The Milwaukee Common Council defeated a mayoral veto Tuesday that would have slashed cash from a city blight-removal policy often requiring the deconstruction, rather than demolition, of historic homes.

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Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett has vetoed a budget amendment that would support a newly enacted city policy requiring the deconstruction — rather than demolition — of historic houses, saying the policy has hindered the redevelopment of blighted properties.

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After years of trying different approaches to deconstruction projects, the city of Milwaukee passed a deconstruction ordinance that will increase sustainable-building practices and workforce-development opportunities.

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Milwaukee’s Common Council has approved a proposal that would require certain residential properties scheduled for demolition to instead be deconstructed. Specifically, the deconstruction requirements would apply to structures that were built before 1930, are found in a historic district or have ...

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A pair of Milwaukee city officials say residents and the environment stand to benefit if older buildings are deconstructed, rather than simply demolished.

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Josh Stewart was once a man in trouble. After having served 30 months in the criminal justice system for the illegal possession of firearms, he found himself on the outside with few opportunities for employment or housing.

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An experimental program that often employs ex-convicts to deconstruct abandoned houses in Milwaukee provides valuable apprenticeships to city residents and salvages useful materials but also threatens to cost twice as much as standard mechanical demolition.

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Dave Bennink has 90 days to convince the city of Milwaukee to spend more money on the area’s fledgling deconstruction industry.

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By Ann Knoedler The Daily Reporter ran a story in its print edition this week from the Telegraph Herald in Dubuque, Iowa, about the removal and deconstruction of 50-plus houses to make way for the Bee Branch Creek storm water ...

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By Ann Knoedler The Daily Reporter ran a story in its print edition this week from the Telegraph Herald in Dubuque, Iowa, about the removal and deconstruction of 50-plus houses to make way for the Bee Branch Creek storm water ...

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