Active Streets - Create your own Yard Sign

VIA hosted an Active Streets event where neighbors came together to create yard signs with unique & special messages for their lawns to promote positivity in the community. Neighbors of various ages were encouraged to visit and craft their own signs.

DIY Workshop

Thank you to everyone who participated in VIA's Do-It-Yourself (DIY) Workshop, where attendees had the opportunity to learn the process of installing plank flooring. The workshop was structured for participants to learn a valuable skill to enhance their homes, whether they were seasoned homeowners or first-time renters.

Vecinos Con Poder - Call your Representative

At this year’s Call Your Representative Workshop Wisconsin Voices', Tomika Vukovic (Co-Executive Director of Organizational Empowerment) and Bryan Sanders (Organizer), facilitated a Civics 101 Workshop where residents learned about the different levels and branches of government and the different roles and responsibilities that those branches hold. With this knowledge residents left the workshop ready to reach out to their representatives. Thank you Wisconsin Voices for facilitating this insightful workshop. 

Block Build MKE 2023

This year VIA participated in Block Build MKE 2023 which took place in the Muskego Way neighborhood. In 48 hours community partners and volunteers were able to complete over 1000 home repairs across 18 homes. Thank you to Revitalize Milwaukee for inviting VIA to be part of your ongoing impact in the community.  

Block Build Peer-to-Peer fundraising.

September 9

Neighborhood Clean-ups

September 19 - October 14

Active Streets



September 19

Homeowner Education

October 5

Neighborhood Walk

October 21

 VIA’s Spooktacular Day

October 26

Coffee with Elected Officials

Southside Dining Week

Join North Shore Bank in a celebration of the incredible international cuisine in Milwaukee’s southside neighborhoods from September 30 - October 7. Enjoy a signature dish from participating restaurants for $15 or less! Travel around the southside to try all the participating restaurants and explore all the cultural offerings and delicious meals that Milwaukee has to offer. 

You can enter to win a $500 Mastercard® gift card. 

Learn more and enter to win.

Pierce and Bruce Subdistrict Study - Project Information 

Menomonee Valley Partners and the City of Milwaukee need your input in a study of industrial land in the Pierce and Bruce sub-district area of the Menomonee Valley Industrial Business Improvement District (BID) to ensure that the Valley remains a vibrant hub for industrial activity in the future and benefits from public infrastructure improvements planned for the area. This 

project is an extension of the Citywide Milwaukee Industrial Land Use Analysis (adopted in 2021). The goal is to develop a framework of recommendations to protect or rezone 

parcels in the Pierce and Bruce sub-district of the Menomonee Valley. 

Join MVP and the City of Milwaukee for an upcoming Virtual Public Meeting on September 12th at 6pm! Learn more about the project and ways to get involved here.

Doors Open Milwaukee 

Doors Open Milwaukee returns Sept. 23-24, offering participants opportunities to discover 130+ city locations. This includes access to places that don't often open their doors to tours. Doors Open offers a wide array of locations to visit and learn about, from gardens, art galleries, museums to municipal buildings and more.

Historic Milwaukee and VIA CDC have partnered to create a walking tour of the Layton Boulevard neighborhood highlighting neighborhood development, iconic sites and residential architecture. The tour will also highlight pertinent work being done in the neighborhood by VIA and is narrated by VIA staff members Kevin Solis and Isabel Castro. The app is free to download for Apple and Android devices and in English and Spanish. For more information on the app and to download, click here.

• Silver City InterNational Festival Returns
• Silver City InterNational Festival to Showcase Milwaukee's Diversity and CultureSilver City
• International Festival returns September 9
• Doors Open Returning With New Locations, Neighborhood Tours

Join the VIA Team!

We are currently hiring an Economic Development Manager/Director (Bilingual: Español/English).

The Economic Development Manager/Director will drive strategy and execute VIA’s grassroots

Neighborhood Economic Development programming and be a key leader in supporting VIA’s mission to be a partner in building strong and healthy neighborhoods where all of us can thrive.

Learn more and apply today.