Organization to raise profile of Milwaukee Healthy Beginnings Project and Agency overall Black Health Coalition of Wisconsin, Inc. (BHCW) is pleased to announce the hiring of Clarene Mitchell as … [Read more...]
Milwaukee County offers help in ACA Enrollment
Milwaukee County is taking a proactive approach to help people understand and enroll in health plans as the Affordable Healthcare Care Act (ACA) is rolled out October 1st. The County’s core … [Read more...]
Common Council reallocates federal funding to support community-based initiatives
The Milwaukee Common Council on Wednesday gave its final blessing to a plan by Alderman Joe Davis, Sr. to redirect $1,000,000 in federal Community Development Block Grant funding from City of … [Read more...]
Fed up with low wages, fast-food workers strike in 60 cities, Part 2
"The fast-food workers are fighting for all of us,” said Mary Kay Henry, president of SEIU. “SEIU members, like all service sector workers, are worse off when large fast-food and retail companies are … [Read more...]
New Transform Milwaukee Loan Guarantee Program established to attract small businesses
Initiative to rejuvenate Milwaukee’s economy receives additional $3.25M The Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) is designating a new program providing incentives to lenders … [Read more...]
Roundy’s to offer locally grown produce, providing customers with information on where and how the produce came to life
Roundy’s, Inc. (Roundy’s) (NYSE: RNDY), a leading grocer in the Midwest, this week announced a joint venture with the Wisconsin Food Hub Cooperative (WFHC), a member of the Wisconsin Department of … [Read more...]
Update on Scale Up Milwaukee project
In March, the Greater Milwaukee Committee along with Governor Scott Walker and Mayor Tom Barrett launched Scale Up Milwaukee, an ambitious, multi-stakeholder effort to catalyze entrepreneurial growth … [Read more...]
Improving family finances
Milwaukee area residents can learn how to better their financial health at a free workshop being offered by US Bank, the Social Development Commission (SDC) and the Milwaukee Asset Building Coalition. … [Read more...]
Hundreds rally to urge BMO Harris to support good jobs
Despite BMO’s $4 B in profits last year, Milwaukee janitors at BMO live in poverty 150 Janitors and supporters from labor, community and faith groups came to BMO Harris Bank to call on BMO to … [Read more...]
Report highlights Milwaukee’s opportunity to create hundreds of good jobs in the Waste and Recycling Industry
On Wednesday, leaders from community, faith, and labor organizations held a media call to discuss a new report, ‘Transforming Trash in Urban America’. The report which analyzes the recycling programs … [Read more...]
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