From the City of South Milwaukee …
In May 2024, the Common Council approved five exciting projects totaling $50,000 as part of the Bucyrus Civic Grants Program. For 2024, the approved community projects include:
- $22,000 for ArtWorks: Supporting the artist’s professional services and materials for a beautiful new mural on the west side of 907 Milwaukee Avenue.
- $13,600 for Friends of the Library: Add improvements to the Children’s Area at the South Milwaukee Public Library by adding child-appropriate tablets, comfy lounge sofas, and child-sized workspaces.
- $11,400 for Warm Up South Milwaukee: The purchase of three defibrillators along with training, and creating a winter coat program by getting new coats for local elementary schools.
- $2,000 for Friends of Mill Pond: Adding an informational kiosk near the Oak Creek Parkway Warming House to share educational information, events, and Warming House pictures.
- $1,000 for South Milwaukee Historical Society: Adding a laptop and printer for everyone to use and search for ancestry and historical data.
Congratulations to all the organizations receiving an award in 2024! This program is completely funded with the generous support of the Bucyrus Foundation.
More on the program — and all of the grants made available through the Bucyrus Foundation’s legacy donation to the community — here.
The foundation’s 2021 grant to the city will live on for many years. I love it.
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