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7/13 RNA Meeting Agenda

Riverwest Neighborhood Association All Riverwesters are invited to attend. TUESDAY, JULY 13, 7PM YMCA CDC Office, 604 E. Center St. AGENDA: 1) Invocation 2) Review/Approval of June 8 meeting minutes 3) Additions to the Meeting Agenda 4) Announcements 5) Riverwest Business Presentations – Ms. Devon Wichelt will present plan for a bar on Center St. […]

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RNA 6/8 Meeting Minutes

Riverwest Neighborhood Association General Meeting-Minutes, June 8, 2004 Center St. YMCA/CDC In Attendance: Don Sargent (Riverworks Development Corporation), Nancy Centz (RNA Board), Jim Wilson (YMCA), Lorraine Jacobs (RNA Board), Tim Vertz (RNA Board), Self Wise Allah (RNA Board), Vince Bushell, Jeff Schmidt, Sonya Knauss (RNA Board), Ted Anderson, County Supervisor Willie Johnson, Crystal Graf (Assistant […]

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Meeting Minutes

All Peoples Church, 2600 N. 2nd St., is offering a summer program for youth. It includes learning gardening and cooperative work skills. The youth are paid for the summer and are encouraged to start a bank account. Also, the church is sponsoring a long-term alcohol and drug rehabilitation center for men. It will open soon and has space available. Call the church at 414/264-1616 for details about both programs…

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Brophy’s Boondoggles

by Stacy LaPoint

Last October Milwaukee Magazine did a story on the city’s five worst residential landlords. One of the subjects of that piece, Timothy Brophy, Jr. owns many Riverwest properties in various states of disrepair. According to Todd Weiler, Public Information and Training Coordinator for the Department of Neighborhood Services (DNS), poor property management is typical of Brophy. “He will buy a property already in bad shape and continue to rent it without addressing the code violations,” said Weiler.

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Waiting to be Filled: Vacant Commercial Spaces

by Tess Reiss

Attention local entrepreneurs, techies, foodies, artists, hair stylists, professionals, and shopkeepers of all stripes: If you’ve got a business idea or are ready to expand your existing business, here’s a list of some of the currently available commercial spaces in Riverwest.