A Program to Help Low Income Homeowners Maintain their Properties Work is in progress on properties accepted for the Neighborhood Improvement Project (NIP) for this year. The YMCA Community Development Corporation (CDC) is one of the agencies that do major home repair under this program. The program is funded by Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) […]
YMCA
September 2002
“I love this neighborhood!” This exclamation is commonly overheard in Riverwest. Most recently it was heard in the wake of a young man, clad only in bikini briefs and a mink jacket, being pulled on a skateboard by his dog down Bremen St. on Sunday, Aug. 11. Thanks for the street theater!
September 2002
Want to know what’s exciting that’s happening today, tonight, tomorrow, or next week in Riverwest? Here’s what’s going on all month.
Park Views and Future Clues
by Janice Christensen
On August 20, the Riverwest Neighbor-hood Association (RNA) met at the Gordon Park Pavilion. The main item on the group’s agenda was a recap of Gordon Park’s first summer with Larry Kenny of the Milwaukee County Parks Department.
Residents Show Up In Force to Oppose the Transfer of Community Block Grant Funds to City Coffers
A public hearing took place Thursday, July 26, at Milwaukee Education Center (MEC), housed in buildings from the old Schlitz brewery at 1615 N. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive. Three hundred people showed up and 51 testified in a tightly controlled forum on spending proposals for federal grant monies targeted to low and moderate income residents.

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