The approval of the multi-million-dollar renovation project comes amid concerns by homeless and social service advocates that funds could be put to better use and questions by council members about whether the city is spending too much on cosmetics as opposed to true maintenance.
The state is poised to ask the public what to do with the Beltline, the bustling but aging east-west connection for the Madison area that is plagued by growing congestion and crashes.
A $150,000 city grant would help pay for the $2.5 million redevelopment of the long-closed Avalon Theater, in Milwaukee's Bay View area, under a proposal approved Monday.
County Board members are delaying approval on a $60 million development that would bring nearly 200 apartments along with commercial space to the the Park East strip.
A proposal to win approval for a hotel to be developed at Wauwatosa's Innovation Campus might return to the County Board at its July 25 meeting, says Supervisor Jim "Luigi" Schmitt.
Rishi Tea is seeking $1.86 million from a city-affiliated lender to help finance its proposed new headquarters in Milwaukee's Menomonee Valley Industrial Center.
