By Hayley Crandall The City of Milwaukee is launching a new initiative in the Harambee neighborhood to help residents build relaxing natural environments on city-owned vacant lots. The Healing … [Read more...]
Revitalizing a Neighborhood: Sam’s Place and Shalem Healing Join Harambee Neighborhood
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Revitalization is no small feat – be it a house, a building or a neighborhood. It’s not just a matter of having the proper permits and supplies but knowing what the people … [Read more...]
Residents Come Together for a Neighborhood Wide Clean Up
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz Although spring has been off to a slow start this year, the residents of Harambee neighborhood are not. This past Saturday residents and volunteers gathered for a bit of … [Read more...]
PyraMax Bank Pledge $1 Million in Foreclosed Rehab Lending for Harambee Neighborhood
By Dylan Deprey While taking a drive down Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, the numerous amounts of opportunity that line the Harambee neighborhood are simply sitting behind boarded windows and … [Read more...]
Bader Philanthropies Chooses Black Owned JCP Contractors for Harambee Headquarters
By Dylan Deprey Brothers, James, Clifton and Jalin Phelps would never have dreamed of working together as children, though they all ended up working in the construction field. James was a … [Read more...]
Riverworks Selected for 2017 Mini Block Build MKE
A neighborhood in the 6th Aldermanic District has been selected as one of the Revitalize Milwaukee 2017 Mini Block Build MKE locations, Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs said today. The Riverworks … [Read more...]
The Harambee Great Neighborhood Initiative host resident input session
By Glinda Loving With the recent release of the Mayor Barrett’s 2014 Budget, and its spotlight on vacant tax foreclosed homes, the city at large is now learning about some of the issues that … [Read more...]
Harambee Neighborhood focus of Ways to Work
A program that helps working families with transportation to and from jobs will target a Milwaukee neighborhood thanks to a new grant. The JPMorgan Chase Foundation has donated $20,000 to support the … [Read more...]