Ald. Coggs' Landscape award

Neighborhood meeting Monday, Sept. 15, 2014

Do you know what is happening in your neighborhood?  Do you know the plan?  Are you a part of it?

Important neighborhood meeting about the use of land and developments taking place in your area and Milwaukee.

Who: 5PNA/HGNI

When:  Monday, Sept 15, 2014

Where: Grace Fellowship Church, 3879 N. Port Washington

Time: 6:00-7:30PM

Special presentations and input requested from planning commission and developers.

*Robin Reese/Kalan Haywood of Vangard LLC about an apartment complex for approx 54-72 individuals.

*Southeast Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission about the land use, transportation, environment, and other important life quality issues.

Now is the time to be heard.  Be at the table and give your input.  (neighborhood  and MPD crisis interventions taken privately)

HGNI contact: Leif Ottesen, 364-6486

Community Organizer: Gracelyn Wilson, 444-8204

5PNA: Samuel Sims, 263-4858

5pnamil@gmail.com

FB: 5PointsNeighborhood Association-5pna

Alderwoman Coggs-6th District Landscape Award

Youth Americorp opportunity via Mateen, Safe and Sound, INc

Subject: Youth Opportunity AmeriCorps

Hi everyone,

I wanted to share the news about the new Youth Opportunity AmeriCorp…

For decades, national service has been a cost-effective solution to critical challenges facing our communities and nation. Recognizing the value of national service in improving lives and strengthening communities, President Obama created the Task Force on Expanding National Service in July 2013 to expand national service to meet national needs through collaboration with other Federal agencies and the private sector.

In July 2014, CNCS joined with the Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention to launch Youth Opportunity AmeriCorps. The program, which totals up to $10 million over three years, will enroll at-risk and formerly incarcerated youth in national service projects sponsored by the AmeriCorps program.  The program seeks to involve up to 100 youth in its first year, with hopes of engaging as many as 300 over a three-year period, allowing them to participate in a variety of direct service activities.

The success of our nation's youth depends on a combination of individual initiative, the support and encouragement of friends and family, a solid education, and a crucial fourth ingredient: the opportunity for service that can provide a sense of connection and purpose.  For too many young people, access to civic engagement is all but foreclosed by prior involvement in the juvenile justice system.  

Youth Opportunity AmeriCorps not only will deploy additional foot soldiers in the march toward safer, healthier communities, but it will open up avenues to self-improvement that have long been denied many of these kids.  Investing in education, mentoring, and job training is far less expensive than paying for the juvenile justice and social services many of these young people would otherwise need.

Michelle St. Clair

Grants Manager

801 W. Michigan Street

Milwaukee, WI 53233

Office: (414) 220-4795

mstclair@safesound.org    

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General Meeting Sept 15, 2014 with SEWRP (Southeast Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission)

Five Points Neighborhood Association and Harambee Great Neighborhood Initiative encourage your participation in this meeting.

Be involved in the planning of your neighborhood with the Southeast Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SEWRPC)

When Mon Sep 15, 2014 6pm – 7:30pm (CDT)
Where Grace Fellowship Church, 3879 N. Port Washington Road Milwaukee, WI 53212 414-265-5546
Who Anderson, C Terrence, Payne, Nakeisha N.,
VISION 2050 Calendar, Adams, Stephen P

Find out and contribute to the land use, transportation, and other development in SEW. Your attendance is requested. Please respond by inboxing so that we may have enough materials.

In addition: private neighborhood concerns and crisis intervention will be handled by NWSCDC's G. Wilson, MPD.

Three Milwaukee Based community lenders receive funds for low income areas

Milwaukee groups awarded $2.76 million for loans in distressed areas

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Scott Paulus

Sally Peltz of Legacy Redevelopment Corp., which was awarded the U.S. Treasury money this week.

Sean Ryan

Reporter-Milwaukee Business Journal

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Three Milwaukee-based community lenders received a combined $2.76 million in federal money for lending in low-income areas.

The money comes from the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Community Development Financial Institutions Fund. The local groups will use the money to support businesses that would have difficulties qualifying for traditional bank loans.

Northwest Side Community DevelopmentCorp. received $309,118. That organization targets manufacturers on Milwaukee’s northwest side.

Legacy Redevelopment Corp. in Milwaukee received $699,750. Ways to Work, a Milwaukee-based lender with 44 offices around the country that targets loans to working families, received $1.75 million.

Harambee housing fair Saturday, August 23, 2014

Harambee Housing Resource Fair is Saturday

Alderwoman Milele A. Coggs invites residents to attend the Harambee Housing Resource Fair tomorrow -- Saturday, August 23, 2014 -- from10:00 a.m. to1:00 p.m. at the Holton Youth and Family Center, 510 E. Burleigh St.

The fair will feature representatives who can provide information about a variety of programs for current and prospective homeowners. You can find out more about the Homebuyer Assistance Program, a city initiative to help qualified residents rehabilitate and purchase city-owned foreclosed homes.

Also, check out the FREE Personal Finance Workshop at 11:30 a.m.

To learn more about the city’s STRONG Neighborhoods Plan and city housing initiatives, please go to http://bit.ly/1plxI0L.