Healthy Neighborhoods Vision and PlanIntroductionBegun just a year ago in early 2006, the Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative has taken root in four Milwaukee neighborhoods. At the heart of the Initiative is a new way of thinking about middle-market neighborhoods - places with significant amenities but vulnerable to negative change. The Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative is not a specific program with rules and guidelines. It is, rather, an approach that values the ongoing engagement of residents and works with the real estate market to position neighborhoods as places of choice. This plan outlines the basic framework of the Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative in Milwaukee and lays out a direction for its growth. The Importance of Middle-Market Neighborhoods to Milwaukee Middle-market neighborhoods are places that are neither severely deteriorated nor experiencing a strong real state market viewed as \"hot\" opportunities for private market redevelopment. They have significant amenities - quality housing stock, strong patterns of homeownership, committed neighbors. These neighborhoods are the places in Milwaukee where much of the city's affordable housing stock is located and where it is possible for working families to buy a house. At the same time, these neighborhoods are beginning to fray at the edges. They may be experiencing fewer home purchases by live-in owners and more conversion to rental. Physical conditions may be beginning to decline as existing residents see changes that undermine their confidence. The strong social connections that characterized these neighborhoods may be beginning to weaken as people leave and new residents are slow to play an active role. Preserving these neighborhoods is essential if Milwaukee is going to retain and attract working families that are essential to the long-term viability of the city. There are many neighborhoods that offer good choices for the workforce the city needs to be economically competitive - yet these neighborhoods often escape the attention of public policy. It is wiser to build on the strengths of the neighborhood now and to invest resources than to defer resources and let the neighborhood be more vulnerable to negative change in the future. Basic Principles of the Healthy Neighborhood Approach Many neighborhood revitalization efforts target the most distressed urban areas or focus on maintaining housing affordability in the face of gentrification. But these approaches have had little impact on slowing the trend of suburban out-migration. This results in neighborhoods losing, or being unable to attract, the solid middle-class and working population cities need. At the heart of the Healthy Neighborhoods approach is the idea that places compete with each other for investment and a key component in neighborhood revitalization is to help neighborhoods be more competitive. Some of the competitive advantages for neighborhoods in the middle are their affordable housing stock, their location, and the sense of neighborhood they are still able to project. But just having these qualities is not enough. Neighborhoods have to develop strategies that can be intentional about retaining and attracting solid working families. The basic idea is this: In order to position neighborhoods as places of choice, interventions need to be intentional in attracting homebuyers versus investors. They must strengthen physical conditions so the neighborhood looks healthier. They must engage neighbors in actions that reinforce a positive image and in marketing the neighborhood. All these various actions are connected and can enhance each other. But they most often do not happen on their own. There must be leaders and organizations that can put in place new skills and understanding that can help neighborhoods compete successfully. The basic principles that drive the Healthy Neighborhoods approach are outlined below. Neighborhood targeting. Neighborhoods have to have enough strengths to compete effectively. In Milwaukee, that means a fairly strong percentage of homeownership and neighbors who want to improve their neighborhood. Interventions also must be carefully targeted, building on the strengths that exist in the neighborhood. An orientation to the market. Understanding the basis for why people are making the choices they are about the neighborhood is a key first step in being able to influence those choices. Unlike many community development efforts that focus on real estate development, Healthy Neighborhoods groups focus on influencing the day-to-day decisions residents and homebuyers make about the neighborhood. Engaging neighbors. The Healthy Neighborhoods approach recognizes the key role of residents as both leaders and investors in the future of the neighborhood. A key component is