Local Initiatives:
Community partnerships with health care providers, corporations, and neighborhood groups have helped Westside Academy create a safe and healthy civic environment for students.
Local Initiatives:
Through a partnership with the County Parks, the Urban Ecology Center has breathed new life into Milwaukee’s treasured Washington Park.
Local Initiatives:
Wells Fargo, Harley-Davidson, and Froedtert Health executives tour the Washington Park neighborhood and explore ways to improve their impact.
Local Initiatives:
Through a unique volunteer model, Our Next Generation Youth Center provides safe after-school learning for youth from Kindergarten through 12th Grade.
Local Initiatives:
Washington Park Partners has forged deep relationships with the Milwaukee Police Department and prosecutors to reduce crime in neighborhood hot spots.
Local Initiatives:
Safegrowth training helped police, prosecutors and neighborhood leaders create collaborative solutions to neighborhood crime.
Local Initiatives:
Progressive Health Services offers affordable quality health-care and programs on healthy living through area schools and nonprofits.
Local Initiatives:
Amaranth Bakery has become a well-known gathering place for Washington Park residents, local artists, nonprofits, and urban farmers.
Local Initiatives:
Traditionally a social service agency serving young mothers, United Methodist Children’s Services has built three phases of housing to help their clients with progressively independent living.