to later own, under two housing
initiatives Mayor Barrett launched today.
Nov 21
Congresswoman
Gwen Moore secures $300,000 for economic development initiatives in House Bill
The House Appropriations Committee announced earlier this week that the
FY2007 Urban Development Appropriations bill will include $150,000 for the
establishment of the Milwaukee Urban Entrepreneurship Center and $150,000 for
the remediation and redevelopment of the brownfields near Garfield Park and the
30th Street Industrial Corridor. Jun
12, US
House of Representatives website
EPA
awards brownfields grants
The Environmental Protection Agency awarded $2.6 million in brownfields
redevelopment grants Friday to four Wisconsin communities.
May 12, The Daily Reporter
2005
DRS
Power & Control to expand
Milwaukee aldermen hailed a proposed $1.7 million tax incremental financing
district proposal for DRS Power & Control Technologies’ expansion as “TIFing”
done right.
Nov 30, The Daily Reporter
