DCD News
2009
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City kicks-off summer of city improvement projects
Mayor Tom Barrett announced the Neighborhood
Improvement Development Corporation, an arm of DCD, received a $20,000 grant
from the Lowe’s Charitable and Educational Foundation to support summer
community improvement projects in Targeted Investment Neighborhoods.
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Mercy Housing Lakefront celebrates turning
Milwaukee city facility into permanent housing for homeless people
This new permanent supportive housing property brings
together city, county, state and federal entities to provide a solution for
homeless adults in Milwaukee. |
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Milwaukee to receive $2 million for brownfields
Mayor Tom Barrett and Congresswoman Gwendolyn Moore announced
the City of Milwaukee’s Redevelopment Authority is set to receive $2 million in
funds from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for assessment and clean-up
of brownfields. |
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Neighborhood meeting set for 'Net Zero
Energy' proposal
DCD announced a
neighborhood meeting will be held in Bay View later this month to brief
residents on a recommended ‘Net Zero Energy’ development proposal for the former
Army Reserve site at 2372 S. Logan Ave. |
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New Bronzeville website unveiled
Mayor Tom Barrett and Alderwoman Milele A.
Coggs invited the public to visit a new website that promotes opportunities for
business development and homeownership in Bronzeville. |
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An
update on the Pabst Brewery redevelopment
This Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article provides an update
on the work to transform the former Pabst Brewery complex into a 21-acre
development known as ‘The Brewery’. Progress continues despite the slowdown of
other development projects.
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Milwaukee bucks national trend of ‘job sprawl’
The Milwaukee metro area was the only large
metro area to see an increase, rather than a migration, of jobs within its urban
center, according to a Brookings Institute Study released yesterday. |
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Growing green walls and roofs, growing
Milwaukee
The City of Milwaukee and Green Roofs for
Healthy Cities are hosting a Milwaukee Green Roof Symposium on Wednesday, March
11th. This one-day workshop, with opening remarks offered by Mayor Tom Barrett,
is expected to help educate and inspire the city’s elected officials, planners,
businesses, and building and design professionals to harness the technology of
green roofs and walls.
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Community Improvement Project grants available
Mayor Barrett and the Common Council
today invited neighborhood groups located outside the Community Development
Block Grant areas to submit ideas to improve their block and apply for a
‘Community Improvement Project’ grant.
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Development proposals requested for popular
Riverwest site
DCD issued a request for development
proposals for a key corner in the Riverwest neighborhood at 821-33 East Locust
Street. The l0,800 square foot vacant lot on the corner of Locust and Bremen
Streets, is currently used as a community park and seasonal farmer’s market. The
City of Milwaukee is seeking proposals that incorporate this community space
within the site to continue the popular Riverwest tradition.
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Call for nominations: Mayor’s Design Awards
Mayor Barrett invited the public to submit nominations for the 12th annual
Mayor’s Design Awards. The awards recognize exceptional buildings, spaces or
other physical improvements that make Milwaukee a lively, engaging city. |
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Kid-friendly senior housing proposed
The City is working with partners like Gorman & Company and
the Northwest Side CDC to build a stronger Villard Avenue neighborhood. You can
read about the proposed ‘grandfamily’ housing development as part of the Villard
Square project. “It’s housing that builds ‘community’ and it supports the growth
of the kids in the neighborhood – we’re looking for more opportunities to add
housing developments that foster stronger support systems for families,” said
Mayor Tom Barrett.
