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  • Executive Director Howard Snyder Stays

    Citing “unfinished business”, NWSCDC Executive Director Howard Snyder has changed his plan to leave and will remain with the agency. Expanding the Milwaukee Technology Incubator Center and the Villard Square project are example of two challenges that ...
  • Journal Sentinel Supports Villard Library Project

    On October 9, 2008, a Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial supported Mayor Tom Barrett’s proposal to include $1 million in the 2009 city budget for the planning and development of a new Villard Library. The editorial argued that even though the multi-u...
  • Villard Ave. Day Festival

    Along with several sponsors including District 1 Alderman Ashanti Hamilton, and the Blood Center of Milwaukee, The NWSCDC supported the Villard Avenue Business Improvement District’s 4th  annual Villard Avenue Day Festival on Villard Ave. from 34th St....
  • DRS and the NWSCDC continue invest in 30th Street Corridor and bring jobs back to the northwest side

    On May 30, 2008 the NWSCDC, using Department of Health and Human Services grant dollars, closed on a low interest loan to DRS Power Systems. Howard Snyder, Executive Director of the NWSCDC and Alan Perlstein, VP Programs for DRS, were presented with a ...
  • Clean Tech Jobs Created

    Paradigm Sensors, a minority owned start-up, will locate in the Milwaukee Technology Incubator Center. The firm plans to manufacture hand held testing devices for biodiesel quality assurance. More than 25 jobs may be created in the coming year according t...
  • Northwest Side Area Comprehensive Plan Passes Committee

    A comprehensive plan designed to help guide planning and development on Milwaukee's Northwest side was passed by a key Common Council committee Tuesday. The Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee voted 5-0 to recommend approval of the plan, which...
  • Feingold Announces NWSCDC Receives Grant for Community Economic Development

    U.S. Senator Russ Feingold announced today that the Northwest Side Community Development Corporation (NWSCDC) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin has been awarded a grant to improve the business environment for low-income communities in Milwaukee. ...
  • Developing ideas for the northwest side: Plans continue for economic growth in urban area

    Tanette Johnson-Elie profiled the NWSCDC and executive director Howard Snyder for the Journal Sentinel....
  • Developers plan $10 million retail center in central city

    Tom Daykin reports today in the Journal-Sentinel on the public-private partnership NWSCDC is facilitating to develop a 45,000-square-foot Lena's supermarket with 50,000 square feet of additional retail space on 7.5 acres along W. North Ave., east of N. 25...
  • Congresswoman Gwen Moore Announces Grant of $700,000 for Northwest Side CDC to Develop New Retail Center, Lena

    Today Congresswoman Gwen Moore announced that the Northwest Side Community Development Corporation (CDC) has been selected to receive a $700,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Community Services (OCS). ...
  • Revival on Villard: Old retail strip along 10 blocks of avenue is catching a new vibe

    Tom Daykin reports on NWSCDC's work on Villard Avenue in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, February 22, 2003....
  • ULI Report Covers NWSCDC's Role in Grantosa City Center Redevelopment

    The Urban Land Institute (ULI) Land Use Policy Forum Report, "Community Development Corporations Working with For-Profit Developers," contains a case study involving NWSCDC in the Grantosa City Center/Kohl's Food Market, a joint project that the NWSCDC un...
  • A city caught between yesterday, tomorrow

    As part of a series on "Milwaukee's Future: The Economic Challenge," Thomas Content has a story in the Journal Sentinel (Oct. 6, 2002) about NWSCDC's part in facing the challenges of economic revitalization in Milwaukee....
  • Federal grant offers link to Internet for smaller firms

    Jason Gertzen reports in the Journal Sentinel (October 6, 2002) about NWSCDC and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee School of Business Administration bringing technological assistance to 15 businesses....
  • Grant Award Announced To Support Northwest Side Milwaukee Businesses

    Tom Barrett, United States congressman from Wisconsin's fifth congressional district, announced today the award of a $727,268 grant to support the ReNEW-Milwaukee (Rejuvenating the Northwest Side through Enhanced Use of the World Wide Web) project. This p...

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