At 9:15 a.m. Wednesday Mayor Barrett, Ald. Bob Bauman and other officials will dedicate and open the new roundabout in the Brewery (former Pabst Brewery) neighborhood.
With the opening of the roundabout at 7th Street and Juneau Avenue, Juneau will be open for the first time in more than 10 years to car traffic from Prospect Avenue all the way to the freeway.
As I've written before, you should really get over to the former Pabst Brewery complex and take a walk around this emerging Downtown neighborhood. As urban planners say, it has "great bones" and is truly positioned for growth, density and development.
This new roundabout opening is just another example of how far the area has come.
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.
