Milwaukee Professionals Association

Phase I - An Overview

Jan 26, 2006

The Joint-Neighborhood Signature Plan

Launched: Tuesday, November 22, 2005
Place: Cathedral of St. John, the Evangelist
831 N. Van Buren

Target Area:
NORTH/Capitol
SOUTH/State Street
EAST/Holton & Van Buren
WEST/60th Street

Population:
Approximately 250,000

Racial/Ethnic Composition
African American
White
Asian
Latino
American Indian
Middle Easterners

The dominant population is African American.

The Signature Plan is Guided by:
>>The Joint-Neighborhood Advisory Board
>>Academic PROVOST Team (training and data)
>>Campaign Neighborhood - CFNBA (technical administration)

Purpose:
1. To inform and link residential, commercial, light industrial, institutional and government stakeholders of the 4-mile by 3-mile target area.

2.To look at trends that affect quality of life and economic development.

3. To look at patterns that impact business development and job development.

4. To use strengths and opportunities to leverage threats and weaknesses of the target area.

5. To put in place neighborhood leadership that is "linked" for decision making that is systemic for sustainability and spending federal dollars.

6. To incorporate SmartGrowth tenets.

7. To create 4 state-of-the art Neighborhood Resource Centers.

The plan is spearheaded by Campaign Neighborhood - CFNBA.

The National Anti-Racism Programme of Ireland is being used as one of the models for addressing systemic and infrastructural issues.