Published: March 16, 2010
Tags: 34th Street, Barber, BidBlog, blog, Lisbon Avenue, Milwaukee, Parkway Theater, Sherman Park
By Keith Barber
For a considerable time during the mid-1970s, I had the privilege of occupying an upper flat in the 1700 block of North 34th Street in the city of Milwaukee.
On a recent snowy Sunday afternoon, I decided to drive through my old neighborhood to see what changes had taken place over the years. I [...]
Published: March 12, 2010
Tags: aerial lift, air conditioning, asbestos, Baraboo, Beaudry Services Inc., Bjoin Limestone Inc., Burdick Siding & Roofing, citation, Cross Plains, Delafield, demolition, Diaz Contractor LLC, Eagle River, electrical, Elkhorn, eye protection, face protection, fall protection, fire protection, Fitchburg Plumbing Inc., forklift, Fox Cities Construction Corp., Gary Overcash Siding LLC, glass, glazing, Glen Johnson Construction, Great Lakes Specialty Contractors Inc., head protection, heating, housing, Hudson, illness, industrial, injury, Janesville, Kain Roofing LLC, Keshena, Kuhn’s Home Improvements LLC, ladder, Little Chute, Madison, masonry, Masonry Restoration Inc., Milwaukee, Miron Construction Co. Inc., Mukwonago, Neenah, Olympic Builders General Contractors Inc., osha, Oshkosh, Osseo, Platteville, Plumbing, R&D Exteriors, roofing, safety, scaffolding, settlement, Sheboygan Falls, siding, stairway, survey, Tevi Alfano, Toonen Companies Inc., Town City Construction, training, Tri City Glass & Door Inc., truck, wiring
OSHA reports
• Town City Construction, Appleton, must pay a $600 fall-protection citation because the period to contest the violation has ended. The company was issued the citation Dec. 10 during a roofing job in Eagle River.
• Kain Roofing LLC, Appleton, must pay a $600 fall-protection citation because the period to contest the violation has ended. [...]
Published: March 11, 2010
Tags: Cindy Kuhs, grant, Greater Milwaukee Association of Realtors, housing, Kuhs Quality Homes, land bank, Mahan, market, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Community Development Block Grant administration, Milwaukee Neighborhood Reclamation, real estate, Ruzicka
By Sean Ryan
The city of Milwaukee’s growing presence in the real estate business is raising questions about government’s role in the private market.
Milwaukee is considering funneling $3 million in federal money to the city’s subsidiary company, which uses federal grants to buy foreclosed and vacant houses and sell them to new homeowners.
The plan has potential [...]
Published: March 11, 2010
Tags: Emerald Park Landfill, Hawk Construction, Jones Island, methane, Mike Martin, Milwaukee, Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, Muskego, pipeline, sewer treatment plant, Spoerl, utility, Zywicki
By Sean Ryan
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District engineers are trying to line up an alternative methane pipeline route to avoid the trouble of building through a dense urban area.
“The closer we get into the city, a number of issues come up,” said Mike Martin, MMSD technical services director. “It’s just purely the congestion because of utilities [...]
Published: March 10, 2010
Tags: Astronautics Corp. of America, Bauman, Beitzel, Brewery Project, headquarters, Jeff Fleming, Mervis, Milwaukee, Pabst Brewery, Russek, TIF
Comments: 2
By Sean Ryan
Milwaukee officials next week will ask Congress for $750,000 to persuade Astronautics Corp. of America to build a new headquarters in the city.
“Astronautics is, I would say, one of the most important companies in the city of Milwaukee that not a lot of people have heard of,” said Alderman Robert Bauman, who will [...]
Published: March 9, 2010
Tags: affordable housing, apartment, David Lyon, east side, Greenwich Village Neighborhood Association, Historic Water Tower Neighborhood, Kovac, Maierle, Mercy Housing Lakefront, Milwaukee, tax credit
Comments: 1
By Sean Ryan
Irate neighbors on Milwaukee’s east side stand between Mercy Housing Lakefront’s $12.7 million apartment building and a March 26 project deadline.
The Chicago-based developer needs preliminary city approval to buy a parking lot for the project. March 26 is the application deadline to receive state affordable-housing tax credits needed to pay for the project, [...]
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