[CPEO-BIF] Milwaukee's Harbor District, Wisconsin

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Harbor District could be a jewel in the rough

By Bruce Keyes and Mark Thimke
Milwaukee Business Times (WI)
April 7,2015
  

Milwaukee's Harbor District, one of the city's most opportunistic areas for ongoing development, will evolve quicker if state authorities and others continue to streamline remediation policies and procedures.

Starting just south of the Summerfest grounds and stretching further south to Bay View and west to South Second Street, the Harbor District is a diamond in the rough in terms of attracting new building and business ventures.

With access to multiple waterways—the Milwaukee, Kinnickinnic and Menomonee rivers—coupled with its easy  access to downtown and surrounding neighborhoods, the Harbor District is an attractive area for a diverse array of development.

The area already has a significant catalyst in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee's School of Freshwater Sciences. Additional development, though, will depend in large part on successful remediation of land and underwater sediment impacted by decades of heavy industrial activity. 

Generally speaking, waterfront redevelopment projects tend to be complex and lengthy. The need for assistance from many different programs at the state level that in some cases have overlapping and competing requirements can present substantial hurdles to redevelopment efforts.

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For the entire column, see
http://www.biztimes.com/article/20150407/BLOGS/150409816/Harbor-District-could-be-a-jewel-in-the-rough

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope Street
Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650-961-8918 or 650-969-1545
Fax: 650-961-8918
LSiegel@cpeo.org
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