• Howard Snyder’s TEDx Talk at UW-Milwaukee

    On October 8, 2016, Howard Snyder presented at the TEDx UW-Milwaukee conference.  He shared the story of the Villard Library, with NWSCDC’s involvement on Villard Ave and the long struggle to build the new Villard Square to include a new library branch with grandfamily housing.  Check out the video to hear…

  • Northwest Side CDC Celebrated 30 Year Milestone

    Northwest Side CDC Celebrated 30 Year Milestone

    If you missed our 30th anniversary event at Discovery World, you can still watch the video we created for the event! Special thanks to the Midwest Energy Research Consortium for sponsoring the video.

  • Building a community from both sides

    Building a community from both sides

    Reporter Sean Ryan of The Business Journal recently profiled Ted Matkom of Gorman & Company, a great partner of NWSCDC. Watch the video here. Read the full article at the Business Journal.

  • Villard Square Grandfamily & Milwaukee Public Library Villard Branch

    Villard Square Grandfamily Award Featured in BizTimes

    Read this BizTimes article for additional coverage on the 2012 Milwaukee Awards for Neighborhood Development Innovation (MANDI).  Villard Square Grandfamily is the recipient of the State Farm Building Blocks Award, a recognition which “honors a real estate project that contributes significantly to the enhancement of the community — fulfilling a significant…

  • Villard Square Grandfamily Earns Accolades

    Villard Square Grandfamily Earns Accolades

    The 13th Annual Milwaukee Awards for Neighborhood Development Innovation (MANDI), held yesterday, produced good news for the Villard Square Grandfamily development.  Among a myriad of applications, the mixed-use development earned the winning seat for the 2012 State Farm Building Blocks Award.  The video showcasing the Villard Square Grandfamily development can…

  • Villard Groundbreaking (Photo source: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)

    Tax Credits Will Support Villard Library and Tower Automotive Projects

    The City of Milwaukee will dedicate roughly $3 million from its new markets tax credits program to help redevelop the Tower Automotive site and establish a new public library in the Villard Avenue library redevelopment. For more information click here.

  • Villard Square Groundbreaking (Photo source: Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel)

    Villard Square Groundbreaking Ceremony Scheduled

    Groundbreaking for the new Villard Square development will take place on Friday, September 17, 2010 at 11:30 a.m. at the corner of N. 34th St and W. Villard Ave. The ceremony will include Mayor Tom Barrett, Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development Authority (WHEDA) Executive Director Antonio Riley, Milwaukee Public Library…

  • Reinventing the Library (Photo Source: Shepherd Express)

    Villard Square Project Featured in Shepherd Express Cover Story

    “Reinventing the Library” the cover story for the  March 17th, 2010 issue of The Shepherd Express by Lisa Kaiser featured Villard Square as part of the future model for public libraries in Milwaukee.  The NWSCDC is the Co-Developer of this exciting mixed-use real estate project along with Gorman Company. The…

  • Kid-friendly senior housing proposed

    Kid-friendly senior housing proposed

    Tom Daykin reports in the Journal-Sentinel on the Villard Square project–apartments catering to elderly residents combined with a new neighborhood library replacing the current Villard Avenue Library: Grandparents who are raising their grandchildren – often because the parents are in prison, have drug addictions or other problems – would have…