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Governor Scott Walker announced on August 23 that the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) would utilize two capital products to help small businesses expand through a new WHEDA fund. The additional lending channels, representing $11.1 million, will provide new financing opportunities for the Transform Milwaukee area as well as statewide. “This has been a strong effort by our administration to package resources to grow businesses and restore Milwaukee as a vibrant place in which to live and work,” said Governor Walker. Governor Walker made the announcement at Milwaukee’s Global Water Center during a celebration marking the five-year...

The announcement in Milwaukee on August 22 was attended by elected officials and community partners, held concurrently with 12 statewide events as part of the first-ever Wisconsin Main Street Day. The Historic King Drive Business Improvement District (BID) No. 8 in the city of Milwaukee has been designated as a Wisconsin Main Street community by the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC), joining a select group of communities that have demonstrated a sustained commitment to revitalizing their commercial districts. The BID, which was created in 1992, is the state’s 34th currently active Wisconsin Main Street community. It is the only...

The organization Showing Up for Racial Justice – Milwaukee (SURJ MKE) led a local response to the recent white supremacy viоIеncе in Charlottesville, on August 19 in the shadow of Milwaukee’s financial center. As part of a national day of action that took place concurrently in dozens of cities, hundreds of participants in Milwaukee gathered at O’Donnell Park in a call for social change. “Protesting white suprеmаcіsts, Nаzіs, and other fаscіsts is an important thing, but ending racism and white supremacy doesn’t end with holding a sign at a rally,” said Stephanie Roades of SURJ MKE. “White supremacy is...

88Nine Radio Milwaukee launched its 2nd Annual “No Empty Backpacks” initiative on July 24, as a public drive to collect needed school supplies before August 27. As the summer sun sets on the month of August, parents are busy buying school supplies for the upcoming school year. The excitement of a new backpack and clean notebook are universal to students. But many local parents experience a harsh reality when facing the first day of school. Not from the absence of their children after the summer break, but that they cannot afford the supplies their kids need to start the...

The legendary African-American female artist recently released a politically powerful message about art and racism, and her statements offer a unique perspective of the social narrative in Milwaukee to use artwork as a means of cultural healing.