The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors voted to contribute more than $2.3 million to three affordable housing projects through 0 percent interest deferred loans.
Despite concerns about implementation from at least one member, the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors approved a resolution and ordinance that will guide future sales of county-owned land.
The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors on Thursday unanimously approved allowing the county to begin negotiations with MRH West LLC, Milwaukee, which has proposed building an extended-stay hotel at the Park East property in downtown Milwaukee.
Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele’s recommended budget, presented to the Board of Supervisors on Thursday, would not include a property tax increase, a plan the board chairwoman calls “overly simplistic and short-sighted.”
Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele announced his support on Wednesday for The Couture, a combined hotel and apartment building proposed by Milwaukee developer Rick Barrett for the Downtown Transit Center site at 909 E. Michigan Ave., Milwaukee.
The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors approved Wangard Partners Inc., Milwaukee, as a partner in a development group seeking to break ground in September on a mixed-use project on Park East land.
An effort to give $150,000 to the Milwaukee County War Memorial Center failed to pass by a vote during Thursday’s Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors meeting.
The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors approved the reappointment of Patrick Farley as director of the Department of Administrative Services in a 14 to 4 vote on Thursday morning.
A county committee’s decision to let Wangard Partners Inc. team up on a Park East project left county and construction union representatives predicting a quicker development pace on the Milwaukee property.