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The Menomonee Valley Community Park hosted the Inaugural Hank Aaron State Trail Spring Ride to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the trail and its expansion, with the opening of the west end route, along with a special public art dedication on May 4. A couple hundred participants gathered at the corner of Canal Street and Milwaukee Road to hear about the Trail, and the new artistic landmark unveiled at the location. “People of the Road” is a five-sculpture public artwork, designed by local artist Richard Taylor, that honors the thousands of local factory workers who built the locomotives and...

Dozens of volunteers installed pieces of colorful tile for a new public art exhibit along the fence at the corner of 27th and Wisconsin, by the closed Wisconsin Avenue Elementary School, with messages of hope for Near West Side residents. The public art installation was moved forward a day to April 26, because weather forecasts for the original date predicted several inches of snow. Near West Side residents, volunteers, and local artists installed more than 1,500 ceramic medallions at the intersection. The “Voices of the City” exhibit is a collection of tiled works designed to beautify the neighborhood, and...

One of Milwaukee’s most recognizable historic buildings completed $51 million of restoration and opened its doors to the public on April 25 for tours, and in celebration of its transformation into a hub for a vibrant new community. Originally built in 1892, the Milwaukee Fortress has been a key landmark of the Brewers Hill neighborhood. The grand opening event had live music, food, guided tours, and highlighted its new phase as a mix of apartments and commercial space. “I think The Fortress is going to add an important vitality to this part of downtown. We continue to see more...

The oldest and largest Latino Civil Rights group in America formally announced, on April 25 at a reception in the rotunda of City Hall, that it was coming to Milwaukee this summer to hold its National Convention – coinciding with the organization’s 90th anniversary. The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) will host their 2019 National Convention “Movimiento LULAC: 90 Years of Building Power & Transforming Communities Across America!” from July 10 to 13 at the Wisconsin Convention Center in downtown. Members of the national leadership team and local officials spoke during the City Hall gathering, about the...