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“I can’t be the everything to everyone all the time. I’ve got to do some things for me, got to clear my mind. Take myself to the beach on the countryside, walking down the street, whiskey neat, feeling just right, no one’s problem in my ear. I can talk without a care because I’m pretty high, city streets, favorite beats, and a bike ride. Me, myself, and I. It’s time to let go.” – Lex Allen, I.D.E.N.T.I.T.Y. Lex Allen put on a magic cape, mounted an enchanted bicycle that came all the way from Burning Man, and shared a...

Amidst current fiscal crisis in Milwaukee County, the 2020 budget will include a temporary solution that invests more than $4 million in additional local funding for routes slated for elimination. However, the Special Events routes like the Brewers Line, State Fair, and ethnic festivals will not be saved. Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele and the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS) announced on September 19 that the 2020 Recommended Transit Budget would include a re-direction of $4.1 million in funds to restore multiple routes originally slated for elimination. “I am fully committed to having world-class public transportation throughout the county,...

Visionary Milwaukee developer Gary Grunau died at the age of 80 on September 24 after a two-year battle with brain cancer. Despite his diagnosis and treatment, Grunau continued to charge forward, focused on the city’s future and community development. Grunau’s efforts to revitalize a demoralized Milwaukee, after its post-manufacturing decline, stretched over the past decades. They were transformative for the city’s health, and stand as a public symbols of his social commitment and personal achievements for generations to come. “Our father, grandfather and husband fought this battle as he lived his life, with kindness, humor, fortitude, integrity, humility and...

Bader Philanthropies announced on September 25 that it would begin renovation on a two-story building located at the corner of North Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive and North Fifth Street. The renovated building, located across from its global headquarters at 3300 N. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive in the Harambee neighborhood, is tentatively scheduled to open in spring 2020. It will be occupied by two tenants, Sam’s Place and Shalem Healing. “Bader Philanthropies moved to Harambee to deepen our commitment to Milwaukee,” said Daniel J. Bader, president and CEO of Bader Philanthropies. “We wanted to be in...

Before graduating in 2018 from Shorewood High School, Katie Eder had already founded two social impact groups, Kids Tales and 50 Miles More. Now at age 19, she has relocated to Los Angeles were co-founded The Future Coalition, which organizes young people around climate change and other issues. Eder’s idea for Future Coalition grew out of her involvement in 50 Miles More. She was part of the group who marched 50 miles from Madison to Janesville, hometown of then-House Speaker Paul Ryan, over four days in April 2018 to advocate for gun reform. “After we completed 50 Miles More,...