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Report: Windfalls won’t do much for Milwaukee County’s infrastructure backlog

October 15, 2019 3:19 pm Leave a comment

The Milwaukee County Safety Building (right) stands near the Milwaukee County Courthouse in November 2016. A new report from the Wisconsin Policy Forum suggests that even though Milwaukee County may be able to overcome a projected budget deficit in 2020, its finances will still be strained by the need to replace the Safety Building and undertake other large capital projects in coming years. (File photo by Kevin Harnack)

Because of unexpected savings and one-time windfalls, Milwaukee County’s 2020 budget will avoid the big cuts that some officials had predicted for next year.

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County task force signs off on $66M plan to overhaul Milwaukee domes

August 14, 2019 3:00 pm Leave a comment

The Milwaukee Public Museum and the Milwaukee Domes could share Mitchell Park under a plan that the Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors agreed on Thursday to study. The public museum is looking for sites in the city for a possible new building, one that could cost as much as $100 million. The domes, meanwhile, are in need of as much as $95 million worth of repairs. (Photo by Kevin Harnack)

A Milwaukee County task force on Tuesday signed off on a $66 million plan to overhaul the crumbling Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, keeping its well-known domes intact and adding a host of new attractions.

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Consultant recommends $66M for Mitchell Park Domes but warns plan is ‘challenging’

August 13, 2019 2:39 pm Leave a comment

The Mitchell Park Domes stand off South Layton Boulevard in Milwaukee in June 2018. A Milwaukee County task force was planning to vote on Tuesday on a $66 million plan to renovate the domes, which contain a horticultural conservatory. The domes were closed for much of 2016 because of interior deterioration. County officials have since been looking for ways to make needed repairs and keep them open as an attraction. (Photo by Kevin Harnack)

Milwaukee County officials on Tuesday will consider using a public-private partnership to overhaul the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, a plan that would preserve the park's well-known domes and add new features such as a food-truck park and a hub for research.

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Report: Milwaukee County needs to sell properties to catch up on repairs to-do list

July 3, 2019 12:07 pm Leave a comment

To break up a logjam of infrastructure repairs that could cost as much as $400 million in the next four years, Milwaukee County needs to part ways with some of the properties it owns and find a new source of revenue to pay for needed work, according to a recent report.

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Study finds crumbling Milwaukee Domes, public museum could share $300M building

March 12, 2019 2:38 pm Leave a comment

The last of Milwaukee’s Mitchell Park Domes reopened to the public on Thursday after nine months of repairs. (File photo by Kevin Harnack)

A consultant has found it feasible to raze the iconic but deteriorating Mitchell Park Domes and build a new facility it would share with the Milwaukee Public Museum.

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Milwaukee County mulling plan to make Public Museum and Milwaukee Domes neighbors

October 25, 2018 2:38 pm Leave a comment

The Milwaukee Public Museum could be moving into Mitchell Park, sharing a site with Milwaukee County's well-known Domes structures under a plan the county board of supervisors on Thursday agreed to study.

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Milwaukee County’s 2019 budget to tread water with scarce revenue sources

October 2, 2018 1:41 pm Leave a comment

Milwaukee County's 2019 budget includes plans for the Milwaukee Public Museum, which could cost $100 million for a new building. (Staff photo by Joe Yovino)

Milwaukee County would trim its spending on services by $14 million in its 2019 budget, under a proposal County Executive Chris Abele is calling a “temporary fix.”

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Milwaukee County lacks resources to squash mounting infrastructure costs, report finds

September 21, 2018 2:57 pm Leave a comment

Despite recent patchwork repairs, the Mitchell Park Domes could require between $40 million and $95 million to overhaul, according to a Milwaukee County task force estimate. (File photo by Kevin Harnack)

Milwaukee County faces a "seemingly insurmountable" logjam of repairs to its park and recreation facilities under its current regime of limited borrowing, a new Wisconsin Policy Forum report finds.

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Milwaukee County plans to test Domes building materials

December 4, 2017 3:25 pm Leave a comment

Before pushing ahead with repairs to the Mitchell Park Domes, Milwaukee County is trying to get a detailed account of the deteriorating structures’ condition. County officials now have various options for the three-domed horticultural complex on Milwaukee’s south side. The possibilities range from simple ...

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New estimate: Domes restoration to cost between $14 million and $70 million

December 2, 2016 3:20 pm Leave a comment

When trying to decide what should be done with the Mitchell Park Domes, Milwaukee County officials have had to rely on nearly decade-old repair estimates.

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