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Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) Secretary and CEO Missy Hughes joined Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, African American Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin (AACCW) CEO Ossie Kendrix Jr. and other leaders on September 25 to announce a new partnership on Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Milwaukee’s Bronzeville neighborhood. The AACCW is renovating a vacant building located at 1920 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive into a social enterprise space that will hold its offices and be a vehicle for revenue generation to support the mission of the organization into the future. The Chris Abele Legacy Co-Working and Innovation...

Wisconsin Conservation Voices and their partners held a “Voice the Vote” press conference on National Voter Registration Day to bring awareness to the work they are doing in helping communities of color and young people around Milwaukee register to vote. The partner organizations have built lasting relationships with their communities and are using those deep connections to encourage voter participation, and urge people to register to vote. Walnut Way and Wisconsin Conservation Voices are running an ongoing walkthrough voter registration site in the Lindsay Heights neighborhood. Progressive Community Health Centers is texting their patients with voting information. The American...

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett presented his proposed 2021 budget in an address on September 22, outlining how million of dollars in cuts were required due to the financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. Common Council President Cavalier Johnson follow with a statement about how the State of Wisconsin’s funding formula was broken and was adding to the city’s economic hardships. Mayor Barrett’s 2021 Executive Budget Address – September 22, 2020 Council Members, Treasurer Coggs, Comptroller Sawa, City Attorney Spencer–We all recognize that we are living in very uncertain times, and as a result this is going to be the...