I started working on this blog about a week ago and then set it aside when Tim John posted that he was attending Drinking Liberally. I thought I’d talk to him a bit and add any new information before posting. Well he showed up but I got distracted by other conversations. Well after reading [...]
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Posted by Ed Heinzelman on August 24, 2010, at 9:14 pm
Posted by Zach on July 19, 2010, at 5:13 am
The City of Milwaukee announced yesterday that American Micro Detection Systems, or AMDS, has chosen Milwaukee for its manufacturing and support operations: The company is looking to move in to a facility at the Reed Street yards or the tannery in the Walker’s Point neighborhood. The California-based company builds equipment that detects impurities and [...] Posted by Zach on June 19, 2010, at 7:21 am
Via Sprawled Out comes news that a shuttered Menard’s store on North 76th Street in Milwaukee will be converted to an indoor mountain bike park: Trek Bicycle Corp. didn’t just give Ray Petro a little boost to ensure he would be able to open a Ray’s Indoor MTB Park for riders in Milwaukee. The [...] Posted by Zach on April 29, 2010, at 5:45 am
Unlike Scott Walker, whose time in office has been plagued with budget deficits and hundreds of millions of dollars in borrowing to cover Milwaukee County’s obligations, the City of Milwaukee, led by Mayor Tom Barrett, finished 2009 with a $20 million surplus. It’s worth noting the City posted a budget surplus despite having to [...] Posted by Zach on March 6, 2010, at 7:23 am
As I’m sure those of you who live in/near the city of Milwaukee are aware, downtown Milwaukee is “gang infested,” at least according to Nathan Sass, who wrote the following in reference to news that a high speed train would be built between Milwaukee and Madison: With stops like: Scenic slum land, oops, I [...] Posted by Zach on February 16, 2010, at 5:33 am
Despite the asertion that Milwaukee is a terrible place to do business (at least according to conservatives), Ingeteam, a Spanish manufacturer of wind-turbine generators, will locate its new factory in the Menomonee Valley. Julia Taylor, President of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, indicated the plant will create about 270 jobs, and Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett [...] Posted by Zach on February 5, 2010, at 6:27 am
A new proposal planned for Milwaukee would convert trash to energy, creating 250 construction jobs and 45 full-time jobs. The proposal, named Project Apollo, would cost parent company Alliance Federated Energy $225 million to develop, with the first phase expected to be running by 2013.The plant would use technology developed by Westinghouse Plasma Corporation [...] Posted by Zach on December 19, 2009, at 6:07 am
According to MarketWatch, the metro Milwaukee area was ranked as the 20th best place to do business. This is the third year in a row that Milwaukee has ranked in the top 20 of the annual survey of the 101 largest metropolitan areas, and Milwaukee was ranked higher than metro areas such as Kansas [...] Posted by Zach on October 21, 2009, at 6:17 am
Here’s some good news…crime in Milwaukee decreased 12.3% overall through the first nine months of this year when compared with the same period in 2008, marking the seventh consecutive quarter in which crime has dropped in the city, according to data released Monday by the Police Department. That’s certainly good news for Milwaukee, [...] Posted by MadCityMan on September 15, 2009, at 10:42 am
A snapshot of 2008 arrests in WI along with a trend review of the same between 2007 and 2008. Also included is law enforcement statistics. [...] |
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