This year the Near West Side was a featured neighborhood during the Doors Open 2019. All seven neighborhoods had sites for Doors Open weekend. During the last week of September, over 11,000 people enjoyed 15 different sights and a few [...]
Local Marquette University student Manpreet Signh is in the final stages of opening his own bubble-tea based cafe. The business will be on Marquette’s Campus located at 1414 West Wells Street and will have its grand opening Monday, October 7th, [...]
Wisconsin renters have many legal rights. In this blog series, we will introduce you to your rights at three stages: before you rent, while you are renting, and after you move out. This first post is about your rights before [...]
Apart of the Near West Side Partners tool box in improving our commercial corridors is the "21 Day Initiative". This tool works with many community stakeholders and has been proven to be effect to encouraging businesses along the commercial corridor. [...]
Summer 2019 has been one of our busiest summers to date in the Near West Side. The NWS Farmers Market, “Brats For Your Thoughts” and many other events and meetings have kept the staff busy. These activities could not take [...]
June 30, 1934 Ralph Metcalfe (right) and Jesse Owens (left) lined up together, toe-to-toe at the Marquette Stadium for the 100 yard dash, near 38th and St. Paul in the Merrill Park neighborhood. Here is a Journal Sentinel Archive link [...]
On Thursday, July 18th Near West Side Choice Neighborhood Initiative (CNI) hosted its 2nd Resident Stakeholder Leadership Academy (RSLA). Nine residents were able to take advantage of this opportunity, six of which have accepted roles on the CNI Resident Council. [...]
