• Planning for the next chapter – Howard Snyder stepping down

    In late August we announced that NWSCDC founder and long-time Executive Director Howard Snyder will step down at the end of 2019.  The Milwaukee Business Journal featured an interview with Howard, profiling a number of major accomplishments over the years. Read the Business Journal Article here. Howard will leave NWSCDC…

  • Connecting the Corridor – kickoff meeting recap

    Connecting the Corridor – kickoff meeting recap

    The City of Milwaukee’s “Connecting the Corridor” planning effort was launched with a public meeting in April.  We learned about safety improvements for N 35th Street and engaged on ideas for other ways to improve mobility and safety. The City’s Department of Public Works is looking at two distinct phases…

  • Community Walk on 35th Street – Join Us Saturday, May 11

    Community Walk on 35th Street – Join Us Saturday, May 11

    ALERT – See below for a meeting invitation hosted by the City of Milwaukee Department of Public Works.  DPW staff are working with many stakeholders to explore safety improvements for N 35th Street near W Capitol Drive.  NWSCDC is helping to promote this event.  Read all the way to the…

  • Progress at Green Tech Station

    Progress at Green Tech Station

    Our team of partners has made huge progress at the future “Green Tech Station” site.  Much of the heavy work was completed in 2018.  Click this document for more info: Green Tech Station One Pager – Community Update – 4-2019

  • NWSCDC honored as a finalist for Non-Profit of the Year by BizTimes

    NWSCDC honored as a finalist for Non-Profit of the Year by BizTimes

    On Friday, Nov 2 NWSCDC was honored as a finalist for Nonprofit of the Year at the 5th Annual BizTimes Milwaukee Nonprofit Excellence Awards.  Howard Snyder and Andrew Haug represented the organization at the breakfast event, held at the Italian Community Center.

  • Mayor signs Complete Streets Policy!

    Mayor signs Complete Streets Policy!

    As a big part of our efforts to curb reckless driving and support residents’ voices for safer streets, NWSCDC has been highly engaged in the campaign for a Milwaukee Complete Streets policy for over a year.  On Monday, October 29 we celebrated the passage of this new policy with Mayor…

  • Image courtesy of Argon Industries

    NWSCDC will support Argon Industries expansion, creating 40 new jobs

    September 28, Milwaukee, WI— The Northwest Side Community Development Corporation (NWSCDC) has been awarded a grant to support our business lending fund in making a loan to Argon Industries (Argon), a local machine shop offering specialty fabrication of metal products utilizing laser cutting, forming, welding, and powder coat painting. The…

  • The Cisterns are Coming, and We’re Ready!

    The Cisterns are Coming, and We’re Ready!

    On Saturday, September 15 an amazing group of volunteers helped assemble a big new stormwater cistern at Alice’s Garden.  Andrew Haug from NWSCDC was one of the volunteers who showed up that day.  See an excellent write-up from the Alice’s Garden event and great photos in the Milwaukee Independent here: http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/photos/blox-party-alices-garden-builds-vital-cistern-stormwater-diversion/…

  • Certified CDFIs – We Make an Impact!

    Certified CDFIs – We Make an Impact!

    Just yesterday, the Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) Fund at the U.S. Department of the Treasury issued a new logo for Certified CDFIs. NWSCDC is proud to be a Certified CDFI.  We have been certified for our business lending program since December, 2009. This certification adds a level of oversight…