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Milwaukee Youth Arts Center this week announced the appointment of its new executive director, Chad Tessmer, effective July 1.

   This week’s episode features a presentation by Teig Whaley-Smith to the Rotary Club of Milwaukee, our podcast partner....

The Milwaukee Institute of Art & Design has gone public with a $10 million fundraising campaign, the college’s first such multi-million effort in 20 years.

Employ Milwaukee, the workforce development board serving Milwaukee County, is opening a new satellite location at 8086 N. 76th St.

Milwaukee American Heart Association raised $1 million at its 45th annual Heart and Stroke Ball.

While the Northwest Side Community Development Corp. and Legacy Redevelopment Corp. plan to eventually grow the Edward Bryant Fund to $15 million, an initial $5 million loan from Northwestern Mutual will allow the two organizations to begin making additional investments in the community.

Gov. Tony Evers announced today his plans to allocate $5 million in federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds to help support the redevelopment of a vacant building at 2724 W. Wells St. on Milwaukee’s Near West Side into a comprehensive community center to be known as Concordia 27.

St. Augustine Preparatory Academy in Milwaukee recently raised $2 million at its annual gala to support the reach and impact of the private voucher K4-12 school.

Former Charter Manufacturing Co. chief executive officer John A. Mellowes and his wife Linda Mellowes, a former Medical College of Wisconsin board member, are donating $10 million to MCW to support new research and for MCW faculty studying the potential the human genome has to treat a wide variety of diseases.

Acts Housing 2414 W. Vliet St., Milwaukee, 53205 (414) 933-2215  |  actshousing.org Facebook: Facebook.com/actshousing  |  Twitter: @ACTSHousing Year founded: 1995 Mission statement: Acts Housing...

Angela Adams, the chief communications and diversity officer of Goodwill Industries of Southeastern Wisconsin and Metropolitan Chicago, is one of three people that Gov. Tony Evers is appointing to the University of Wisconsin (UW) System Board of Regents.

Brookfield-based nonprofit organization Good Friend Inc. announced that Allison Katula has been named the executive director of the organization, starting May 9.