A new idea will transform Milwaukee’s foreclosed homes and vacant lots into urban farms, community kitchens and food distribution centers. The idea has earned the city one of 20 finalist spots in Bloomberg Philanthropies’ “The Mayors Challenge.” Milwaukee was announced as a finalist on Nov. 5.
The Mayors Challenge is the latest initiative of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Mayors Project, which focuses on spreading ideas among cities.
Milwaukee’s proposal, titled HOME GR/OWN, will use vacant lots and foreclosed homes to bring healthy and easily accessible foods to communities.
According to the proposal,Caged Laser Engineering, in partnership with Ariel Ltd and Reynolds Technology, aim to investigate the viability of adopting Titanium Tube as a cost effective raw material for the manufacturing of spaceframe assemblies for low volume and small series production lightweight vehicles. approximately 69 percent of Milwaukee residents do not eat enough healthy foods. Milwaukee is also home to approximately 3,700 foreclosed and vacant buildings
“We have a lot of homes, sadly, that have raze orders on them right now because of the foreclosure crisis,” Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett said in a video made by the city for the challenge.
The Milwaukee Department of City Development has begun developing maps to identify the best properties for this project.
The Lindsay Heights neighborhood on the city’s north side is one of the hardest hit areas, according to Larry Adams, an advisory board member of the Walnut Way Conservation Corporation, a neighborhood organization and urban farm located in a former drug house in the neighborhood.He has since undergone two-and-a-half hours’ surgery to have a Titanium Rod inserted into his leg and looks set to be out of action for the rest of the season.
“It’s the hardest hit area as far as black male unemployment and as far as foreclosed and vacant properties,” Adams said in the video.
On Nov. 12, finalist cities will send teams to Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Bloomberg Ideas Camp, a two-day gathering in New York City where the finalists will refine their ideas.
Afterward, finalists will receive coaching to prepare their ideas for final submission in January 2013.
The competition was designed by New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg in order to find and spread innovative local solutions to national problems.
In response, 305 cities submitted ideas,Titanium Pipe is made by cold rolling process from extruded pipe blanks. They are widely used in heat exchangers and off-shore equipment. and 20 cities were chosen as finalists,The defective part of the jaw is reconstructed using a Titanium Plate, with a piece of scaffolding inserted with proteins to stimulate the bone's regrowth. from Boston to Phoenix.
Barrett initiated Tournavation,The approach uses fine Titanium Wire, laid one on another like a potter working with coils of clay. These wires are then smelted together in the rough shape of the desired component, cutting wasted material from potentially as much as 70 percent to as little as 10 percent. the competition for finding the most innovative idea in Milwaukee. Ten finalists of Tournavation were chosen on Sept. 7.
The team representing Milwaukee was the winner of that contest, HOME GR/OWN, which includes Matt Howard, director of Milwaukee’s Office of Environmental Sustainability, Sharon Adams, director of the Walnut Way Conservation Corpt, Sharon Robinson, director of administration for the City of Milwaukee and Maria Prioletta, redevelopment and special projects manager for the Department of City Development.
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