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"The Fresh Coast Advantage"
Presentation by DCD Commissioner Rocky Marcoux, courtesy of
BizTimes.com |
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City’s request for ‘Net Zero Energy’
development draws robust interest
DCD announced that seven
development firms responded to a request for proposals for the former Army
Reserve site in the Bay View neighborhood. |
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Milwaukee responds to rising
foreclosures
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) recently approved the City of Milwaukee’s plan for utilizing
its $9.2M allocation of Neighborhood Stabilization funds authorized under the
Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008. |
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Milwaukee among top 20 areas for businesses
The metro Milwaukee area moved up in rank from
#18 to #16 this year as one of the top 20 areas for businesses. |
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Update on the foreclosure crisis – locally
The City of Milwaukee was awarded $9.2 million
in federal funds to address the increase in the number of foreclosed properties
locally. |
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$3 million central city business expansion
underway; Medovations adds dozen new employees
A tax-delinquent brownfield at 3613 N. Palmer will
soon be the home of a 52,900 square foot addition to Medovations, a
multi-national manufacturer of medical products. |
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Park East project quietly begins work; site
preparation underway for $27 million Aloft Hotel
Progress in the redevelopment of the Park East
Corridor continues this week with the beginning excavation on the future site of
a 5-story Aloft Hotel, located along the Milwaukee River and just north of East
Juneau Ave. |
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Catch up on Main
Street Milwaukee News
Read about the new businesses
and revitalization work in six Main Street Milwaukee Districts in the
latest program
newsletter. |
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City receives award for Menomonee Valley
redevelopment
The International Economic Development Council
(IEDC) recognized the City of Milwaukee and its Redevelopment Authority with
an Excellence in Economic Development Award for its achievement in
redeveloping Wisconsin’s largest eyesore: the Menomonee Valley. |
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City receives $50 million in New Market Tax Credits
Mayor Barrett said the City will expand investments in small businesses and
development projects in low-income neighborhoods, thanks to the $50 million in
New Markets Tax Credits allocated today to the Milwaukee Economic Development
Corporation. |
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‘Avenue Project’ proposed for North Ave
Gateway District
The City of Milwaukee and North Avenue Community Development Corporation
announced a proposed ‘Avenue Project’ to expand affordable housing options in
the Metcalfe Park/Washington Park neighborhood and add mixed-use development
along West North Avenue in the Gateway Main Street District. |
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Judge says city can test for pollution on Tower Automotive site
An article updating the public on the
city’s efforts to redevelop the former Tower Automotive site in the 30th Street
Industrial Corridor. JSOnline |
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New signs unite neighborhood, mark TIN progress
Sixteen new neighborhood signs mark 3 years of work by residents and partners to
improve the area near Harley-Davidson’s headquarters. |
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City succeeding in recycling buildings
The City of Milwaukee has been working with WasteCap Wisconsin and local
contractors to recycle more building materials from construction and demolition
projects. |
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Milwaukee Bucks join Earn & Learn team
Mayor Barrett and the Milwaukee Bucks announced a new partnership to increase
business participation in the Earn & Learn Summer Youth Jobs Program. |
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Lincoln Village traffic hazard transformed
into festive plaza
Mayor Barrett and Alderman James Witkowiak led a ceremony to dedicate a new
public sculpture in the
Lincoln
Village Main Street District, celebrating the transformation of a traffic
hazard into a neighborhood ‘plus.’ |
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City celebrates Stadium Business Park grand
opening; former brownfield now home to 450 jobs
Mayor Barrett led a ceremony to mark the
transformation of a challenging 17-acre former metal foundry on 38th & Mitchell
into the thriving Stadium Business Park.
Read Sept 25 JSOnline article about the grand opening
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City celebrates Valley Industrial Center’s 6th
groundbreaking; Charter Wire begins construction
Construction began on Charter Wire’s new $20 million production facility in the
city’s Menomonee Valley Industrial Center, east of Miller Park. Mayor Barrett
led the Valley Industrial Center’s 6th groundbreaking, marking the continued
growth of businesses on this western end of the Menomonee Valley. The Valley
Industrial Center is the home of 723 jobs and counting, once construction of all
six projects is completed. |
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Southeast Side area plan ready for
public review
A comprehensive development plan for the southeast side of
the City of Milwaukee is drafted and will be presented at an open house on
Thursday, September 18th 4-7 p.m. at The Loft at Hide House, 2625 S Greeley
Street. The plan can also be viewed by visiting the Department of City
Development website:
www.mkedcd.org/planning/plans/Southeast. pdf
Read Sept 17 JSOnline article about the plan and open house
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Silver City Main Street District holds 2nd
annual Asian Festival
Silver City Main Street District is bringing the East to West National Avenue
again this year with the return of its Asian Festival on Sept. 20th, 2008 from
10 a.m. – 6 p.m. The annual Milwaukee festival to celebrate the city’s Asian
cultural heritage takes place on National Avenue from 31st Street to Miller Park
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30th Street Industrial Corridor update
The City of Milwaukee continues to work
with local, state and federal partners on a long-range initiative to bring more
properties in the 30th Street Industrial Corridor back into use to grow
businesses and attract jobs to the area.
Rocky Marcoux, Commissioner, Dept. of City Development, Summer
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Mayor announces the Milwaukee
Foreclosure Partnership Initiative
Mayor Barrett announced the kickoff of the Milwaukee
Foreclosure Partnership Initiative, a formal effort to address foreclosures in
the City. Barrett started the action-oriented, public-private partnership to
formalize efforts that began two years ago when Milwaukee started to see an
increase in foreclosures as a result of the national mortgage crisis.
