by Vince Bushell County Supervisor Penny Podell is on the campaign trail again. The recall momentum following the resignation of County Executive Tom Ament was enough to engulf a number of incumbents. After first challenging the recall because the signatures included a number of out-of-district voters, Podell has decided to put her political future in […]
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Challenger Hits the Campaign Trail
Although time was limited, one of the challengers to Penny Podell, long-time East Side resident Gerry Broderick, was available to answer a few questions on his campaign for the 3rd District Milwaukee County Supervisor position. Broderick’s background includes police work and neighborhood activism in his Murray Hill neighborhood as well as with the Oakland Avenue Business Improvement District (BID).
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Gentrification: What Does the Future Hold for Riverwest?
This is the first installment in an ongoing series where the Riverwest Currents will look at issues of neighborhood gentrification. It’s a familiar pattern in nearby neighborhoods — you don’t have to look much further than Brewer’s Hill, Brady Street, Walker’s Point… all places that have undergone “gentrification” in recent years. It’s the same old […]
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Free Boxers: Protesting Corporate Waste and Living Off the Urban Landscape
by Jeff Johnson
What may be most significant about the Free Box is not the shabby collection
of items there for the taking, but the witness it bears to the existence
of a certain community here in Riverwest.
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Facing Gentrification
When my family moved into this neighborhood almost two years ago, it was to escape the high rent on the East Side and get out of apartment living. We were tired of living in a noisy building full of college students, and we wanted a bigger space for our growing family. We found a little […]
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