Milwaukee Neighborhoods

Cheri Fuqua is one of the people cultivating the community in Milwaukee. More than a decade ago, she created a community organization called The MiddleGround to nurture community, with a special focus on challenges facing Black youth, and she hasn’t stopped since.

Dorothy Enderis was the second, and arguably most influential, leader of the Milwaukee Recreation Department. Learn about her and the neighborhood named in her honor.

UW-Milwaukee history professor Arijit Sen has spent a decade connecting with residents in Martin Drive, a neighborhood on Milwaukee's west side, to find out what stewardship means. He's learned some keys to creating a diverse neighborhood with a strong social infrastructure.

Martin Drive, on the Milwaukee's west side, is one of the city's most diverse neighborhoods — with no racial majority. The people who live there point to its varied housing, its urban guardians, the groups with a stake in the neighborhood and more.

There are a lot of ways to reconnect with the community this month and Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service reporter Sam Woods has a few suggestions on how to do that. Every month, he joins Lake Effect’s Joy Powers to share some of the many events happening in Milwaukee.

Bay View is a popular neighborhood for new homebuyers in Milwaukee, but while demand grows, the available housing has remained relatively stable. A new long-range plan for the neighborhood, drafted by Milwaukee’s Department of City Development, proposes new large-scale developments, more affordable housing, and new transit options.

Every month, Sam Woods from the Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service joins Lake Effect to share some of the many events happening in the city. Check out the events happening this August.

While driving through Milwaukee’s Garden Homes community, you may find Martha “Mama” Freeman. The anti-violence community activist has become such a fixture of the neighborhood they even named a street after her. Mama Freeman has spent most of her life working for the community as a crossing guard, a teacher, a community builder, and now as a pastor at Alpha Omega Ministries.

October is in full swing in Milwaukee. Neighborhoods around the city are already sporting Halloween decorations and the calendar is full of events celebrating the season and our community.

Maricha Harris was recently named the new Executive Director at the Dominican Center in the Amani neighborhood. She’s a Milwaukee native, and knows first-hand the challenges and triumphs in the community.