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Intelligent design for a great city
Great cities don’t just happen. They
require planning, forethought and an insistence on good design. Buildings like
the Milwaukee Art Museum and the new Harley Davidson Museum are benchmarks for
architectural excellence, but every bit of our city is important — every street,
every park, every building.
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Earn & Learn City interns wrap-up work this
week
The 173 Earn & Learn teens who worked in city internships this summer wrapped up
their final day on the job by participating in an open dialogue session with
Mayor Barrett. |
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City to receive $1.3 million for
brownfields work; Mayor says grants to fuel work in Bronzeville, 30th Street
Industrial Corridor
The ongoing work of the City of Milwaukee’s Brownfields Team to assess
and remediate contaminated properties was recently given a $1.3 million boost by
the U.S. EPA. pdf |
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City offering catalog to spur development of vacant lots
The Milwaukee New Home Catalogue offers
free pre-approved house designs with the purchase of a vacant lot.
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Hope in the lives
of young people
1,500 gain experience through Earn &
Learn.JSOnline |
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City celebrates Direct Supply expansion
Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Governor Jim Doyle celebrated the opening of the
first new building of Direct Supply’s $85 million expansion project today in a
ribbon-cutting ceremony. |
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1,000 teens start summer jobs today
Milwaukee area non-profit organizations and faith-based agencies are putting
1,000 teens to work as part of the City of Milwaukee’s Earn & Learn program. A
total of 1,500 teens are working this summer through program in city
internships, private sector jobs or in positions with 73 community-based
agencies. |
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Foundation Park dedicated to neighborhood
partners
A vacant, unbuildable lot is today an attractive pocket park thanks to a 3-year
public-private partnership in the Harley-Davidson neighborhood.
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Mayor Barrett announces 2007 Design Awards
Mayor Barrett recognized 27 projects with a ‘Mayor’s Design Award’
during a ceremony at the UW-M School of Architecture and Urban Planning.
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Design Awards website |
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Mayor Barrett: Main Street Milwaukee
succeeding, expanding
Mayor Barrett announced the Main Street Milwaukee program will expand this year
due to its successes in attracting new businesses, leveraging private investment
and improving properties along four of Milwaukee’s neighborhood main streets.
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Spring Tour of Homes
Come home to Milwaukee! You are invited to join the City of Milwaukee as it
showcases four new high quality single family developments in collaboration with
the Metropolitan Builders Association Spring Tour of Homes. In the past three
years, more than 600 new single family homes have been built in Milwaukee – with
more on the way. Now, there are four new “city-subdivisions” ready for you to
build your dream home.
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Charter Wire to grow in Menomonee Valley
Mayor Barrett announced that Charter Wire, a division of Charter Manufacturing
of Mequon, will purchase land in the Menomonee Valley for a new production
facility. pdf
Listen to a WUWM interview with Charter General Manager John Mellowes.
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Study sees
Milwaukee’s star rising
Milwaukee is an emerging tech city and
ranked fifth in growth of important patents, according to a recent study. This
rank could boost the area’s ability to attract both federal and private
investment in the tech sector. JSOnline |
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Near South Side development plan underway;
community invited to decide future of neighborhoods
Mayor Barrett and DCD announced two additional workshops for the public to
brainstorm and plan for future development in Near South Side neighborhoods. The
workshops are part of the Near South Side Area Plan, one of 13
comprehensive area plans underway. pdf |
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No fizzle in
Milwaukee’s housing market
Milwaukee’s housing developments on the
northside are bucking the national trend, as demand continues for new housing. JSOnline |
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First Park East ribbon-cutting
Mayor Tom Barrett and Alderman Michael D’Amato led a ribbon-cutting ceremony to
celebrate completion of the first building to rise in the Park East corridor on
lands sold by local government. |
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Reviving Milwaukee’s next great corridor
Milwaukee’s 30th Street Industrial
Corridor will be the city’s next major
redevelopment project. Using the experience gained in the ongoing redevelopment
of the Menomonee River Valley, city officials want to spur manufacturing, light
industrial, commercial and residential redevelopment in the corridor.
Small Business Times |
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Call for nominations: Mayor’s Design
Awards
Mayor Barrett invited the public to submit nominations for the 11th annual
Mayor’s Design Awards. The awards are presented in recognition of
exceptional spaces and places that make Milwaukee a lively, engaging city.
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DCD News archives: 2004 - 2007 |
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