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The message Discovery World hopes to drive home with Girls & STEM event on November 11 is that any girl can thrive in the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math. The interactive event is designed to spark new interests, make real-life connections, and fight stereotypes and obstacles facing young girls and women in Milwaukee. Girls & STEM hopes to inspire young women to see themselves as future STEM leaders by connecting brilliant female professionals with girls while inspiring creativity and curiosity through engaging hands-on STEM activities. The event will feature more than 35 organizations dedicated to cultivating confidence...

According to a new study by Ipsos, a global research firm, on behalf of Milwaukee’s National Business Furniture, office design and aesthetics are playing a greater role in recruiting young talent. The study, which surveyed adults over the age of 18, including a subsample of adults who work in an office environment, looked at which factors have the biggest influence on employees when it comes to first and lasting impressions. Changing of the guard There seems to be a generational shift as younger adults care more about the look and feel of a workplace than older generations. Design: 76...

The bill is intended to end the collection of taxes, that began in 1996 with the promise of ending by 2010, no later than December 31, 2019. State Senator Tim Carpenter (D-Milwaukee) has introduced legislation that will end the sales and use taxes that have been imposed on residents of Milwaukee, Waukesha, Ozaukee, Racine and Washington Counties for the sole purpose of supporting taxpayer funding of Miller Park. “We can all have an extra special New Year’s Eve party that day,” said Carpenter. “Ending the Miller Park tax is one thing in which I think we can all agree.”...

The Tosa Baseball League announced that it donated the funds necessary to complete the renovation of two fields at Underwood Elementary School in Wauwatosa. With a proud tradition of over 45 years of teaching kids the fundamentals of baseball in a positive and fun environment that emphasizes sportsmanship between players, coaches, umpires, and families, the organization felt that efforts to reclaim a 60’ softball field and a 90’ baseball field were overdue. “Jim Hoefgen, the Tosa Baseball League president, contacted me and asked how the league could make a reinvestment in the community,” said Michael Wick, CPRP, Recreation Director...

Commissioner Cole will be accepting the Lifetime Achievement Award from Keep Greater Milwaukee Beautiful (KGMB) on November 2. The honor comes for his outstanding contributions to environmental excellence, and will be presented by KGMB Executive Director Joe Wilson at the 2017 IDEAL Awards Gala. “The KGMB board selected Preston Cole for this award based on his lifetime contributions to the greening of the state of Wisconsin,” said Executive Director Wilson. “He has been instrumental on the local, state and national level in the pursuit of enhancing the urban tree canopies and the direction of our conservation and preservation of...

Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett and Waukesha Mayor Shawn Reilly announced a historic agreement in which Milwaukee will provide Waukesha with Lake Michigan water in compliance with the Great Lakes Compact. This financially and environmentally sustainable agreement will strengthen the regional economy while delivering direct health benefits to Waukesha and Milwaukee residents. Through the agreement, Waukesha will pay the Milwaukee Water Works for water service and also provide a one-time payment to the City of Milwaukee which will be used for the replacement of lead service lines. “I am pleased we have reached this historic agreement that remains true to...