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Residents Support Changes at Washington Park
Washington Park resident Don Balentine (left) and Officer Steve Osmanski of the Milwaukee Police Department attended the recent annual gathering at Washington Park Partners. (Photo by Andrea Waxman)...
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Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative Will Expand
One of four entrances to the Artery, near Keefe Avenue and Richards Street in the Harambee neighborhood. (Photo by Andrea Waxman) The Greater Milwaukee Foundation has designated four new neighborhoods...
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Program Helps Train Urban Business Owners
Ondra Stovall, CleanTec lead man since 2009, prepares to take cleaning equipment from the company’s storage room to a commercial client’s site. (Photo by Andrea Waxman) Although Ingrid Hicks has run...
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Can Wellness Center Revive North Avenue?
Leonard Brady, an octogenarian who was born and raised in the Lindsay Heights community, addresses the crowd as Alderman Russell Stamper and Mayor Tom Barrett look on. (Photo by Andrea Waxman) Christal...
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Teaching Kids How To Be Green
Terry Evans chats with attendees at Winterfest. (Photo by Andrea Waxman) When Terry Evans was about 12, his father, an Air Force technical sergeant, took him and his younger brother camping for the...
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New Mobile App Pinpoints Housing Hazards
An abandoned South Side house was photographed with the Vacant Voices app. (Photo courtesy of Shantanu Singh) Organizations working to alleviate the urban housing crisis of the last decade, generally...
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Humane Society Impact On One ZIP Code
A North Side resident takes her dog to the Franklin Square Playground, where the Wisconsin Humane Society offers free pet vaccinations twice a year. (Photo courtesy of Wisconsin Humane Society) Amani...
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Helping Police Build Neighborhoods
Fatima Benhaddou in her office at the Dominican Center for Women. (Photo by Sue Vliet) The Building Neighborhood Capacity Program has selected Fatima Benhaddou as its first program manager. Benhaddou...
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New App Helps Domestic Violence Victims
Garada (left), who requested that her last name not be used, shares a light moment with Carmen Pitre (center), executive director of Sojourner Family Peace Center, and Dolly Grimes-Johnson, shelter and...
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New Community Garden for West Side
State Sen. Nikiya Harris Dodd (front, center), state Rep. Evan Goyke (third from left), and Ald. Robert Bauman (center, rear) join volunteers in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Neighborhood House of...
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A Community Leader for 30 Years
Executive Director Carmen Pitre will continue working in her office at the Germania Building until the new Sojourner Family Peace Center opens in late 2015. Photo by Andrea Waxman. When Carmen Pitre...
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Tough Childhood Helps Community Leader Guide Kids
Ceso Sprewell encourages club members working on computer skills at the Boys & Girls Clubs North Division location. Photo by Andrea Waxman. Ceso Sprewell’s world went into a tailspin when he was a...
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Public, Charter, Choice School Leaders Together
Howard Fuller tells school leaders that there is no more important work than theirs in a keynote address during a daylong training at Milwaukee College Prep Lola Rowe North Campus. Photo by Andrea...
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Fashion Designer Wins Business Plan Contest
Competition winner Kelvin Haydon (second from right) shows his award certificate as (from left) Sakuri Fears, Alderman Russell Stamper and BID Executive Director Jacqueline Ward look on. Photo by...
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First Ciclovia MKE Is a Success
Lauren Lopez and son Mateo, 4, came to Ciclovia MKE because they like to ride their bikes together. Photo by Andrew Waxman. Despite cool, rainy weather, the city’s first ciclovia event brought cyclists...
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Finney Library Will Be Turned Into Arts Incubator
Matt Bohlmann (left), the new owner of the former Finney Library building, consults with Ken Maclin (center) and Dontrell Jackson about demolition work they are doing at the site. Photo by Andrea...
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New Mural for Washington Park Neighborhood
The mural, titled “A Source of Life,” as seen from 31st Street. Photo by Jeff Redmon. A small crowd of Washington Park residents and community leaders recently celebrated the completion of a mural...
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Agency’s Work With Abusive Men Wins Award
Open house attendess listen to Milwaukee Circuit Court Chief Judge Maxine White speaking about the improtance of the Alma Center’s work. Photo by Andrea Waxman. Staff, graduates, local dignitaries and...
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Urban Ecology Has Brainstorming Session
(From left) Beatrix (in pink), Loralei and Vivian Madson tell Quorum architect Kate Edwards (right) what they would like to see at the redesigned Washington Park Urban Ecology Center as their mother,...
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Homeless Families Struggle to Find Shelter
The Ropers, a homeless family living at the Salvation Army Emergency Lodge, take advantage of the children’s library area on a recent winter morning. Photo by Andrea Waxman. When Shiredon Roper and her...
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