City Notices

Murray Hill Member Meeting | March 30, 2023

Join Us for Our March Membership Dinner and Meeting! Day:  Thursday, March 30, 2023 Time:  6:15 PM Dinner; 7:00 PM Meeting Place: Plymouth Church, 2717 E. Hampshire St. We’re sharing a home cooked meal: Baked Chicken Dinner and Macaroni & Cheese! Feel free to bring a dessert to share. We will begin serving at 6:15, so come early to meet your neighbors and dine before the

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Urgent – Liquor License Hearing for Former Bikesmith’s Location – This Friday @ 11:15AM

Bikesmith Liquor Store License – Your Action Needed (Again) On May 19, MHNA sent out a notification about opportunities for public comment on two pending liquor license applications – a renewal at the Miramar Theatre and a NEW liquor license application for the former Bikesmith’s location for a proposed new business “Serenity420”.  Our original notification is available here as a reminder. Many of you responded in May

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🌷 It’s time for spring cleaning and the City of Milwaukee’s PROJECT CLEAN & GREEN is back to help.

Hello Murray Hill Neighbors! It’s time for spring cleaning and the City of Milwaukee’s PROJECT CLEAN & GREEN is here to help. City collection crews are targeting the East Side May 23-27, 2022, and will collect up to six (6) cubic yards per property of unwanted furniture, mattresses or household items, and garden/yard debris in paper yard waste bags. Here is what you do

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Important: Upcoming Liquor License Requests – Action Requested

Miramar Theater Liquor License Renewal The Class B Tavern License  for the Miramar Theater, located at 2844-46 N. Oakland Avenue, is due for renewal in June. The MHNA Board has been monitoring activity at Miramar since early 2021 and has serious concerns about the operator of the business. After careful deliberation, MHNA is opposing this renewal.  Since late last year, there have been numerous weekly disturbances

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March Murray Hill Meeting

We hope you can join us virtually for our March Murray Hilhttp://www.canelacafemke.com/l Meeting – tomorrow, March 24 @ 7PM. Our guests include: Canela Cafe – Owner Dina Awadallah (along with her husband Ray) of Canela Cafe at 2621 North Downer Avenue, will join us to introduce this great new east side breakfast, brunch and lunch spot. The cafe opened in the summer of 2021

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Public Meeting March 14 – Cleaning up Milwaukee’s Waterways

Introducing the Waterway Restoration Partnership The City of Milwaukee is working with Federal, State, and local partners to clean-up the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern (AOC).  The Milwaukee Estuary includes the three major rivers in our region – Milwaukee, Menomonee, and Kinnickinnic – and Lake Michigan.  This area was designated an AOC by an international body that includes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in 1987. The

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February Murray Hill Meeting – Thursday!

Neighbors, We hope you are able to join us for our February neighborhood meeting, this Thursday, February 24 at 7PM.  We are happy to announce the following meeting topics and speakers: SALA, 2613 East Hampshire Street, has been welcoming diners in our neighborhood since October 2001.  Owner Teresa Balistreiri-Warsh will be joining us for a quick introduction and update on this wonderful local establishment.  We appreciate

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Upper East Bar – Virtual Public Meeting on Sept 15

Public Meeting Invite from Ald. Kovac Dear District 3 Neighbor, New operators have applied for a Class B Tavern License for Upper East Bar, proposed to be located in the currently vacant and former Baccanera/The Eastsider location at 1732 E. North Avenue. I will be hosting a virtual meeting for the neighbors to meet the applicants, hear their plan of operation for the space,

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New UWM Chemistry Building Seeking Height Variance at BOZA Meeting Tomorrow

UWM is designing a new chemistry building that will be constructed on Kenwood Boulevard between the existing Physics Building and the Lubar Entrepreneur Center.  As part of the permitting process, UWM is seeking a height variance at Thursday’s Board of Zoning Appeals meeting.  More details are available here.  Provide your comments to Alderman Kovac or directly to BOZA.  You can also attend the meeting and provide comments at the meeting. 

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