Milwaukee

John Norquist is today the president of CNU, but from 1988-94 he was Mayor of Milwaukee. His legacy is apparent today in the city, says blogger Urban Engagement.

Libraries are struggling to make ends meet in Milwaukee. One possible solution: integrating a mix of uses.

Nearly $100 million in transportation funding that has been sidelined in Milwaukee over bureaucratic disagreements will finally come to use, as Mayor Tom Barrett announces provisions in the Federal Omnibus Budget Bill call for it to be spent.

The Midwest has high hopes on capturing a big chunk of the federal stimulus money directed towards high speed rail projects.

One resident finds it surprisingly easy to live on Milwaukee's East Side without a car.

Thanks to industrialized agriculture, there’s a wide gulf between those who produce food and those who consume it. Too many city-dwellers lack access to nutritious, non-processed foods. Dave Steel thinks that urban agriculture is the key.

Controversy continues in Milwaukee as another public art piece is revealed.

After forty years in the statistical doldrums, what does Milwaukee make of a sudden, slight increase in population? Local expert and urban enthusiast Dave Steele reports.

How does a rapidly changing news media affect big city planning? Badly, according to this post from Next American City.

A proposed public art piece featuring a bronze statue of the "Happy Days" character Arthur "the Fonz" Fonzarelli has many up in arms about the process creating and approving public art.