RECENT NEWS

LISC Milwaukee hires Marjorie Rucker to help revitalize commercial corridors in the Central City

Posted: 04/05/2012

LISC Milwaukee announces the hire of Marjorie Rucker as their new Commercial Revitalization Specialist.

Veterans Manor, Villard Square among MANDI winners

Posted: 03/30/2012

Froedtert among winners of Milwaukee Neighborhood Awards

Posted: 03/29/2012

Six innovative groups announced winners of the 13th Annual Milwaukee Awards for Neighborhood Development Innovation

Posted: 03/28/2012

Winners of the 13th Annual Milwaukee Awards for Neighborhood Development Innovation, or MANDI Awards, were announced at a gala event at the Pfister Hotel, Wednesday night, March 28th.

"We need to cross tribal borders." Op-Ed by Leo Ries

Posted: 03/24/2012

Op-Ed on building relationships across tribal lines and MANDI is example.

Area around Washington Park showing new energy

Posted: 03/20/2012

Story about Washington Park's New Neighborhood Plan.

Northside, at-risk kids, both profit from bank remodeling

Posted: 03/17/2012

Story featuring the Kilbourn Bank building project, a MANDI Finalist.

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago names Leo Ries Vice Chair of their Board of Directors’ Affordable Housing Committee

Posted: 12/21/2011

The Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago is a $73 billion wholesale bank serving the needs of member housing finance institutions located in Illinois and Wisconsin.

Together, let's build the city

Posted: 11/05/2011

If we want Milwaukee and the surrounding region to thrive economically, we have to do a better job of managing our investments in the redevelopment of our central city.

Neighborhood leaders, funders, developers, lenders, corporations and city officials discuss success of Milwaukee’s central City

Posted: 11/03/2011

Milwaukee’s first Community Development Symposium, organized by LISC Milwaukee, aimed at taking a broader look at central city revitalization in Milwaukee.

Reviving Milwaukee's neighborhoods requires united strategy

Posted: 11/01/2011

Leo Ries, executive director of LISC Milwaukee, calls for the "collective impact" approach.

Studies say community development efforts face tough challenges

Posted: 10/31/2011

“Work is being done, but change is not happening.” That opinion, shared by one participant at a  “listening session” conducted by LISC Milwaukee, sums up the impetus behind a recent symposium on central city revitalization attended by neighborhood leaders, real estate developers, lenders and city officials.

Marquette graduates develop apartment complex

Posted: 10/01/2011

Great profile on new developers out of Marquette's Associates in Commercial Real Estate Development program (ACRE). LISC is proud to support their work.