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Eugene Manzanet: Cultivating a social responsibility that seeks to improve the quality of life in Milwaukee

Eugene Manzanet: Cultivating a social responsibility that seeks to improve the quality of life in Milwaukee

Posted by | Jun 25, 2021 |

With a steadfast focus on community outreach, Eugene Manzanet has leveraged his life lessons, educational credentials, and feet-on-the-ground career experiences to address the wide ranging issue of generational trauma in Milwaukee. After serving several years in the Armed Forces, Manzanet’s career path took him into the banking industry for the next two and a half decades. That journey and his extensive community building efforts with nonprofit organizations made him the ideal candidate for a new and daunting leadership role: forming strategic collaborations to make systematic improvements for the wellbeing of residents in Milwaukee. | Q&A with Eugene Manzanet Milwaukee...

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Local pioneers honored: Milwaukee prepares for Juneteenth with celebration of history and heritage

Local pioneers honored: Milwaukee prepares for Juneteenth with celebration of history and heritage

Posted by | Jun 17, 2021 |

Milwaukee is home to one of the oldest known Juneteenth celebrations in the country, and this year marks the 50th annual Juneteenth Day festivities in the city. As part of the celebration, Northcott Neighborhood House and the Juneteenth Planning Committee hosted the 50th Juneteenth Anniversary “History and Heritage Meets Legacy and Promise” reception on June 11. “As we look at our golden 50th anniversary and working through a pandemic, we have so much to celebrate. We are thankful for those who have paved the way to make sure Juneteenth is still here in 2021,” said Tony Kearney, Executive Director...

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MCTS East-West BRT: Construction begins on new rapid transit corridor to facilitate economic equity

MCTS East-West BRT: Construction begins on new rapid transit corridor to facilitate economic equity

Posted by | Jun 14, 2021 |

Federal, state, and local officials joined business leaders and members of the community at a special a groundbreaking ceremony on June 10, to kick off construction on the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS)’s East-West Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and 27th Street. The first-of-its-kind undertaking in Wisconsin aims to provide improved access to the region’s most vital, most traveled, and most congested corridor. The nine-mile BRT route will allow MCTS to better connect major employment, education, and recreation destinations through downtown Milwaukee, Marquette University, Milwaukee’s Near West Side, Wauwatosa, and the Milwaukee Regional...

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