Whitney Gould ended a Sunday Milwaukee Journal Sentinel article on Commerce Street housing development with the above line. This editorial is for those of you who are not “diverse” enough to afford an entry-level model home at $250,000 or the $350,000 “family” home or the $500,000 deluxe model. The Journal Sentinel and the developers seem […]
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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 […]
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Programs Can Assist First-Time Homebuyers
by Vince Bushell I asked Riverwest residents in 1999 what they liked about living here. The most common answers: the neighborhood is affordable, diverse, and it offers a city life-style. They also wanted to keep it that way. One way to help stabilize the housing market is to increase the number of homeowners, especially those […]
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Alliance Asks for Creative Solutions To County Budget
by Karen Royster In August, the county leaders announced that there could be severe cuts in parks, swimming pools, bus service, programs for the poor, and transportation for people with disabilities as well as elimination of cleaning and maintenance in many county buildings. Shortly after this announcement, 32 organizations and religious groups came together to […]
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bill Wood & brian Dettmering
Story by Ben Elmadar The ceremonial lighting of ordinarily vacant storefronts inaugurates the tax season. Lady Liberty plays his boom box on the street corner. Seems everyone is in the fiscal spirit. local guys Brian Dettmering is a year-round accountant with 25 years experience. He has spent the past 12 years helping people in Riverwest […]
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