developing change strategies that engage residents. Attention to the unique identity, character, and assets of the neighborhood. Every neighborhood is different and the elements that make it special need to be highlighted. City neighborhoods are often prisoners of negative perceptions and oftentimes community development activities reinforce those negatives. The Healthy Neighborhoods approach focuses intentionally on promoting a positive neighborhood image. Building and maintaining wealth. The investment people make in homeownership is the most significant investment most people make. The value of that investment is closely linked to the health of the neighborhood. If values remain flat or appreciate at a rate less than the regional average, neighborhoods become a less logical choice for existing residents and new homebuyers. They become, in effect, losing propositions. The Healthy Neighborhoods approach values stable, increasing rates of appreciation that help residents build wealth. The Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative in Milwaukee The ideas behind intervening in middle-market neighborhoods were first introduced to the Greater Milwaukee Foundation in a grant to NHS of Milwaukee to intervene in the Rufus King and Martin Drive neighborhoods. In spring of 2005, a number of people engaged in community development work in Milwaukee visited Baltimore to learn more about how foundations and local groups were intervening in middle-market neighborhoods, which had institutionalized into the Baltimore Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative. Although NHS was not able to continue its work, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation saw promise in the Healthy Neighborhoods philosophy and how a greater focus on middle-market neighborhoods could be developed in Milwaukee. The Foundation, along with LISC and the City of Milwaukee, convened a training to introduce the community development field in Milwaukee to the Healthy Neighborhoods approach. Early on, the Foundation decided not to create a highly structural program but, rather, chose to make grants to groups who were incorporating elements of this approach in their work. Out of the training, four groups emerged that received funding from the Foundation to explore the implementation of these concepts. The first four groups selected represent a diverse set of neighborhood-based organizations carrying out a range of strategies geared to the unique qualities of each neighborhood. They are:
The Results We Want to Achieve The Healthy Neighborhoods Initiative is about creating real results in neighborhoods and changing the way middle-market neighborhoods are addressed in public policy. While the organizations in the initial four neighborhoods are very different, they are all organizing their work around a common set of outcomes. The outcomes for the neighborhoods are as follows:
It is time to begin a real discussion about the importance of good neighborhoods in building a competitive workforce for Milwaukee and to enhance that discussion with strategic actions that inform the community development field about how to best intervene in neighborhoods. There are two choices facing community development in Milwaukee. We can continue to support the status quo and its somewhat fragmented approach to investing in neighborhoods. While this approach has achieved some results, it is unclear whether it has helped stem the loss of middle-income households from middle-market neighborhoods. A second approach would see a major outcome of community development as attracting and retaining solid working households in the city. It would value middle-market neighborhoods as assets and organize programs and resources around the outcome of making those neighborhoods stronger. This is the thinking behind the Healthy Neighborhoods approach - an approach we see as critical to the long-term health of the city. |
Bird Watchers Soar![](\"images/birdwatching.gif\") | If your hobby \"is looking up\", then the new Enderis Park Bird Watching Club is for you! This \"fledgling\" club promises to give you your \"feathered fix\" all year round. We meet as a club in the Enderis Park pavilion on the first Thursday of each month from 7:00pm - 8:30pm. Since birding is the perfect economical family sport, children are encouraged to join and attend with parent or guardians. Bird watching is a lifelong scavenger hunt. Call Joe Devereaux at 777-0047 or visit birdwatchusa.com |
| Intermediate/Advanced Yoga Classes (Winter One Yoga Program) ![](\"images/yoga.gif\") 7:15-8:30pm Call Santosh Yoga For information and registration at (414) 774-YOGA(9642) |
