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COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
| HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR
Minutes note: About 40 people in attendance.
Presentation by Mario Higgins, Director, Community Block Grants Administration
Speakers:
1. Karen Higgins - Milwaukee Christian Center - would appreciate any money for housing, NIP or youth programs.
2. Maria Poradec - has done clean-ups and they get citizens together. She supports Southside Organizing Committee (SOC)
3. Juana Ramos - SOC supporter - likes the clean-ups and they do make a differences.
4. Jared Bell - City Champs - they enlisted over 3,000 kids this year with the help of the city.
5. JoAnna Bautch - Via - NSP funds support their staff, as donors are reluctant to donate for staff salaries.
6. Debbie Otto - read by Marlena Sanchez in support of SOC - she liked dumpster day
7. LizFrandzeyk - MATC Fast Fund - helped 2,300 students last year with an average amount of gifting being $275. She would like more funding for youth services.
8. Victoria Jiminez - likes the clean-ups and her daughter works with SOC.
9. Maria Guzman - supports SOC, helped her get a fallen tree off her property.
10. Isabelle Smith - youth worker at SOC.
11. Alexis Scroggins - youth work at SOC.
12. Richard Balzer - Wisconsin Community Services - need more funding for the driver's license recovery program and for employment opportunities.
13. Brandon Triggs - Village Group and Helping Kids Better Themselves - at Atkinson Park - serve breakfast and lunch and have basketball camp.
Meeting adjourned: 7:03 P.M.
Linda M. Elmer
Staff Assistant | Pass | 4:0 |
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COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
| HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR
Minutes note: Individuals present:
Mario Higgins - Community Block Grants Administration Director
President Jose Perez
Ald. Sharlen Moore
| Pass | 5:0 |
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| 7/8/2024 | 0 |
COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
| HELD TO CALL OF THE CHAIR
Minutes note: About 15 people in attendance.
Presentation by Mario Higgins, Director, Community Block Grants Administration
Speakers:
Jake Weiler - Milwaukee Christian Center Housing Director
James Hiller - Sherman Park resident and Burleigh St. Community Development Association Director
Lindsey St. Arnold Bell - Northwest Side Partners - wants higher salaries and benefits for community organizers
Kristi Luzar - Urban Economic Development Association - provides technical assistance to organizations
Abrielle Newman -- Legal Action of Wisconsin - works on eviction prevention - would like to see more legal help that is court-based (physically in the courthouse).
Meeting adjourned: 6:41 PM
Linda M Elmer
Staff Assistant
| Pass | 5:0 |
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