2006 Community and Economic Development Leadership Summit
The past two days I was at the Midwest Airlines Center attending Milwaukee Mayor Tom Barrett's Community and Economic Development Leadership Summit. The summit was an enlightening experience into the way things work in Milwaukee and the perceptions held by many of the community leaders.
I would have been the youngest person there, however, I brought my friend Alan Granley along, who beats me out by a few months. We went as MSOE students interested in the future of Milwaukee. Nothing exactly blew our minds. One thing stood out throughout the conference though, and that was the absence of Milwaukee Public Schools officials.
On the second day of the conference there was considerable discussion about the MPS system, however, only one MPS staff member was there. I only heard from them once. More on my thoughts on what to do with schools in Milwaukee later. I just wanted to express my disappointment in that they weren't part of the discussion today.
Henry Cisneros was a brilliant and motivating speaker on the first day. If you have the chance to see him speak, especially about a topic (Milwaukee housing) you're interested in, he's excellent.
The conference was an excellent way to create a dialog of what can be done to improve Milwaukee and will hopefully become a plan of action for Mayor Barrett. It was great to attend a conference created by Tom Barrett, since he hasn't achieved much in the public's eye in his term as mayor yet. He hasn't messed up anything though, jobs are being added in Milwaukee, new buildings are being built, and I think citywide morale is improving.
Let us not sit by the wayside now and pray for change, it is important as citizens of Milwaukee to be a part of that change and keep the dialog for improvement going.
Thank you City of Milwaukee and sponsors for the free food, magazines, folders, and an excellent excuse to get out of school and help my community.
I would have been the youngest person there, however, I brought my friend Alan Granley along, who beats me out by a few months. We went as MSOE students interested in the future of Milwaukee. Nothing exactly blew our minds. One thing stood out throughout the conference though, and that was the absence of Milwaukee Public Schools officials.
On the second day of the conference there was considerable discussion about the MPS system, however, only one MPS staff member was there. I only heard from them once. More on my thoughts on what to do with schools in Milwaukee later. I just wanted to express my disappointment in that they weren't part of the discussion today.
Henry Cisneros was a brilliant and motivating speaker on the first day. If you have the chance to see him speak, especially about a topic (Milwaukee housing) you're interested in, he's excellent.
The conference was an excellent way to create a dialog of what can be done to improve Milwaukee and will hopefully become a plan of action for Mayor Barrett. It was great to attend a conference created by Tom Barrett, since he hasn't achieved much in the public's eye in his term as mayor yet. He hasn't messed up anything though, jobs are being added in Milwaukee, new buildings are being built, and I think citywide morale is improving.
Let us not sit by the wayside now and pray for change, it is important as citizens of Milwaukee to be a part of that change and keep the dialog for improvement going.
Thank you City of Milwaukee and sponsors for the free food, magazines, folders, and an excellent excuse to get out of school and help my community.
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