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DoorDash, a technology company that connects customers with the best local businesses through door-to-door delivery, recently announced its launch in the Milwaukee metro area. The beer flows freely in Brew City, and DoorDash wants to make sure Milwaukeeans have all the best foods to go with it. With the addition of Milwaukee, DoorDash brings its expansion efforts to more than 35 major metropolitan markets across more than 350 cities in the United States and Canada. “We’re looking forward to connecting Milwaukee residents with their favorite restaurants,” said Tony Xu, CEO and co-founder of DoorDash. “This launch has long been...

Wisconsin Avenue’s artist in residence, Mauricio Ramirez, began a utility box mural project in downtown Milwaukee on May 16. Ramirez started his visual transformation of 10 utility boxes at the project’s first location, 200 E. Wisconsin Avenue. The artistic theme for that location along Wisconsin Avenue was centered on two of the city’s founding fathers, Solomon Juneau and Byron Kilbourn, and their contentious Milwaukee Bridge War of 1845. The remaining nine boxes will continue to highlight Wisconsin Avenue’s rich history of commerce, diversity of architecture and people, and bright future yet ahead for the passage through the heart of...

The Milwaukee VA Soldiers Home Historic District (Soldiers Home) on the grounds of the Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center is a National Historic Landmark District, and one of Milwaukee’s most important historic assets. As part of an Enhanced Use Lease (EUL) agreement with the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), The Alexander Company and the Housing Authority of the City of Milwaukee are leading a team that has been chosen by the VA to restore and rehabilitate six of the District’s buildings. Under the proposal, the buildings will be renovated to include a total of 101 supportive housing...