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City of Milwaukee Helping to Bring New Environments to Harambee Neighborhood Through New Initiative

March 26, 2021

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Harambee, Harambee Neighborhood, Hayley Crandall, Healing Spaces Initiative, Kacee Ochalek

Residents Come Together for a Neighborhood Wide Clean Up

May 26, 2018

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ana Martinez-Ortiz, Clean Up, Harambee, Harambee Neighborhood, Safe and Sound

PyraMax Bank Pledge $1 Million in Foreclosed Rehab Lending for Harambee Neighborhood

July 15, 2017

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Dylan Deprey, First Time Home Buyers, Foreclosure, Harambee, Harambee Neighborhood, Home Improvement, Home Ownership, PyraMax Bank, Tom Barrett

Milwaukee launches Promise Zones Initiative

June 30, 2017

By Karen Stokes The issues plaguing the City of Milwaukee include: unemployment, poverty, car theft and violence. If the situation remains unchanged it will continue to leave a dark cloud of … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ashanti Hamilton, Edward A Flynn, Garden Homes, Harambee, Karen Stokes, Martha Freeman, Milwaukee Police Department, Near South Side, Promise Zones, Victor Barnett, Washington Park

Riverworks Selected for 2017 Mini Block Build MKE

January 17, 2017

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Harambee, Harambee Neighborhood, Milele A. Coggs, Mini Block Build, Revitalize Milwaukee, Riverworks Development Corp

HaRUNbee 5K Walk/Run approved as part of Bronzeville Week 2016

July 9, 2016

The Common Council approved the HaRUNbee 5K Walk/Run to occur on Saturday, August 6 as part of Bronzeville Week 2016, and is intended to raise awareness and help increase healthy birth outcomes in the … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: 5K Walks, Bronzeville Week, Harambee, HaRUNbee, Infant Mortailty, Lifecourse Initiative for Healthy Families, Milele A. Coggs

Milwaukee Biking Rates Increasing Among Communities of Color

May 21, 2016

By Mrinal Gokhale May is National Bike Month, but Wisconsin’s Bike to Work Week is in the first week of June due to weather conditions. With the many bike trails and paths such as Hank … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Ayesha McGowan, Bike Riding, Connect 53212, Harambee, Mrinal Gokhale, Riverwest, Tony Giron, Wisconsin Bike Federation

First Annual Harambee Back to School Park Celebration held at Clinton & Bernice Rose Park

September 6, 2014

With the Milwaukee Public School System returning to classes this week, and many other schools already in session, many children and families will be gearing up for the fall semester. In … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Back To School, Clinton & Bernice Rose, Harambee, Harambee Great Neighborhood Initiative

Reclaiming neighborhoods by creating art

June 7, 2014

MPT artery project presents free public workshops and parade Milwaukeeans are invited to take part in Milwaukee Public Theatre’s Reclamation Parade and Pageant for the Harambee and Riverwest … [Read more...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Harambee, Milwaukee Public Theatre, Pageants, Parade, Riverwest, The Artery

The Harambee Great Neighborhood Initiative host resident input session

November 9, 2013

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...]

Popular Interests In This Article: Harambee, Harambee Great Neighborhood Initiative, Harambee Neighborhood, HGNI, Leif Otteson

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