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The Kubala Washatko Architects (TKWA) of Cedarburg was recently awarded its second major school project in China. The announcement of TKWA’s selection to design the new Xiang Lake Academy in Hangzhou follows successful completion in 2015 of the TKWA-designed Zhongguancun No. 3 Elementary School in Beijing, a school widely recognized as a model for education reform in China. Xiang Lake Academy Overview Xiang Lake Academy will be located near Hangzhou, a city of approximately six million people and the capital of Zhejiang Province in eastern China. Hangzhou is the site of several important cultural and natural areas, including West...

Mayor Tom Barrett recently called for community-wide attention to the month-long effort that is raising awareness for sexual assault and supporting survivors. During April, which is Sexual Assault Awareness Month, jeans will hang from the light poles along Wisconsin Ave from 3rd Street west to The Calling Sculpture by the Milwaukee Art Museum. The effort is part of Denim Day, an international awareness campaign focused on raising awareness about sexual assault and victim blaming. Milwaukee will mark its seventh annual Denim Day on April 25. Plans are expanded this year to Denim Week, which includes six days of community...

Thanks to the efforts of volunteers and a $4,100 “Sweet Water” grant from the Southeastern Wisconsin Watersheds Trust, Humboldt Park’s 125 year-old lagoon will be getting a little makeover beginning later this spring. The nonprofit volunteer group Humboldt Park Friends (HPF) is one of 14 groups receiving grants from Sweet Water this year. Members of HPF have been working with the Milwaukee County Parks Department and Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to restore the four-acre lagoon in the center of the 73-acre park located in the heart of Milwaukee’s Bay View neighborhood. HPF cleared cattails and other invasive plants...

This year is the golden anniversary of a beloved Milwaukee tradition, as the Great TV Auction celebrates a half century. Over the last 50 years, southeastern Wisconsin has embraced this unique, live, on-air fundraiser for Milwaukee PBS, growing from 250 volunteers and a handful of donors in its first year, to thousands of volunteers and donors today. Area viewers made this the nation’s #1 PBS fundraising auction, both in net revenue raised and in prime-time ratings. The 50th Anniversary Great TV Auction will be held over two consecutive weekends, from Friday to Sunday, beginning the weekend of April 27-29...

Milwaukee County has received a $250,000 state grant to support construction of The Sherman Phoenix, an entrepreneurial and wellness hub in Milwaukee’s Sherman Park neighborhood. The Community Development Investment Grant from the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation (WEDC) will help fund the transformation of a fire-damaged bank on West Fond du Lac Avenue into an innovative commercial development that will house 20 businesses, most owned by people of color. “The Phoenix will not only provide Milwaukee’s entrepreneurs and innovators with affordable space to pursue their dreams, but it will help revitalize the entire neighborhood,” said Lt. Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, who...

Milwaukee Pride recently announced that Diverse & Resilient was picked as the 2018 beneficiary of the PrideFest Plus One campaign, a fundraising program that supports local LGBTQ health and wellness. Founded in 1995, Diverse & Resilient strives to address and overcome the health disparities experienced by Wisconsin’s LGBTQ people. The organization offers a wide variety of support, advocacy and capability-building programs in six priority areas: acceptance, cultivating leaders, mental health, sexual health, partner & community violence, and substance use. “Diverse and Resilient is thrilled to be this year’s Plus One campaign charity,” said Gerry Coon, president and CEO of...