In the News: Multi-Sport Complex Transforms the Community
The Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service recently profiled the Milwaukee Bucks/Johnson Controls Multi-Sport Complex at Browning Elementary and Silver Spring Neighborhood Center. The article is part of a series recognizing the finalists for the Milwaukee Awards for Neighborhood Development Innovation (MANDI), which will be held April 11th. The complex has created a dynamic new hub for structured youth activities during school days and informal activities for the entire communit
Havenwoods NID Annual Meeting
Havenwoods Neighborhood Improvement District (NID) #9 held its first annual meeting on February 21st at Havenwoods State Forest. The NID is a collaboration of property owners who pay an additional tax to fund local property and quality-of-life improvements within the NID boundaries: N. 55th Place west to N. 76th Street and W. Silver Spring Drive north to W. Kaul Avenue. Attendees at the meeting enjoyed a reception followed by a presentation on activities of the NID's first ye
Multi-Sport Complex A MANDI Finalist
A selection committee for the Milwaukee Awards for Neighborhood Development Innovation (MANDI) received a special welcome from Bango, the Milwaukee Bucks mascot, as they visited Browning Elementary and Silver Spring Neighborhood Center on January 23rd. They were there to learn more about the Milwaukee Bucks & Johnson Controls Multi-Sport Complex, a finalist for the Brewers Community Foundation Public Space Award. In addition to hearing from project partners and staff about ho
Youth Shoveling Positions Available Through Project Andrew
Alderman Cavalier Johnson, the Department of Public Works, and Milwaukee Community Service Corps have teamed up to launch Project Andrew, a new program to employ Milwaukee youth to help with snow clearance across the city. The initiative is named in honor Andrew Tyler, a school crossing guard in the Choice Neighborhood who passed away in late 2017 from injuries he received in a hit-and-run. The young people will assist Milwaukee residents in their neighborhood who have been v
