City of Milwaukee - File #: 251925

• File #: 251925
• Version: 1
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/3/2026
• In control: COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Final action: 4/21/2026
• Title: Substitute resolution relating to the allocation of funds from the Large Impact Development Fund.
• Sponsors: COMMON COUNCIL
• Indexes: MUNICIPAL FINANCE

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/22/2026	1	MAYOR	SIGNED
4/21/2026	1	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED; Minutes note: All Common Council members were added as co-sponsors.	Pass	14:0
4/9/2026	1	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION	Pass	4:0
4/9/2026	0	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	SUBSTITUTED; Minutes note: Appeared Mario Higgins (Director of Community Development) Appeared Matthew Balistrieri (DOA-Community Block Grant Adm.) Appeared Matthew Rejc (DCD-General Mgmt & Policy Development) Appeared Danell Cross (METCALF PARK COMMUNITY BRIDGES INC) Ald. Jackson, Ald. Dimitrijevic and Ald. Moore added as co-sponsors.	Pass	4:0
3/3/2026	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number

251925

Version

SUBSTITUTE 1

Reference

220276

Sponsor

THE COMMON COUNCIL

Title

Substitute resolution relating to the allocation of funds from the Large Impact Development Fund.

Analysis

This resolution transfers funding from the Large Impact Development (LID) Fund to the Department of City Development’s Commercial Revitalization Grants Program for a pilot grocery and pharmacy access program.

Body

Whereas, The pace of grocery store closures in Milwaukee has accelerated in recent months; and

Whereas, Grocery store closures restrict access to fresh food options for many residents; and

Whereas, Grocers have described the cost of replacing aging equipment and repairing outdated infrastructure as detrimental to store operations; and

Whereas, Milwaukee is committed to expanding fresh food and pharmacy options for its residents; and

Whereas, The pilot grocery and pharmacy access program is intended to support healthy food and pharmaceutical initiatives in underserved communities and to help prevent grocery store and pharmacy closures through targeted investments in equipment, services, inventory, and other eligible expenses; and

Whereas, The pilot grocery and pharmacy access program is structured as a reimbursable matching grant program to support eligible grocery and pharmacy projects in areas of the City with limited grocery and pharmacy access; and

Whereas, Common Council File Number 220276, adopted July 28, 2022, established the Large Impact Development Fund; now therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that an amount not to exceed $1,005,000 shall be transferred from the Large Impact Development Fund to the Department of City Development’s Commercial Revitalization Grants Program for the purpose of a pilot grocery and pharmacy access program; and, be it

Further Resolved, That the Community Development Grants Administration, under the Department of City Development, shall b...