In last month’s issue, we gave a sketch of the Riverwest Investment Cooperative, the local housing investment group that celebrated its second annual membership meeting in August. This month we want to trace the story of RIC over the past twelve months as it changed from a handful of dreamers to a property-holding cooperative capable of qualifying for a loan of over $100,000 and rehabbing the very distressed house at 2543 N. Holton. There is quite a cast of characters.
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Further Down Stream August 2004
The Academy of Unconventional Art (3172 N. Bremen St.) is offering a one-month workshop on the basics of oil painting. The nine classes will be held Tuesdays and Thursdays. Greg Jacobon and Shawn Gurath will conduct the classes. Gurath describes the classes as “classical in foundation, but branching off into contemporary concepts” with a focus […]
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July
1 THURSDAY ART BAR: Full Moon Party. 8 PM-12 AM. BREMEN CAFE: Open mic. 8:30 PM. CIRCLE A: Slummerfest: Warlock The Jookbot. COA: Family Drop-In time: 9:30-11:30 AM / Creative Playground, ages 7-10. 9 AM-3 PM / Adult Basic Education: 8:30 AM-1:30 PM. 263-8383. Milwaukee public LIBRARY: Summer reading program (Art Beaudry). Central Library. 2 […]
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Preparing to Buy a House
Renting? Thinking about buying a home? Get your financial house in order to begin the home buying process. Become the architect of your financial future.
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New food festival on Brady Street
Get ready for feasting on locally made goodies and merrymaking on the East Side. Milwaukee has a new summer festival: the Brady Street Artisan Food Festival. The festival, which will held Sunday, July 25, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m., celebrates artisan, craft, and organic foods made by Wisconsin businesses. The fest, created by the […]
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