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SUMMARY OF GENERAL CAPITAL RESPONSE TO RFP

Riverwest Johnson Controls Property A 24-unit Traditional Neighborhood Development Milwaukee, Wisconsin The following is an excerpt from General Capital’s response to the City’s RFP. Submitted by General Capital Group c/o Sigurd Strautmanis 10532 North Port Washington Road Mequon, WI 53092 (414) 240-4605 GENERAL CAPITAL GROUP, LLP CONTENTS PROJECT OVERVIEW TND WITH A TWIST TRADITIONAL DESIGN […]

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Searching for a Stolen Car

The five hulking bags of groceries are in the trunk, and I’ve got twenty minutes before I have to clock in at work. Normally it wouldn’t be a problem, but this day finds me hunkered over the duct-taped steering column fighting with a screwdriver to get my rig fired up. Sure, the keys are in my right pocket next to my wallet, but for the last couple of weeks, this has been the modus operandi for getting the thing started…

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Alterra Coffee is Coming to Riverwest

The City has decided to sell the foreclosed-upon property at 2941-2955 N. Humboldt Blvd. known as the Post Teldyne building to Alterra Coffee Roasters for a cafe and wholesale bakery. (Developer Andy Busalacchi had originally proposed putting a condo development on the property but those plans fell through).

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Jesse Windom

by Jim Hendersen

Over the past eight years, Jesse Windom has taken five rundown, former slumlord properties and turned them into livable, comfortable shelters for the homeless, mentally handicapped and onetime criminal offenders. He could now be called, respectfully and legitimately, a “shelterlord.”

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Reservoir No Longer Needed?

By Sonya Jongsma Knauss and Vince Bushell “We remain firm in our commitment to include community input” — Carrie Lewis, superintendent of the Milwaukee Department of Water Works, about the shape of the reservoir hill of Kilbourn Park What’s at stake: The future shape of the landmark hill: will the hill maintain its present height […]