Wanted and Needed: Your Input on the Future of Downtown South Milwaukee

What’s your vision for downtown South Milwaukee?

Share it on Saturday, April 16, as a group of University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee graduate students studying our downtown hold a planning charrette from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the South Milwaukee Public Library.

Learn more in this flier.

What is a charrette? It’s an intensive planning session where citizens collaborate on a vision for development. It provides a forum for ideas and offers the unique advantage of giving immediate feedback as the design is formulated. More importantly, everyone who participates is a mutual author of the plan.

At the upcoming event, stations will be set up to receive community input on topics such as:

• Streetscape and façade improvements;
• Vacancy and parcel redevelopment;
• Community branding and connectivity; and
• Downtown character and sign codes.

The students will later compile the results and develop recommendations to help South Milwaukee achieve the vision identified during the charrette session.

Feel free to stop by anytime during the session and be a part of the plan. I hope to see you there!