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The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the American Planning Association (APA) announced recently that Milwaukee’s Westlawn Gardens will receive the HUD Secretary’s Opportunity & Empowerment Award on April 23. One of the highest recognitions in the planning profession, the award honors the first phase of the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee’s transformation of the aged and stressed Westlawn, Wisconsin’s largest public housing development, into a vibrant, environmentally-friendly and sustainable mixed-use and mixed-income neighborhood. “The collective effort of this team has achieved a triumph over the tyranny of monotony, and with it, hopefully, inspiration...

An anonymous donor is providing a grant to Milwaukee Downtown BID #21 to acquire Tony Cragg’s “Mixed Feelings” for an undisclosed amount, and donate the art to the community. The work is being gifted to the City of Milwaukee and will go before the Common Council for approval on April 17. Sculpture Milwaukee, an outdoor urban sculpture experience that debuted last year along Wisconsin Avenue, will manage the installation slated to occur outside City Hall. “On behalf of the residents of the City of Milwaukee, I am happy to accept this donation of the Mixed Feelings sculpture created by...

88Nine Radio Milwaukee (WYMS-FM 88.9) announced the creation of Backline on March 28, a new grant and educational initiative to help Milwaukee musicians succeed, establish Milwaukee’s reputation as an emerging music city, and help Milwaukee companies attract and retain young employees In partnership with business accelerator gener8tor, Backline will recruit four Milwaukee area musicians or bands for its first 12-week session this summer, modeled on gener8tor’s nationally ranked business start-up accelerator. Selected musicians and groups will be eligible to receive grants of $20,000 for financial support and initiatives identified through the accelerator process, such as recording, promotion and touring....

Authorities have announced an expected re-entry date for the out-of-control Chinese space station, returning to Earth sometime over the Easter weekend. Milwaukee is one of the predicted locations for where the descending space station could hit, along with a handful of cities in the United States including Boston, Detroit, Philadelphia, Des Moines, and Salt Lake City. The space station was launched in September 2011 with a two year mission life. On March 21, 2016 the China Manned Space Agency (CMSE) declared that Tiangong-1, meaning “The Heavenly Palace,” had terminated its data service, but the government did not initially admit...

The Adventures of Bob and Downtown Milwaukee depicts a tale of “tails,” as Bob the dog explores landmark attractions throughout the metropolitan area. Produced and published by Shawna Nicols, daughter of Beth Weirick, CEO of Milwaukee Downtown BID #21, the book was release last month as a tribute to the legacy of Joe Weirick, the late Milwaukee real estate executive and husband of Beth Weirick. With the development assistance of Graydient Creative, the new book about downtown Milwaukee is getting praise from pet and city lovers alike. Bob is the Weirick family’s dog, and the central character who introduces...