Author: Lee Matz

Joaquin Altoro hosts conversation with past WHEDA leaders for ACRE alumni on emerging opportunities

Joaquin Altoro hosts conversation with past WHEDA leaders for ACRE alumni on emerging opportunities

Posted by | Feb 28, 2020 |

In honor of Black History Month, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) held a leadership reception for ACRE alumni on February 19 at the Sherman Phoenix. Joaquin Altoro, current Chief Executive Officer of WHEDA, hosted a historic conversation with Antonio Riley and Wyman Winston, former WHEDA executive directors, about the condition of current real estate opportunities and emerging developers. While WHEDA has been focused on addressing the home ownership needs of Wisconsin’s underserved communities, it has also assisted efforts to grow the pool of emerging developers. One avenue has been through the Associates in Commercial Real Estate...

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State of the City: Mayor Tom Barrett presents a review and roadmap for Milwaukee in 2020

State of the City: Mayor Tom Barrett presents a review and roadmap for Milwaukee in 2020

Posted by | Feb 11, 2020 |

Mayor Tom Barrett delivered a positive outlook for his annual State of the City address on February 10 at the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino, highlighting Milwaukee’s accompaniments and a roadmap for 2020. From education, to health care, to the Democratic National Convention in July, Mayor Barrett’s upbeat speech covered a range of topics and issues that the city needed to address over the year ahead. “We’re starting to get the attention we deserve because special things are happening in Milwaukee,” said Mayor Barrett, after reading a list of news headlines that all touted the city’s renaissance. In some ways...

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Long overdue exhibit finally honors Milwaukee’s African American Veterans at War Memorial

Long overdue exhibit finally honors Milwaukee’s African American Veterans at War Memorial

Posted by | Feb 5, 2020 |

For the first time in its 62-year history, and coinciding with the annual celebration of African American History Month, the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center officially unveiled its new mural featuring the contributions of African American men and women in the U.S. military on February 3. The exhibit, located on the 3rd floor of the War Memorial Center, documents African American participation in all of the wars fought by the United States. It reflects a national history with images like Crispus Attucks, the first American to die in the American Revolution, Colored Union Troops, Buffalo Soldiers, veterans of both...

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John McGivern brings his show “Around the Corner” to Story Hill’s Calvary Cemetery for Season 9

John McGivern brings his show “Around the Corner” to Story Hill’s Calvary Cemetery for Season 9

Posted by | Feb 4, 2020 |

The Milwaukee PBS series “Around the Corner with John McGivern” begins its 9th season in 2020, kicking off with a focus on the Story Hill neighborhood of Milwaukee. Story Hill roughly encompasses the area from Doyne Park in the north to Miller Park in the south, and I-94 in the east to Calvary Cemetery in the west. Settled in the 1840s, the neighborhood is perched on a bluff overlooking downtown and the Menomonee Valley. Erhard Brielmaier’s 1899 Calvary Cemetery Chapel was actually built on the highest point of the city. After more than 100 episodes, Emmy Award-Winning Actor John...

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Exhibit featuring diary of Rywka Lipszyc found in the rubble of Auschwitz starts U.S. tour in Milwaukee

Exhibit featuring diary of Rywka Lipszyc found in the rubble of Auschwitz starts U.S. tour in Milwaukee

Posted by | Jan 24, 2020 |

A diary found in the rubble of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp went on display for the first time in the United States in Wisconsin’s only Jewish museum from January 23. The Jewish Museum Milwaukee’s (JMM) exhibit sheds new light on the diary found when the camp was liberated 75 years ago this month. The exhibit is organized around a 112-page diary written by teenager Rywka Lipszyc (pronounced “Rivka Lipschitz”) in the Lodz Ghetto between October 1943 and April 1944. “I am just a tiny spot, even under a microscope I would be very hard to see – but I...

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Sheldon Lubar: Climbing mountains for adventure and as a metaphor of life’s journey

Sheldon Lubar: Climbing mountains for adventure and as a metaphor of life’s journey

Posted by | Jan 17, 2020 |

“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.” – Winston Churchill The book Climbing My Mountain: My Life, Words, and Values by Sheldon Bernard Lubar Ph.D. was officially released during a public party last month at the Milwaukee County Historical Society. The new memoir details the experiences, successes, and deeply held principles from one of Wisconsin’s leading entrepreneurs and most generous philanthropists. In his ninetieth year, the renowned civic leader penned an account of his life and in a refreshingly candid record. The book is divided into two parts, separated...

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