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VIA's Housing Resource Fair
Interested in becoming a homeowner?
Please save the date for VIA's Housing Resource Fair on Saturday, October 1st, 2022 from 11am to 1pm. Connect with different realtors, banks, and talk to an attorney about your rights as a renter. Learn about different housing resources available to you for home improvements. Participate in an activity and potentially learn a new skill like window/door screen replacement.
For more information please contact VIA's Housing Outreach Manager, Cassandra Morales at 414-409-3474. The event location will be announced soon.
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Housing Surveys
A kind reminder to neighbors in Silver City, Burnham Park, and Layton Park that for the month of August the VIA Housing team will be conducting door to door housing surveys. The purpose of this is to better understand the needs in our communities. We want to be able to provide information, resources and programming that is essential to improving your quality of life. Please be on the lookout for anyone who has a tablet and is door knocking in your neighborhoods!
Please contact VIA's Housing Outreach Manager, Cassandra Morales with any questions at cassandra@viacdc.org or 414-409-3474.
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Housing Resource Guide
Are you a seasoned homeowner or just bought a home? Are you looking for resources that are available to you?
Please check out our Housing Resource Guide to learn about the different resources available to homeowners that live in our neighborhoods!
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Silver City InterNational Festival
Save the date for the 11th annual Silver City InterNational Festival, September 10th from 12pm – 5pm. Keep an eye on our website for the full list of vendors and performers.
Interested in volunteering? Reach out to Outreach Manager, Lidia at lidia@viacdc.org.
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Vecinos con Poder (Neighbors with Power)
Vecinos con Poder engages neighbors in the City’s budget process. Through four workshops (City Budget 101, Public Comment Workshop, Mayor’s Public Budget Hearing, and Call Your Representative Night) neighbors will gain the skills necessary to use their voice to advocate for their community.
Please join us for our upcoming workshops; Public Comment Workshop today, August 3rd from
6pm-8pm, Mayor's Public Budget Meeting, and Call Your Representative Night on August 31st from
6-8pm.
For more information visit our website.
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38 Essential Milwaukee Restaurants
Thai Bar-B-Que Restaurant was listed as one of "The 38 Essential Milwaukee Restaurants" on Eater. Stop by this summer and enjoy all the diverse restaurants in Silver City.
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Latino Economic Unsummit-Business Resilience
Join the Latino Chamber of Commerce of SE Wisconsin at their 3rd Latino Economic Unsummit-Business Resilience on September 23rd, 2022 from 8-2pm at the Crowne Plaza Milwaukee Airport!
For more information call the Latino Chamber at (414) 988-4082 or visit their website.
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VIA is Hiring
VIA seeks a highly-motivated, bilingual (English/Spanish) Community Outreach Director who will engage diverse neighborhood stakeholders to plan and implement a variety of community improvement initiatives that enhance neighborhood pride and safety, strengthen the local economy, and contribute to our neighborhoods’ strong identity as a great place to live, work and play!
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Trivia Night
Join Escuela Verde Newline Cafe for their Stranger Things Trivia Night, August 10th at 4pm.
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Gardening in Urban Spaces
Spend the evening getting your hands dirty in the raised-bed gardens at Menomonee Valley on Thursday, August 11th from 5:00pm-6:30pm. With a green thumb guide from the Urban Ecology Center, you'll learn about garden bed care, help tend the gardens, and enjoy some of the summer gifts from the gardens themselves.
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8th Annual Lift Up Every Baby
Gather and celebrate during the African American Breastfeeding Network's 8th Annual Lift Up Every Baby event, on Saturday, August 27th at 9:30AM. Visit 7 wellness and educational stations, lunch, the ceremony, Lifting Every Baby Up! A special ceremony for those who have experienced a baby loss, and take home a gift!
Child activities and child care will be available.
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Healthy Habits at Menomonee Valley
Join the Urban Ecology Center on
Wednesday, August 24, 2022 from 5:30PM - 7:30PM for a Homemade Hummus workshop.
Packed with plant-based protein and nutritional benefits, hummus is a versatile snack! Learn to make fresh, flavorful hummus with others during this food focused workshop. We'll blend together 3 different hummus recipes, taste test and vote on our favorites. Participants will leave with recipes to try at home!
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MKE Rec Community Centers
Join Milwaukee Recreation at one of their many community centers this fall! Fall registration opens at 10AM on Aug. 4th for the city of Milwaukee residents and Aug. 11th for non-residents!
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