REAL TIME BUS – On Thu, July 17, 7-8:30PM representatives from the Milw County Transit System will be at the Gordon Park Pavilion to roll out their new services for riders. Starting this year MCTS will offer real-time bus information (the ability to go online and see exactly when the bus will be at your […]
Nik Kovac
Posted inNeighborhood News
Apartments and Climbing Gym Propsed on North Avenue
Mandel Group proposes a 46-unit apartment complex with Adventure Rock Climbing Gym on North Avenue and the west bank of the Milwaukee River. The original master plan that was approved (with much controversy) for the Jewel Osco development in 1998 included bluff development and a small park at North Avenue. Jewel Osco eventually sold to […]
Posted inFurther Down Stream
Further Down Stream – March 2014
RIVERWEST FOLLIES! – Come on out for a great night in the neighborhood with local talent, a Radio Show, and plenty of family fun and food on Sat, March 15 at Falcon Bowl (see banner story) COMMON COUNCIL CHANGES – With the sudden resignation of Alderman and Common Council President Willie Hines on Feb 1, […]
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Empower, Educate, Advocate: The Riverwest Neighborhood Association
by Ruth Weill
Our mission is to empower, educate and advocate for residents of the Riverwest Neighborhood. The Riverwest Neighborhood Association (RNA) has been working toward this mission since 2000 when a group of neighbors began the organization in response to the Neighborhood Strategic Plan (NSP), a neighborhood-generated document created through a project funded by Community Development Block Grants.
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February Calendar 2013
Feb. 1, 2013 FRIDAY – Continuing Events: at end of calendar
ART BAR 722 E Burleigh, Jordan Morgan Lansdowne
CIRCLE A 932 E Chambers, Paper Thick Walls (Chicago), The Crane Wives (Grand Rapids, MI) 8PM / DJ The French Connection 10PM
CITY HALL ROTUNDA 200 E Wells, Panel on Urban Home Ownership & Neighborhood Vitality during the Foreclosure Crisis w/ Anna-Marie Opgenorth, Art Dahlberg, Ald Nik Kovac & William Tisdale, 6-8PM free