Milwaukee moved a bit closer to being just 90 miles from the 2016 Olympics as Chicago beat out Los Angeles to become the United States candidate city for the 2016 Games.
Chicago now moves into the international phase of the competition, which begins officially Sept. 15, when candidates must submit bids to the International Olympic Committee. The IOC will select the 2016 host in October 2009.
When you add up Milwaukee and Chicago, the cities become one of the 10th largest "mega-cities" in the world. Milwaukee is sure to benefit from a 2016 Games in the Windy City. Congrats to Chicago. Milwaukee is pulling for you!
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
