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Article: Funding study backed for Park East Square; Council panel urges analysis of $9.5 million in city financing
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- The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Milwaukee, WI)
- Article date:
- May 2, 2007
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Supporters of additional city financing to spur development in
Milwaukee's Park East area won a preliminary round Tuesday - while
also shifting some power from Mayor Tom Barrett's administration to
the Common Council.
The council's Zoning, Neighborhoods and Development Committee
voted 5-0 to require Barrett's Department of City Development to
analyze possible city financial assistance for a controversial
development proposal called Park East Square. The full council will
consider the committee's recommendation at its May 8 meeting.
It would apparently mark the first time the council has forced
the department to conduct an in-depth analysis of city financing for
a proposed development.
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