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Maker Faire Milwaukee producers announced that this year’s free admission event will be held on September 23 and 24 at Wisconsin State Fair Park. Called the Greatest Show and Tell on Earth, Maker Faires take place in more than 40 countries around the world. They are part science fair, part county fair, and part something entirely new. Maker Faire Milwaukee joins a small group of other world-class cities, including Berlin, Detroit, Rome, Tokyo, Hong Kong, Cairo, Singapore, Istanbul, Paris, Barcelona, and others that are designated in 2017 as a larger-scale, regional Featured Faire. Maker Faire Milwaukee, which is the...

The Milwaukee public has until April 5 to learn about and vote for outstanding community projects in Milwaukee, to recognize innovative projects that improving local neighborhoods. The Wells People’s Choice Award, sponsored by Wells Fargo, is an online voting campaign highlighting fifteen projects nominated and selected by a volunteer Selection Committee. Three People’s Choice Award winners will be announced at the Milwaukee Awards for Neighborhood Development Innovation on April 6, at the Potawatomi Hotel and Casino. Winners will receive $1,000 and the People’s Choice Award. The Milwaukee Awards for Neighborhood Development Innovation (MANDIs) recognize individuals, organizations, and projects that...

Under the leadership of Mayor Barrett, Earn & Learn has placed more than 28,000 students in summer jobs since its inception. Mayor Tom Barrett opened the application process for the 2017 Earn & Learn initiative, a summer youth employment program that assists young people from Milwaukee in making a successful transition from adolescence into adulthood through job skills and work experience. “Everyone remembers their first job and the positive mark that experience left on them,” Mayor Barrett said. “By introducing young people to the world of work, we are creating hope and opportunity in the lives of Milwaukee’s youth.”...

The City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works will offer new opportunities for community based organizations (CBOs) and small businesses to participate in contract removal of grass and sidewalk snow from private property. In an effort to create job opportunities for Milwaukee residents to maintain neighborhood properties, the Neighborhood Improvement Jobs Opportunity Program will make it easier for local contractors and community-based organizations to obtain contracts with the city, according to Alderman Russell W. Stamper, II. Local contractors and organizations that are interested in contract work maintaining neighborhood properties must attend an information session at 1:00 p.m. on April...

Social Development Commission addresses potential labor shortage as construction season begins with program to train low-income residents for Milwaukee’s new jobs. With the approach of spring, developers in Milwaukee’s construction industry prepare for a busy season. However, many contractors cannot find skilled laborers to do the work. It is a potential problem that has a preventable economic affect. Without a steady labor pool, local projects could run behind schedule or stall. The Social Development Commission (SDC), located on Milwaukee’s north side, has been recognized in the industry for creating a unique program that addresses the labor shortage and helps...

The second annual Milwaukee César E. Chávez Day celebration will take place March 31 at Chávez Plaza in front of El Rey supermarket, 916 South César E. Chávez Drive. The festivity, which commemorates the birthday of the renowned civil rights leader, will feature speeches from local leaders and project plans for the continued construction of Chávez Plaza. Work on the plaza was launched with the unveiling of a life-size statue of Chávez at the 2016 César E. Chávez celebration. Milwaukee’s César E. Chávez Day celebration and the ongoing Chávez Plaza project are part of the FARM Project, a broader...