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.

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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.

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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.

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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.”

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The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors approved $685,500 in land sales at its meeting Thursday.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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