The city has programs to help prospective homebuyers purchase and rehabilitate city-owned foreclosed properties, but could do better at getting the word out.
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A year after Smith shooting in Sherman Park, family hosts ‘Back to School Bash’
On the one-year anniversary of the shooting of Sylville Smith, his family hosted a “Back to School Bash.” The event provided an outlet for community members to celebrate Smith’s life and get students excited to go back to school.
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New teen center at Sherman Park Boys & Girls Club offers welcoming, safe space
The renovated teen center at Mary Ryan Boys & Girls Club provides a computer lab, theater performance area, game area and a place to study.
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On the Block: Giving back
Mariah Robinson-Page started going to the Mary Ryan Boys & Girls Club in Sherman Park when she was 5 years old. Now she is a member of the staff.
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New Marcus Garvey Community Garden launches in Amani
Grassroots activists launch the Marcus Garvey Community Garden on 37th Street.
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‘Beyond Sherman Park’ takes stock of central city a year after unrest
Community members attending a discussion about the aftermath of the violence in Sherman Park last summer called for better police treatment of African-Americans, more engagement with youth, and improved education and housing to prevent future unrest in central city neighborhoods.
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UWM architecture field school focuses on nine blocks in Sherman Park this summer
The Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures Field School at the UWM Department of Architecture is compiling stories of neighbors and architecture in Milwaukee for the sixth straight year.
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‘Sherman Park Rising’ mural ‘will be a constant reminder to unite’
Community members developed the concepts portrayed in a new Sherman Park mural created by artist Tia Richardson.
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Fifty years after open housing marches, residential segregation still norm in Milwaukee
African-Americans living in segregated neighborhoods lack access to jobs and are more likely to live in poverty.
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Black leaders call for peace, unity in wake of Sylville Smith verdict
Grassroots leaders who gathered in Sherman Park after a not guilty verdict came down for the killer of Sylville Smith, said the black community must unite to fight for change and a better tomorrow.