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“One thing I love about mural art is being out in the open and getting to meet passers by. I had one woman come by and introduce herself, and say ‘thank you’ for investing in my community, and gave me a big hug. And that really meant a lot to me. We had two children from the children’s center come out and look at the mural, and one of them kept exclaiming ‘big fish.’ Later I found out that the child is legally blind, and that the fish are so big she was able to actually see them, which...

Governor Scott Walker announced on August 23 that the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) would utilize two capital products to help small businesses expand through a new WHEDA fund. The additional lending channels, representing $11.1 million, will provide new financing opportunities for the Transform Milwaukee area as well as statewide. “This has been a strong effort by our administration to package resources to grow businesses and restore Milwaukee as a vibrant place in which to live and work,” said Governor Walker. Governor Walker made the announcement at Milwaukee’s Global Water Center during a celebration marking the five-year...

The announcement in Milwaukee on August 22 was attended by elected officials and community partners, held concurrently with 12 statewide events as part of the first-ever Wisconsin Main Street Day. The Historic King Drive Business Improvement District (BID) No. 8 in the city of Milwaukee has been designated as a Wisconsin Main Street community by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), joining a select group of communities that have demonstrated a sustained commitment to revitalizing their commercial districts. The BID, which was created in 1992, is the state’s 34th currently active Wisconsin Main Street community. It is the only...

The organization Showing Up for Racial Justice – Milwaukee (SURJ MKE) led a local response to the recent white supremacy viоIеncе in Charlottesville, on August 19 in the shadow of Milwaukee’s financial center. As part of a national day of action that took place concurrently in dozens of cities, hundreds of participants in Milwaukee gathered at O’Donnell Park in a call for social change. “Protesting white suprеmаcіsts, Nаzіs, and other fаscіsts is an important thing, but ending racism and white supremacy doesn’t end with holding a sign at a rally,” said Stephanie Roades of SURJ MKE. “White supremacy is...