| Transcript of ruling by in Milwaukee Municipal Court, Branch 1, Judge Valarie Hill, in the case of City of Milwaukee v. Johnny Little, March 26, 2007: Case No: 07002130, Sale of items deemed drug paraphernalia under city ordinance 106.36. Adam Stephens, assistant city attorney (935-7746), representing the City. Mr. Little, sir, I will give you that most judges sit on the bench and they don't look like me. They have white hair, bald spots, tend to be a lot older. I may be young but I am not that young, sir, and what I mean by that is that there is no way in the world that I believe that you didn't have a clue about what a blunt wrapper was until you went and did research. That was the most incredulous statement that I have heard this entire afternoon. Your feigned innocence of oh, I had no clue, I never knew what a blunt was until I went and did research. When he told me that was dope, I just didn't know it. I don't believe you. You have absolutely no credibility here whatsoever. None. I never smoked marijuana so I didn't know what a blunt wrapper was. I don't smoke either but I know what a blunt is. So do not try and convince me sir that you had no clue what it is that you were selling. That is absolutely ludicrous and I'm going to tell you now, not going to fly here. Absolutely not going to fly. I cannot believe that you had the nerve to come in here and tell under oath that particular lie . . . and that's what it is, a bald face lie. Now, having said that, Mr. Stephens, clearly a blunt wrapper is drug paraphernalia. All of the time you spent sir going into detail about that with Mr. Jackson (Brookfield tobacconist called as an expert witness), none of that was actually required as far as I'm concerned to get to the point that these particular items are drug paraphernalia. Back in my day, what they use to use because they didn't have these was the Tops paper. Just because they said it was for cigarettes didn't mean that people didn't roll a joint with it. And, back then, a blunt was a joint. All they do is keep changing the name. Every generation gets a new name for the marijuana. And Mr. Little, please be clear that nobody believes that any company is going to legitimately advertise 'purple haze' for rolling marijuana, 'purple haze' for rolling joints. They're not going to say that because you can't. So the fact that it doesn't say that it's for marijuana means absolutely nothing. They have to say its for something legitimate. They use brillo pads as part of smoking cocaine. I will assure you that Brillo had no concept that, when those things were made, that somebody would use them later to smoke cocaine. But we all know, sir, the primary use for these is smoking weed . . . another name they call marijuana. But maybe you don't know about that either, not sure. Now, so Mr. Stephens has met his burden of proof as far as drug paraphernalia. The problem, sir, is with this whole business that you were not present on the particular date in question. Had this been a day when you were present, we wouldn't be having any discussion. You would have been found guilty in a hot second and, Mr. Little, I would have set your fine at the maximum which is $1,000 in this particular case . . . and the reason I would have done that, Mr. Little, is because you came in here and told me that bald face lie. Now, having said that, it pains me to no end, Mr. Little, to have to find you not guilty because I am very clear that you knew what you were doing. But the city has one technical difficulty that it has not met . . . and had this ordinance, and I don't know who drafted it, had this ordinance indicated that the owner of the store could also be held liable, we wouldn't have the conversation either. But that's not what it says. And so I'm left to interpret this particular ordinance given the situation or the fact presentation that was made here in court today. And that happens to be your luck. And the unfortunate luck of the community, and I don't know if you are still there or not. (Defendant: No, I'm not.) And that's a good thing, sir, for everbody because if that's the kind of stuff you need to sell, then you need to move on. Do that somewhere else because I will tell you now: that's not my neighborhood, but it would not be welcome in my neighborhood. I'd be the first person knocking on your door telling you I want you to go. That kind of selling, sir, has got to go and its got to end. There's too much crime that happens in this particular city and we do not need store owners encouraging it. |
| Beginner Yoga Classes (Winter One Yoga Program) 5:45-6:45pm Call Santosh Yoga For information and registration at (414) 774-YOGA(9642) |
![](\"images/weblogo.jpg\") EPNA Board Meeting at the Pavilion. All Welcomed! 7:00 am - 8:00 pm |
Primary Election Day at the Pavilion 7:00 am - 8:00 pm |
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![](\"images/bricks.jpg\") Last Day to Order Personalized Bricks Contact Kathy Grothe 774-1898 |
![](\"images/weblogo_sml.jpg\") Enderis Park Monthly Association meeting 7pm at the Pavilion Vote on Board Members for June 2007 |
