Five years after Ezzard White established his One Hope Made Strong (OHMS) training program for central city residents, 10 of his trainees are working on the Legacy Lofts project on North Avenue between 15th and 16th streets.
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On The Block: Art and friendship
Lonnie Brown and Deavon Haynes are spending the summer exercising their creativity and building friendships, skills and confidence at Express Yourself Milwaukee.
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MPS board approves plan to restructure 53206 schools, increase North Division enrollment
Milwaukee Public Schools is moving forward with an initiative to reconfigure schools in the 53206 ZIP code, creating a feeder system for North Division and Douglas, which will become a middle school.
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Alice’s Garden in full bloom
As August begins, Alice’s Garden in Lindsay Heights is bursting with abundant flowers, produce and herbs.
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BID 32 leaders committed to ‘building neighborhood from within’
With several large-scale redevelopment projects in progress on the North/ Fond du Lac business corridors in Lindsay Heights, BID leaders are focused on priorities such as creating jobs and improving public safety.
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North Division committee calls for independent African-American board to run failing school
A group of North Division High School alumni, neighborhood residents and students known as the Call to Action Committee is seeking more control for African-American community members when the high school becomes a “community school” in the fall.
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Pop-Up MKE launches first round of summer businesses
This summer, 17 businesses will cycle through locations on the North and South Sides as part of the Pop-Up MKE program, which provides grants to small-business owners.
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On the Block: Blaming the victim
Charles Justus took a break from digging up weeds in Alice’s Garden to talk about the unfairness of victim blaming.
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Alice’s Garden birthday party celebrates milestone for Milwaukee infants
Look Who’s Turning One, a birthday party for Milwaukee babies who reached their first birthdays in 2018, also called attention to infant mortality.
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On the Block: A business and a home
Rodney Anderson has been selling ice cream at Tastee Twist in Lindsay Heights for 39 years, but now he is concerned about gentrification.