Who can apply for a Love Your Block mini-grant?

To qualify, projects must be no more than five blocks away from the Targeted Investment Neighborhood (TIN) boundaries. Here is the complete list of boundaries LYB is offered in:

Brody: N 50th St to N 65th St / W Villard Ave to W Bender Ct

Clarke Square: S Cesar Chavez Dr to S 29th St / W Burnham St to W Pierce St

Century City: N 23rd St to N 41st St / W Clarke St to W Townsend St ; N 22nd St to N 41st St / W Townsend St to W Ruby Ave

Harambee North: N Weil St to N 7th St / Clarke St to Vienna Ave

Roosevelt Grove: N 35th St to N 45th St / W Chambers St to W Hope Ave

Tri-Block: N 46th St to N 61st St (or City limits) / W Garfield Ave to W Nash St

Walker Square: S 4th St to S Cesar Chavez Dr / W Burnham St to W Bruce St

Washington Park: N 27th St to N 40th St / W Highland Blvd to W Clarke St

West Burnham Park and Silver City: S 30th St to S 43rd St (or City limits) / W Grant St to W Pierce St

Priority will be given to projects that will be located or take place within the TINs, which are defined as follows:

Brody

N 55th to 60th St,

Silver Spring to Carmen Ave

Century City

N 27th St to N 36th St,

W Burleigh to Capitol Dr

Clarke Square

Cesar Chavez Dr to 24th St,

Greenfield to Scott

Harambee North

Holton to 2nd,

Burleigh to Concordia

Roosevelt Grove

N 36th to 40th St,

W Concordia to Nash

Tri-Block

N 51st St to N 56th St,

Center St to W Burleigh

Walker Square

S 9th to Cesar Chavez Dr,

Greenfield to Pierce

Washington Park

N 32nd to N 35th,

W Galena to Lloyd St

West Burnham Park and Silver city

S 35th to S 41st St,

W Lapham to Scott St

To learn more about the Neighborhood Improvement Development Corporation and their TIN program, click here!

If you are interested in applying for a community project located outside of the Love Your Block area, please consider applying for a Community Improvement Project (CIP) with the City of Milwaukee. For more information about applying for a CIP grant, click here!

Obligations of mini-grant recipients

Promote a high level of community engagement throughout the neighborhood.

Attend project and budget consultation meeting after application acceptance.

Show proof of outside funding for projects over $1,000.

Report project data and track volunteers throughout the project.

Complete and submit a final report 1-2 weeks after project completion that includes: documentation of participating volunteers, a detailed budget with receipts, and before & after pictures of project site.

Attend sustainability meeting following the completion of the project.

Applications will be accepted from November 18, 2019 through May 1, 2020