While the rest of the kids are busy slamming quadruple espressos and filling ashtrays to unnatural capacities at Fuel Cafe, some may want to escape to Riverwest’s newest addition Tree of Life. Located across the street from the Foundation at 2713 N. Bremen St., Tree of Life serves as a bookstore, artisan gallery and temple for Milwaukee’s Neo-Pagan/Wiccan community.
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Riverwest Health Initiative Receives $450,000 Grant
The Riverwest Health Initiative (RHI) announced on December 17 that they have received a $450,000 grant from the Healthier Wisconsin Partnership Program.
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Clean Livin’
Washing Well owner David Wilson met me at his laundromat on Locust and Oakland to give a short history and grand tour of his esteemed establishment.
Posted inHarambee Connection
Wanted: Visionaries
by Janice Christensen The Redevelopment Authority of the City of Milwaukee is seeking proposals for the purchase and development of the vacant land at 1940-48 North Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive. The 75 by 150-foot lot is between Reader’s Choice Bookstore and a mixed-use structure housing the Milwaukee Times Newspaper. The site is in […]
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North Avenue Dam Pedestrian Bridge
Links Riverwest, Lower East Side Neighborhoods
Tying together two red ribbons, Third District Alderman Mike D’Amato and Sixth District Alderman Mike McGee, Jr. celebrated the opening of a pedestrian bridge linking their two neighborhoods as Mayor Barrett declared the North Avenue Dam Pedestrian Bridge open at a ceremony on December 15.