We were not surprised to see members of the state legislature take the Common Council to task for its decision yesterday to turn down the federal COPS grant that has been at the center of so much debate recently. Some rarely miss an opportunity to speak quickly, one might say reflexively, when there’s an opportunity to criticize the City of Milwaukee.
Since, due to a procedural motion, this same file will return to the Common Council in January for more deliberation, perhaps there is time enough to explain why accepting this grant has been so difficult for a majority of this body.
Council clears way to demolish old library, build new Children s Hospital southside clinic. By Jeramey Jannene - Dec 16th, 2020 01:13 pm //end headline wrapper ?>Forest Home Library. Image from the City of Milwaukee.
The Common Council dealt a final blow Tuesday to any hopes of preserving the former Forest Home Library. It rejected a historic designation and approved selling the property to a developer who is proposing to demolish the building.
The Milwaukee Public Library system is proposing to sell the property to ICAP Development for $450,000, which would demolish the 14,500-square-foot structure and build a $5 million, 18,000-square-foot clinic for Children’s Hospital of Wisconsin.