Lena’s Grocery on Holton is getting ready to open. Construction crews have been hard at work in recent weeks behind the painted windows. The new store represents a $3 million investment in the neighborhood.
Common Council
Posted inFurther Down Stream
October 2002
This month’s news briefs: the free life, block grant funding cuts, recent violence, Capitol Drive changes, new Currents intern, DPI wins grant, new Bremen St. block club, Adult Enrichment cooking classes at Riverside, and Sustainable Living.
Posted inFurther Down Stream
September 2002
“I love this neighborhood!” This exclamation is commonly overheard in Riverwest. Most recently it was heard in the wake of a young man, clad only in bikini briefs and a mink jacket, being pulled on a skateboard by his dog down Bremen St. on Sunday, Aug. 11. Thanks for the street theater!
Posted inNeighborhood News
New Health Center Proposed for Humboldt and North
Columbia-St. Mary’s has proposed a new Family Health Center (FHC) for the vacant portion of the Jewel-Osco complex on the southeast corner of Humboldt and North Ave.
Posted inNeighborhood News
Residents Show Up In Force to Oppose the Transfer of Community Block Grant Funds to City Coffers
A public hearing took place Thursday, July 26, at Milwaukee Education Center (MEC), housed in buildings from the old Schlitz brewery at 1615 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. Three hundred people showed up and 51 testified in a tightly controlled forum on spending proposals for federal grant monies targeted to low and moderate income residents.
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