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Harambee property owners hope for aid from Improvement District

Posted by NNS | Jun 18, 2016 |

Harambee resident Roberta Lyles remembers a time not long ago when her neighborhood was dominated by prostitutes, drugs and gangs, forcing her to sleep underneath her bed in order to avoid stray gunfire. “A bullet doesn’t have anybody’s name on it,” the 79-year-old said. Refusing to be terrorized by the constant threats of violence, Lyles teamed with several of her neighbors to take action. They called their alderman, held meetings, went door to door and formed block clubs, all in the name of creating a safer neighborhood. “We decided to get our neighborhood cleaned up and that is what...

Beulah Brinton of Bay View

Posted by Guest | Jun 5, 2016 |

A pioneer of Bay View, Beulah Brinton left her mark on the community with her compassion and humanitarianism and was the 1987 inductee into the Halls of History Museum at Forest Home Cemetery. She had a free spirit and strong notions about duties to her fellow men, and she carried them out. She was determined and dauntless. It seems that everyone who knew her, admired and loved her for it. I did. She was my great-grandmother. When I was nine, Beulah Brinton came to live with us. My mother, father, brother, and I occupied the old homestead that she...

Self-Storage to revitalize Silver Spring area

Posted by News Content | May 24, 2016 |

Cris and Orphie Schroeder officially kicked-off their redevelopment efforts at the site of a former Coca-Cola bottling plant along Silver Spring Drive with a symbolic ground breaking on May 19. Attending the ceremony were civic and business leaders invested in seeing the area revitalized with employment stability. The Schroeders demolished the 232,200 square-foot industrial building earlier this year. Abandoned for two decades, and with unsuccessful bids for development over the years since, the 12-acre site is finally positioned to be part of the area’s economic engine. “I’m excited about the fact that somebody was interested in the site. They...

Class of 1846: Mathilde Franziska Anneke

Posted by Paul Haubrich | May 22, 2016 |

Today is the future from a century ago. During that bygone era, would young leaders of industry, government, health care, and education in Milwaukee been able to imagine the generational impact their lives would have on the city we live in today? Mathilde Franziska Anneke Age: 29 As a Prussian immigrant to Milwaukee, Mathilde Franziska Anneke found herself in legal limbo at a young age, when she filed for divorce during an era when it was nearly forbidden. She would go on to recreate her career as a feminist author and publisher, becoming a friend and colleague of Susan...

Aldermen spend Arbor Day improving community

Posted by News Content | Apr 29, 2016 |

The MKE Plays program, which is helping to transform 12 of the city’s most deteriorated playgrounds into models of local collaboration and renovation, will unveil plans for Marcus DeBack Playground on April 29, hosted by the program’s founder, Alderman Michael J. Murphy. Joining Alderman Murphy during the event at DeBack Playground, 2461 N. 55th St., will be Department of Public Works Commissioner Ghassan Korban, students from French Immersion Elementary School, representatives from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, and the Uptown Crossing Neighborhood Association. In conjunction with DPW Arbor Day plantings at the playground,...

Jeff Redmon: Creativity as social treasure

Posted by Editor | Apr 21, 2016 |

While many organizations in Milwaukee profit at the expense of local artists, Jeff Redmon freely shares his passion for creativity and community activism through his efforts to enrich the Milwaukee culture and make it a better place for everyone with art. | Q&A with Jeff Redmon Milwaukee Independent: When you started your career as a graphic designer, what was the biggest misconception people had about your work? Jeff Redmon: When I began working as a Graphic Designer, I had just graduated college and was honestly just looking for a job. I interviewed with ten different businesses and ended up working...