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Revival of Holton Youth Center

The team  ready to bring the new Holton Youth and Family Center tolife (l. to r.): Rafeal Andrews, Executive Director of Minority ChristianCoaches Association (MCCA); Mario Costantini, Board president of the HoltonYouth & Family Center; Linda Wade, Executive Director of Above the Clouds;Torre Johnson, Wisconsin Community Services (back row); Joyce Mallory,Executive Director of Malaika Children’s Center; Victor Barnett, ExecutiveDirector of Running Rebels (back row); Holly Patzer,  Executive DirectorWisconsin Community Services; Clarence Johnson, Wisconsin CommunityServices (back row); Shawn Smith, Wisconsin Community Services.

Holton Youth Center Team

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Holton Youth Center Faces Transition

“The YMCA of Metropolitan Milwaukee has made a difficult decision to close the Holton Youth Center.  We do not have a definite date set for the closing, but know that it will come in early 2008. We had originally set a date for April 1, 2008, but will remain flexible in the hopes that we can find another organization that can take over the building and continue to serve the youth of the neighborhood.” 

The first paragraph of the Feb. 23 press release from the YMCA outlines the present situation. But there is a long and complex relationship between Holton Youth Center and Riverwest that predates the YMCA’s involvement.

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Straw Poll

With eight candidates to choose from, voters in Milwaukee’s Third Aldermanic District are faced with a big decision when they get into the voting booth February 19.

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Alterra Coffee is Coming to Riverwest

The City has decided to sell the foreclosed-upon property at 2941-2955 N. Humboldt Blvd. known as the Post Teldyne building to Alterra Coffee Roasters for a cafe and wholesale bakery. (Developer Andy Busalacchi had originally proposed putting a condo development on the property but those plans fell through).

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February 2004

Mario Costantini, owner of La Lune on Burleigh Street, received a Lincoln Gaines Award from the YMCA at its 7th Annual Martin Luther King Breakfast on January 19. Costantini won an award in the Strong Kids division for his commitment to strengthening the lives of children in Milwaukee’s central city. For over 14 years he […]