Have you checked out the new City of Milwaukee Homebuyer Assistance Program? A great opportunity to purchase a foreclosure in Milwaukee!
Cintas Career Fair on Saturday, 8:00-11:00 am, 6415 N. 62nd Street! Be sure to apply online at www.cintas.com/careers before going to the fair on Saturday.
Bloom and Groom perennial plant sale tomorrow! Plants for $2 or $3 each depending on variety.
10am - noon at Agape Community Center - 6100 N. 42nd Street, Milwaukee.
See you there!
Mark your calendars! Next neighborhood meeting: Monday, May 6th, 6:00-7:30pm at Agape Community Center (lower level) 6100 N. 42nd Street, Milwaukee. Call Agape with any questions or if cannot make the meeting and would like to share some ideas!
Thurston Woods Field School Exhibit and Urban home ownership, maintaining neighborhood vitality to be discussed during City Hall event Friday, February 1st, 6-8pm
A City Hall event on Friday (February 1) entitled “Panel on Urban Home Ownership and Neighborhood Vitality during the Foreclosure Crisis,” will feature Alderman Nik Kovac. At the event, hosted by UW-Milwaukee’s Urban Studies Programs, Alderman Kovac will take part in a panel discussion touching on urban housing, nei...ghborhood vitality, and the foreclosure crisis. The event is free and open to the public, and will start at 6 p.m. Friday in the first floor rotunda at City Hall, 200 E. Wells St.
In addition to Alderman Kovac, other panelists in the discussion will be: Anna-Marie Opgenorth, executive director, Historic Milwaukee, Inc. (HMI); Art Dahlberg, commissioner of the Department of Neighborhood Services; and William Tisdale, president and CEO, Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council. The moderator will be Dr. Amanda Seligman, associate professor of History and Urban Studies at UW -Milwaukee.
The event accompanies an exhibition of student work from the HMI and UWM sponsored 2012 Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures summer field school in Thurston Woods. The exhibition will be on display in the City Hall rotunda through February 5. Friday’s event is co-sponsored by the UWM College of Letters & Science, the Henry W. Maier Fund, the UWM Center for Urban Initiatives and Research, the UWM Center for Economic Development, the Office of Mayor Tom Barrett, the Agape Community Center, and Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures, UWM School of Architecture and Urban Planning.
See MoreUrban home ownership, maintaining neighborhood vitality to be discussed during City Hall event Friday, February 1st, 6-8pm
A City Hall event on Friday (February 1) entitled “Panel on Urban Home Ownership and Neighborhood Vitality during the Foreclosure Crisis,” will feature Alderman Nik Kovac. At the event, hosted by UW-Milwaukee’s Urban Studies Programs, Alderman Kovac will take part in a panel discussion touching on urban housing, neighborhood vitality, and the foreclosure ...crisis. The event is free and open to the public, and will start at 6 p.m. Friday in the first floor rotunda at City Hall, 200 E. Wells St.
In addition to Alderman Kovac, other panelists in the discussion will be: Anna-Marie Opgenorth, executive director, Historic Milwaukee, Inc. (HMI); Art Dahlberg, commissioner of the Department of Neighborhood Services; and William Tisdale, president and CEO, Metropolitan Milwaukee Fair Housing Council. The moderator will be Dr. Amanda Seligman, associate professor of History and Urban Studies at UW -Milwaukee.
The event accompanies an exhibition of student work from the HMI and UWM sponsored 2012 Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures summer field school in Thurston Woods. The exhibition will be on display in the City Hall rotunda through February 5. Friday’s event is co-sponsored by the UWM College of Letters & Science, the Henry W. Maier Fund, the UWM Center for Urban Initiatives and Research, the UWM Center for Economic Development, the Office of Mayor Tom Barrett, the Agape Community Center, and Buildings-Landscapes-Cultures, UWM School of Architecture and Urban Planning.
See MoreToday at the Villard Square Library (5190 N. 35th Street):
After School Art Workshop, 4:00-5:30pm.
This is a drop-in program designed for children in K5 through 5th Grade presented by Artists Working in Education. Each visit begins with a story, then discussion of the book or illustrator. Participants then work on imaginative art activities relevant to the book or artist.