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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.

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