Common Council – Page 14 – Riverwest Currents

3rd District Aldermanic Candidates

by EditorFebruary 2004December 2013

All five 3rd District Aldermanic Candidates were invited to respond to the following questions using their choice of e-mail, telephone, or a personal interview.

Commentary & Opinion

City Residents Deserve a Community Benefits Agreement

by EditorFebruary 2004

by Kathleen Mulligan-Hansel

For over a year, a coalition of Milwaukee organizations — including labor unions, faith-based organizations, research and advocacy groups, and community organizations — has been organizing to include a Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) in the redevelopment of the former Park East corridor. Influenced by similar agreements negotiated by coalitions in Los Angeles, the Good Jobs and Livable Neighborhoods coalition wants to ensure that the considerable investment poised to flow into downtown development creates tangible improvements in other parts of the city. The proposed CBA would require developers that receive public subsidies or build on public land to invest in the human side of development.

Neighborhood News

Community Benefits Agreement: An Overview

by EditorFebruary 2004

It sounds simple, doesn’t it? Either you are for or against benefits to the community. While it isn’t quite that simple, an ordinance that’s been shuttled around City Hall for a few months is based on a relatively simple premise: that when the city sells public land or uses public money to subsidize a development, there should be some kind of public benefit.

Further Down Stream

January 2004

by EditorJanuary 2004

Aldermanic races – Holton St. bike lane – Common Council doings – Riverwest Yogashala – New Captain of 5th Dist. – Milwaukee Recreation 55+ String Ensemble – Mary Horwitt Piano Scholarship – Strive Media – SDC – Palmer to expand to K-8 – Corrections

Editorials

Putting “Green” Into the Park East Redevelopment Plan

by EditorJanuary 2004December 2013

by Vince Bushell

One proposal that has been getting short shrift in discussions is the inclusion of Green or Open space into the plan. Neither Peter Park nor the demands arising out of the CBA place much emphasis on this goal. A few parcels have been identified as “green,” but that designation seems to be driven by the unsuitability of the parcels for anything else.