SUPPORTING MILWAUKEE’S OLDEST PUBLIC HIGH SCHOOL The Bezella Family Establishes Scholarship In 2020 the RUHS Foundation awarded its first Bezella Family Scholarship. The family has an extensive history at Riverside and the family’s business, Kellner Greenhouse on Humboldt Avenue, was well known in Riverwest and on the east side. An applicant for the yearly renewable […]
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MANDI Award Finalist is Riverwest Neighborhood Navigator
by Peggy Schulz Community development has been getting more positive attention in Milwaukee over the last few years, according to Leo Ries, executive director of LISC Milwaukee. Ries made his remarks while introducing the finalists for the 2014 MANDI awards. But Jan Christensen, who was named a finalist for the Northern Trust Navigator Award, has […]
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Bush Signs American Dream Downpayment Act
President Bush signs American Dream Downpayment Act, a $200 million program designed to help tens of thousands of low-income families to become homeowners is expected to start in the spring. LISC–Bush and HUD Acting Secretary Alphonso Jackson said the initiative will also help meet the Administration’s “Homeownership Challenge” to increase minority homeownership by 5.5 million […]