Projects & Events

The Corridor's Annual Breakfast
Our annual breakfast event is entitled Water: Friend or Foe and was held on Thursday, October 21, 2010. Our keynote speaker was Kevin Shafer, Executive Director of MMSD followed by an exciting panel discussion. The Corridor is planning to hold the 2011 breakfast in October. Please check back here for more details and registration information as the date approaches.

Temporary Public Art Project
The Corridor and BID #37 are working with IN:SITE to coordinate a temporary public art project in the 30th Street Corridor. The goal of the project is to generate excitment while redevelopment work is underway at and around Century City. The first phase of projects was installed in September 2010 and were up for approximately six months. Another round of projects will be installed in June of 2011. For more information on the project and details on the 2011 project opening and reception on June 25, 2011, visit IN:SITE's website or view the broadside and location map. The 2010 broadside is also available. To see videos about the project and artwork as well as press coverage for the 2010 project, visit IN:SITE's website.

Made in Milwaukee Tour
Each September,The Corridor hosts the Made in Milwaukee Tour, a motorcycle ride touring several manufacturers in Milwaukee.  This year's event was on Saturday, September 11, 2010. Tour stops included Capitol Stampings, Talgo, On & Off Capitol Temporary Art Project and C&D Technologies.

Environmental Initiatives
Through a partnership with the 30th Street Industrial Corridor Corporation and the City of Milwaukee, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) received $400,000 in U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) funds to perform Phase I and II environmental assessments on properties with suspected petroleum or hazardous substance contamination. All sites targeted for the assessments are located in the 30th Street Industrial Corridor.  For more information, click here. 

Near North Side Plan

The City of Milwaukee's Near North Side Plan has been adopted by the Common Council and includes the portion of the 30th Street Industrial Corridor north of Burleigh.  The boundaries for the entire planning area are Silver Spring on the north; Burleigh Street, with shorter segments of Center Street and North Avenue on the south; I-43 and the Milwaukee River on the east; and Fond du Lac Avenue to 51st Street on the west.  Please visit the Near North Side Comprehensive Plan page on the City's website for more information.

Revitalization Partnerships

Mayor Barrett recently named the 30th Street Industrial Corridor the "Greenlight District" and is commiting signficant City resources to the area including the assignment of full-time staff dedicated to revitalizing the 30th Street Industrial Corridor.  The City also recently launched a 30th Street Industrial Corridor webpage.

A new partnership geared toward creating an action plan to revitalize the 30th Street Industrial Corridor was announced on January 25th, 2007.  The news release is available here.

Safety and Security Initiatives
The Corridor and BID #37 are working on several Safety & Security Initiatives in the 30th Street Corridor. Area businesses were surveyed in the summer of 2006 to help guide future projects.  Community walks, organizing block watches and other initiatives are underway or planned for the near future.

Business Improvement District
The Corridor worked with businesses to create a Business Improvement District (BID) in the 30th Street Industrial Corridor by assisting with their outreach and organizing. The BID was approved by the City of Milwaukee in October 2005 and became effective in 2006 as BID #37. The BID provides graffiti abatement, litter clean ups, safety and security programming and undertakes streetscape improvements. Click here for more information.

Technical Assistance to Businesses
The Corridor provides an array of technical assistance to businesses to help them grow and prosper in the 30th Street Industrial Corridor. Services include assisting with the identification of funding resources such as grants and loans, tax credits and incentives, real estate, security, marketing and other assistance.

Redevelopment of Center Street Property
The Corridor frequently serves as a real estate clearing house and worked with a local manufacturer after they closed a facility in the corridor. The ICC was successful in generating substantial new interest in the property as an alternative to demolition and found a local family-owned minority business to purchase the property. The owners of Lena’s Food Markets purchased the property for use as a distribution facility.