Enderis Park Monthly Association meeting 7pm at the Pavilion |
![](\"images/policeticket.gif\") To have an illegally parked car ticketed, call 286-8350. In addition, recently enacted Wisconsin Act 185 now gives law enforcement the power to tow unregistered, unlicensed cars parked on the street. Call the police non-emergency number, 933-4444. |
![](\"images/magicgrove.gif\") The sculpture will be installed at the park by September 30th and the engraved bricks shortly thereafter. The window is closing for purchasing an inscribed brick for the circular path that will surround it. Contact Kathy Grothe before January 15th kgrothe@juno.com or call her at (414) 774-1898. |
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| If your hobby \"is looking up\", then the new Enderis Park Bird Watching Club is for you! This \"fledgling\" club promises to give you your \"feathered fix\" all year round. We meet as a club in the Enderis Park pavilion on the first Thursday of each month from 7-8:30p. Since birding is the perfect economical family sport, children are encouraged to join and attend with parent or guardians. Bird watching is a lifelong scavenger hunt. Call Joe Devereaux at 777-0047 or visit birdwatchusa.com. |
![](\"images/dorothyenderisb.jpg\") Dorothy Enderis was a public recreation pioneer. Today, we might say she thought outside the box. In her time, this Lady of the Lighted Schoolhouse could look at a sandbox and see the possibility of a playground within walking distance of every child; could meet each playground attendant and see the possibility of training a future community leader; and could view the ravages of the Great Depression and see the city's recreation playfields as social centers that would knit our community together.Starting with activities as simple as box hockey, bean bag toss and checkers, and classes as varied as lip reading, millinery, boxing, debating and mandolin, the city's playgrounds drew national attention and became the equivalent of our modern day entertainment meccas. After World War I, there were citizenship and English classes; during the Depression, there was family movie night for a nickel on Wednesday and classical opera for ten cents on the weekends. Beginning in 1932, chess was taught in all playground centers and Milwaukee became internationally known for the quality of its players. An all-city weaving studio with 64 looms was begun in 1934, causing a visiting Eleanor Roosevelt to later remark that she had not seen such creativity in woven goods in other parts of the country. Aside from the major sports, there were canoe races, weight lifting, dog sled derbies and Silver Skate meets featuring figure skating and barrel jumping. There were Saturday morning children's theatre productions and Saturday evening dances, nature centers and ethnic festivals. In fact, Milwaukee's present day Folk Fair had its origins at Enderis Park. At the center of it all was Dorothy Enderis. Dorothy was a woman probably not more than 5' 4\", remembers Frank Zeidler, former Milwaukee mayor and a political contemporary. She had very big wrists and a kind of broad European countenance. She wore spectacles and her manner of speaking was very logical. She knew what she was talking about and it was always well documented. She would appear regularly before the Board of School Directors during my term on that board to explain her program, what she was doing, how much money she needed, and she almost completely got her way. I once crossed her up by being concerned that some of her associates had some kind of a deal with a company making chess sets. She got outraged. She said these people were not engaged in making money on the side from being directors of the playground programs. They often talk about the playing fields of Eaton - where the leadership of Great Britain took place. The leadership of a lot of Milwaukee was shaped on the playgrounds that Dorothy Enderis started. |
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![](\"images/jeffspence.jpg\") MPS Board RepresentativeJeff Spence Our Representative on the Milwaukee School Board. You may reach him at (414) 535-0997 |
NON-EMERGENCY number (414) 933-4444. Be sure to give the exact address when reporting any nuisances so that a record can be kept. |
Enderis Playfield is managed by the MPS Recreation Department 475-8180![](\"images/pavillion2.jpg\") To contact the playfield directly, call Steve (The day-time attendant (7am - 3:30pm). The phone number for the pavilion is 453-6062. |
