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Milwaukee has money to burn on rehabilitation projects

Published: September 16, 2011
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A February deadline is looming for the city of Milwaukee to spend millions of dollars on neighborhood rehabilitation projects.

Cities, citizens reclaim neighborhoods

Published: June 25, 2009
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Bruce Schreiner AP Writer Louisville, KY (AP) — David Brown Kinloch could have lived elsewhere, but he chose to move into an abandoned home in a distressed Louisville neighborhood as others were leaving in droves. In the 25 years since, Brown Kinloch has seen the Phoenix Hill neighborhood transformed from unsightly rows of vacant homes [...]

Group gives vet’s home new life

Published: April 6, 2009
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DINESH RAMDE AP Writer Milwaukee – When Army Sgt. Mark Meunier bought his Green Bay home in 2003 he knew it needed plenty of repairs. But after he suffered injuries in Iraq that left him able to walk only short distances, he assumed the work would never get done. Scores of volunteers refused to let [...]