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Council committee accepts $220,000 Cities Forward grant for civic engagement at Milwaukee Public Library

3160378 · April 30, 2025
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Summary

Milwaukee Public Library told the council committee it will use roughly $220,000 in Cities Forward funds to create civic engagement corners in branches, deliver quarterly programming and hire outreach staff; the committee accepted the award and referred funding to Finance and Personnel.

The Community Economic Development Board accepted and referred to Finance and Personnel a resolution authorizing the acceptance and expenditure of Cities Forward grant funding for civic engagement programming, after Milwaukee Public Library staff described planned uses.

A deputy library director (name not provided at the meeting) told the committee the City has been awarded “just over $220,000” to support a second year of Cities Forward programming. The award shifts the initiative away from voter registration activity…

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