State error undervalues development districts

Potawatomi to break ground on Milwaukee hotel

Published: July 11, 2012
Tags: Forest County Potawatomi Community, hotel, Menomonee Valley, Potawatomi

The Forest County Potawatomi Community on Thursday will break ground on its $150 million, 20-story hotel in Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley.

WisDOT sets train maintenance building meeting

Published: January 23, 2012
Tags: Hiawatha, Menomonee Valley, Milwaukee Intermodal Station, WisDOT

The Wisconsin Department of Transportation is hosting an open house to gather input on sites under consideration for a proposed long-term train maintenance building.

Milwaukee casino betting on hotel success (UPDATE)

Published: January 17, 2012
Tags: casino, Doubletree Hotel Milwaukee City Center, Forest County Potawatomi Community, hotel, Menomonee Valley, Potawatomi, Potawatomi Bingo Casino

The Forest County Potawatomi Community will build a $150 million, 20-story hotel adjacent to the tribe’s casino in Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley.

Menomonee Valley development leads to transportation needs

Published: October 24, 2011
Tags: Briohn Building, Community and Economic Development Committee, Department of City Development, J. F. Ahern, Joe Davis, light rail, Menomonee Valley, Menomonee Valley Industrial Center, Milwaukee, Paragon Development Systems, Rocky Marcoux, streetcar

More construction crews soon could descend on Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley Industrial Center, a once-dilapidated landscape that has undergone a decade-long revival.

Milwaukee lets Harley off the hook

Published: September 20, 2011
Tags: Department of Public Works, DPW, Harley-Davidson, Jim Bohl, Menomonee Valley, Michael Murphy, Milwaukee, Nik Kovac, Robert Bauman, Willie Wade

Alderman Robert Bauman on Tuesday failed for the second time to persuade his colleagues to extend — rather than rescind — Harley-Davidson Inc.’s obligation to build a 100,000-square-foot office building in Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley.

Grant confusion lurks in budget

Published: June 14, 2011
Tags: budget, Laura Bray, Menomonee Valley, Menomonee Valley Partners, Scott Walker, WEDC, Wisconsin Economic Development Corp.

When Laura Bray reviewed Gov. Scott Walker’s proposed state budget a few months ago, she was taken aback by a line that cut state aid for Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley.

Next Urban Ecology Center coming to Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley

Published: November 2, 2010
Tags: Barber, BidBlog, blog, Menomonee Valley, Urban Ecology Center

By Keith Barber After showing success in two other areas of the city, the Urban Ecology Center has decided to construct a new facility in Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley. Urban Ecology Center – Valley Branch, Milwaukee, Milwaukee County The Urban Ecology Center is a private non-profit environmental education and community center. It was founded by local [...]

Meeting to present plans for Menomonee Valley/Hank Aaron State Trail project

Published: October 20, 2010
Tags: Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Hank Aaron State Trail, Menomonee River, Menomonee Valley, Menomonee Valley Partners, Milwaukee, Urban Ecology Center, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

Menomonee Valley Partners, the Department of Natural Resources, the state Department of Transportation, the city of Milwaukee, and the Urban Ecology Center will host a public meeting to show off the designs being developed for new trails, park, bridges, and river access in the Menomonee Valley. The meeting will be held from 4 to 6 [...]

Former landowner faces deadline to remove sunken barge

Published: October 15, 2010
Tags: barge, Basil Ryan, Biersdorf, Department of Natural Resources, DNR, Kloppenburg, Menomonee River, Menomonee Valley, Thomas Cooper, Wisconsin Department of Transportation, WisDOT

By Marie Rohde The former owner of a storage yard in Milwaukee’s Menomonee Valley whose property was seized through eminent domain faces a Dec. 1 deadline to remove a barge that sank in the river next to his former property. If Basil Ryan Jr. fails to haul the barge from the Menomonee River by the [...]