Support the Enderis Park Renovation ProjectBuy a keepsake neighborhood poster for $25![](\"images/enderisposter.jpg\") To order, make checks payable to:CWNA-Enderis Park Renewal and mail to: Kathy Grothe 2933 N. 70th St. Milwaukee 53210 Email questions to: kgrothe1@juno.com In accordance with City of Milwaukee policy, all proceeds from this sale will benefit the Enderis Park Renovation Project. The back of the poster has a well researched and colorful history of Dorothy Enderis' accomplishments on behalf of the city's parks and recreation system during the first half of the 20th century. |
| (2007 Spring Yoga Program) Beginner & Adv. Beginner Yoga Classes NEW LOCATION: St. Rita's Church 1601 Cass St., Milwaukee Beginner Class: 6:00-7:00pm ... $65 Adv. Beginner I & II Class: 7:15-8:15pm ... $65 Visit www.santoshyoga.com For further information and registration. |
| (2007 Spring Yoga Program) Adv. Beginner II & Inter to Adv. Yoga Classes LOCATION: Enderis Park Lower Level 71st & Locust, Milwaukee Adv. Beginner II Class: 6:00-7:00pm ... $65 Inter to Adv. Class: 7:15-8:30pm ... $85 Visit www.santoshyoga.com For further information and registration. |
| (2007 Spring Yoga Program) Beginner Yoga Classes LOCATION: Enderis Park Lower Level 71st & Locust, Milwaukee Beginner Class: 5:45-6:45pm ... $65 Visit www.santoshyoga.com For further information and registration. |
Adv. Beginner I Yoga Classes Every Thursday for Six Weeks Class: 5:45-6:45pm ... $65 LOCATION: Enderis Park Lower Level 71st & Locust, Milwaukee Beginner to Adv. Beginner I Yoga Classes Every Thursday for Six Weeks Class: 7:30-8:30pm ... $65 LOCATION: PTPlus - 5663 S. 27th St., Milwaukee Visit www.santoshyoga.com For further information and registration. |
Intermediate Classes Every Saturday for Six Weeks Class: 7-8:30am .... $85 LOCATION: Connie's Studio of Dance 7001 W. Center St, Wauwatosa Beg. to Adv. Beginner I Yoga Classes Every Thursday for Six Weeks Class: 9:30-10:30am ... $65 LOCATION: St. Francis Episcopal Church - N84 W16525 Menomonee Ave, Menomonee Falls Visit www.santoshyoga.com For further information and registration. |
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| YOGA CLASSES AT ENDERIS PLAYFIELD Advanced Beginner: 1st Tuesday of Each Month, 6-7pm (7 weeks, $75) Intermediate to Advanced: 1st Tuesday of Each Month, 7:15-8:40pm (7 weeks,$90) |
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![](\"images/teddybear.gif\") | Enderis Park Spring Egg Hunt
Activities include:
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EPNA Spring General Election at the Pavilion. 7:00 am - 8:00 pm |
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![](\"images/springcleaning.gif\") Spring Clean Up in the neighborhood; Call Kathy Grothe, 774-1898 to participate and for location of dumpsters. |
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Evening Neighborhood Co-Ed Volleyball![](\"images/volleyball.gif\") Call Scott at (414)453-3790 for details/registration |
EPNA Board Meeting at the Pavilion. Board Members to be Nominated Tonight 7:00 am - 8:00 pm |
EPNA Board Meeting at the Pavilion. Board Members Elected Tonight 7:00 am - 8:00 pm |
![](\"images/rummage.gif\") Enderis Park andEnderis East RUMMAGE SALE 8AM TO 2PM |
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![](\"images/mulch.jpg\") Mulchfest '08 We have arranged with the city of Milwaukee to hold our first annual Mulchfest at Enderis Playfield (parking lot off Chambers) on Saturday, January 12th from 11-2p. Bring your holiday tree, sans all metal ornament hooks etc, and the city will turn it into mulch for your acid loving trees (mountain ash/laurel) and shrubs (hydrangeas, azaleas, rhododendrons). Or leave it at the park and we will put it to good use. Snow and weather permitting, we will be grilling at the end of Chambers and have hot coffee and cider on hand. |
![](\"images/rosesday.jpg\") In honor of our namesake, Dorothy Enderis, the Association is giving way floral bouquets on Wednesday, February 13th, the eve of Valentine's Day. Just come to the newly renovated floral department at Sentry on Lisbon between 3 and 6pm, present some form of ID that shows you live in Enderis Park (68th to 76th, Center to Lisbon), and take home a beautiful arrangement of flowers befitting Valentine's Day. Offer for the first 40 people -- one per residence (home or apartment). |
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| Last Day to Register! Exterior Improvement Contest For details and an application form, CLICK HERE | ![](\"images/spruceup.jpg\") |
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In honor of our namesake, Dorothy Enderis, the Association is giving way floral bouquets on Wednesday, February 13th, the eve of Valentine's Day. Just come to the newly renovated floral department at Sentry on Lisbon between 3 and 6pm, present some form of ID that shows you live in Enderis Park (68th to 76th, Center to Lisbon), and take home a beautiful arrangement of flowers befitting Valentine's Day. Offer for the first 40 people -- one per residence (home or apartment). |
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