Since its inception
in 1998, Milwaukee
Downtown (Busi-
ness Improvement District #21)
has worked behind the scenes
to make downtown Milwaukee
a great place to live, work, play
AND visit.
Funded by commercial prop-
erty owners within defined geo-
graphic boundaries, Milwaukee
Downtown improves the quality
of life for its residents, employ-
ees and visitors through four
core programs:
Public Service Ambassadors
(PSAs) These downtown
"walking concierges" welcome
leisure and business visitors.
Need suggestions on where to
dine? Or directions to an event?
Just seek out one of the men
or women in the blue shirts.
08 keymilwaukee.com
Since 2000, PSAs have
delivered more than 9.2
million info packets to
downtown visitors.
Through the district's
Traveling Information
Kiosk (TIK) and Bicycle
Information Kiosk (BIK),
PSAs have become the
go-to resource. Another
location to track down
a PSA is the Visitor &
Newcomer Information
Center, 214 W. Wisconsin.
Clean Sweep Ambas-
sadors (CSAs) Ongoing
Super Block Clean-Ups
last year swept up
118,100 gallons of trash
in the public right of way.
Graffiti Removal Team
Along with a private
contractor, the team
eliminates downtown
graffiti within 24 hours of
discovery. Last year, they
removed approximately
1,500 tags.
Landscape Crew These
green thumbs tend to
more than 250 planters
and hanging baskets
along Wisconsin Av
-
enue, Old World 3rd
Street and the RiverWalk.
Milwaukee Downtown is a lead contributor and organizer
of the Milwaukee Trolley Loop. See page 36 for info.
In praise of
downtown
milwaukee
A great place to live,
work, play AND visit.
photo
by
Dan
Bishop
photo
by
Lila
Aryan
photo
by
Lila
Aryan
