Main Street Milwaukee Program
***Main Street Milwaukee to add 2 new districts.***
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LISC and the City of Milwaukee Department of City Development partnered in 2003 on a planning initiative related to revitalizing the City's older commercial districts. Over 120 stakeholders participated in the planning process. The result of their work is the Main Street Milwaukee Program.
The Main Street Milwaukee Program, which began operation in January 2005, will:
- Concentrate grants for staff and technical assistance in designated districts
- Require designated districts to follow a systematic approach to revitalization--along the lines of the National Main Street Center's Four-Point Approach™
- Provide training and technical assistance to economic development practitioners
- Require performance and accountability
- Use government resources to leverage private and philanthropic support and participation in the program
- Produce outcomes in terms of:
- reinvestment in the physical environment of the designated Main Street program areas;
- number of businesses located in the designated Main Street program areas;
- new jobs in the designated Main Street program areas;
- improved facades and streetscapes;
- citizens engaged in grassroots development through participation in Main Street committees and projects.
Download the current Main Street Update. You can also find links to all Main Street Milwaukee documents, including RFPs, Reports and other items here.