March 2003
Posted inCommentary & Opinion

What Does It Mean To Say Riverwest Is Integrated – Is It Really?

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GUEST COMMENTARY – by Jackie Reid Dettloff

It was Saturday afternoon when I read the January issue of Riverwest Currents with Tanya Cromartie-Twaddle’s “Living a Life Mosaic: Diversity in Riverwest.” The question, “how shall we live together?” was fresh in my mind the next morning, when I opened the Sunday Journal Sentinel and found the first of several articles on segregation in our city and its surrounding suburbs. Whether one agrees or not with Lois Quinn and John Pawasarat’s definition of an integrated neighborhood as being “20% white and at least 20% black,” the publication of the results of their study has opened a spirited dialogue. I see that as good.

Posted inColumns

Group Efforts

by Mark Lawson

Recently in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel there was a lengthy article about Milwaukee’s collaborative visual arts groups. In part, this article was a response to a Jan. 19 article in the New York Times, “Doing Their Own Thing,” which identified Milwaukee as one city where artists made their own art scene through collaborative efforts.

Posted inBusiness Briefs

March 2003

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The Columbia-St. Mary’s Family Health Center nearly finishied moving to Riverwest – Realty Executives office opens in Riverwest – The Pub is for sale

Posted inFurther Down Stream

March 2003

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New Boathouse – Antler – Community Union – Friends of Milwaukee’s Rivers 8th Annual River Clean Up – New Parish – COA Summer Programs – Element/Black Elephant – Demands and ‘plaints – Welfare Warriors/4th Annual Global Women’s Strike Against No Pay, Low Pay, And Overwork – Convicted Pedophile Evicted – Feast of St. Casimir – Matyas Rehab/Rental for Non-Profits – Humbolt and Kane Ward Yard to Become Restaurant