Author: Staff

Virtual adoptions of some of Milwaukee County’s lesser-known, but very lovable residents, Salamanders and Crayfish and Bumblebees, are now available as part of a $10,000 matching campaign for Milwaukee County Park’s Community Science Program. The crowdfunding campaign, run by the Natural Areas Department, works to protect habitats and monitor the populations of threatened species including Digger Crayfish, Blue-spotted Salamanders and the federally endangered Rusty-patched Bumblebee. All of these species are resident in the 10,000 acres of natural areas that Milwaukee County Parks manages. Virtual adoptions of the animals are available at parksforgood.com until June 20. If Milwaukee County Parks...

The official name of Downtown Milwaukee’s new neighborhood, Deer District, was unveiled recently with the release of its commercial website, DeerDistrict.com The 30-acre space is anchored by Fiserv Forum, home to the city’s professional basketball team, the Milwaukee Bucks and host site of the upcoming 2020 Democratic National Convention. The district’s website was designed to present comprehensive information on projects under development, events for the public, and opportunities for the business community. “We are proud to announce Deer District as the name of this transformative project that is creating an exciting and bustling neighborhood in downtown Milwaukee,” said Michael...

A project by Milwaukee developer HaywoodGroup seeks to redevelop the former Sears store and the 6-acres of neighboring property it acquired last year into “One MKE Plaza,” featuring a much needed hotel that could support the inflow of visitor for the Democratic National Convention in July 2020. The Ikon Hotel would be built within the former Sears, Roebuck and Company’s department store at 2100 W. North Avenue. The HaywoodGroup needs Common Council approval for a $4 million city loan to build the 80-room hotel and conference center, which would kick off a $50 million redevelopment plan around Fond Du...

Results of a new study was recently released by Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele that identified the significant and positive impacts that Milwaukee’s Mitchell International (MKE) and Timmerman Airports have created for the state and local economies. Overall annual passenger and air cargo activity at Mitchell and Timmerman generates 26,038 jobs, $913.4 million of direct, induced, and indirect personal income, $2.6 billion of business revenue, $95.3 million of state and local taxes, and $88.3 million of Federal aviation-specific taxes. “Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport is our front door, and its impact on the economic success of the County, State and...

The Great Lakes international shipping season has yet to start, but already two ships have departed northern Europe headed for Milwaukee. Both the Fednav ship Federal Barents and the Polsteam vessel Irma are in the North Atlantic now with port calls scheduled in North America, including Milwaukee. The locks in the Montreal/Lake Ontario section of the St. Lawrence Seaway are set to reopen on April 2, and the Irma and the Federal Barents will enter the Seaway approximately one week later. Both vessels are carrying raw materials for manufacturing that will be unloaded at Port Milwaukee and transferred to...