Princess Byers

Milwaukee

Reporter at Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service

Reporter @MilwaukeeNNS via @ReportforAmerica covering Youth, Housing, and Transportation, Neighborhood Business, and Arts and Culture | Marquette '20 |

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Articles

VIA CDC marks 30 years serving the community

5 days ago | onmilwaukee.com | Princess Byers |Dakota Barnes-Rush |Edgar Mendez

VIA CDC is marking its 30th anniversary this year. For the past three decades, VIA Community Development Corp., formerly Layton Boulevard West Neighbors, has been working with residents, businesses and partners to strengthen the Silver City, Burnham Park and Layton Park neighborhoods. VIA CDC focuses on community building, housing and economic development through several programs, initiatives and events. “To get to 30 is incredible,” said JoAnna Bautch, executive director of VIA CDC.
How neighborhood organizations are partnering to improve the quality of housing

6 days ago | onmilwaukee.com | Princess Byers |Dakota Barnes-Rush |Edgar Mendez

Ramona Curry knows firsthand about the housing conditions of her neighbors. That’s because Curry was part of a project by the Reclaiming Our Neighborhoods coalition that surveyed the exterior of Milwaukee homes.
How cuts to AmeriCorps are affecting Milwaukee youth programs

1 week ago | milwaukeenns.org | Princess Byers

Schools, shelters and other youth-serving agencies are feeling the pain from AmeriCorps funding cuts, but Milwaukeeans are determined to continue serving young residents. Several programs impacted by the $400 million in funding cuts to AmeriCorps, including $14 million in Wisconsin, directly and indirectly serve youths and schools. The cuts to AmeriCorps, the federal agency for national service and volunteerism, were championed by Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency.
Stories on schools, kids & family, mps, milwaukee neighborhood news service

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Princess Byers |Bobby Tanzilo

"They don't build them like they used to" is a common phrase. When it comes to school buildings, Pulaski High School is the last example in Milwaukee of "how they used to build them."
How neighborhood organizations are partnering to improve the quality of housing in Milwaukee

1 week ago | milwaukeenns.org | Princess Byers

Ramona Curry knows firsthand about the housing conditions of her neighbors. That’s because Curry was part of a project by the Reclaiming Our Neighborhoods coalition that surveyed the exterior of Milwaukee homes.
VIA CDC marks 30 years serving the community

1 week ago | milwaukeenns.org | Princess Byers

VIA CDC is marking its 30th anniversary this year. For the past three decades, VIA Community Development Corp., formerly Layton Boulevard West Neighbors, has been working with residents, businesses and partners to strengthen the Silver City, Burnham Park and Layton Park neighborhoods. VIA CDC focuses on community building, housing and economic development through several programs, initiatives and events. “To get to 30 is incredible,” said JoAnna Bautch, executive director of VIA CDC.
Urban spelunking: Pulaski High School, Milwaukee's last ornate school building

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Bobby Tanzilo |Princess Byers

If you like this article, read more about Milwaukee-area history and architecture in the hundreds of other similar articles in the Urban Spelunking series here . Although the materials, color scheme and motifs aren’t identical, Milwaukee’s South Side Casimir Pulaski High School, 2500 W. Oklahoma Ave., is a riff on the design used to build Rufus King High School a few years earlier on the North Side.
OnMilwaukee

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Princess Byers

The former Department of Natural Resources building at 2312 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive is being demolished to make space for the future African American American Art and Culture Museum.
Plans for African American Art and Culture Museum gain momentum

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Princess Byers |Dakota Barnes-Rush |Edgar Mendez |Meredith Melland

Last week, the Bronzeville Center for the Arts announced plans to begin demolition of the former Department of Natural Resources building at 2312 N. Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, marking a step toward the creation of Milwaukee’s future African American Art and Culture Museum. The museum has been a priority for the center, also known as the BCA, a nonprofit organization focused on highlighting the art and history of the African diaspora. It was founded in 2020.
Milwaukee teens lead the way: Inside AART's youth-driven movement for change

1 week ago | onmilwaukee.com | Dakota Barnes-Rush |Princess Byers |Edgar Mendez |Meredith Melland

If you want to see teens making a difference, you need look no further than the youth programs at the African American Roundtable, or AART, in Milwaukee. At these hangouts, teens are not just learning about leadership – they are the ones leading, sharing ideas and helping one another grow. AART is a group that cares about giving young people a voice. Teens like Zoe Chambers, Thomas L. Leonard Sr. and Sierra Lyle all help make these hangouts special.