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Archive 2005
Articles in the Business Journal
Visit Milwaukee, IndependenceFirst to provide hospitality industry training
Posted July 26, 2005
Visit Milwaukee, the area's convention bureau, said Tuesday that it is partnering with Milwaukee social service organization IndependenceFirst to provide training to the hospitality industry in an effort to prepare for special needs conventions. For full story click the link below:
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2005/07/25/daily17.html?f=et68
IndependenceFirst in partnership with Microsoft
Posted May 6, 2005
IndependenceFirst, Milwaukee, has been selected by Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Wash., to take part in a new program aimed at making technology more accessible for the disabled.
http://www.bizjournals.com/milwaukee/stories/2005/05/02/daily43.html?f=et68
Region's Vitality Hinges on Being Inclusive
Posted: March 18, 2005
The talent pool and consumer bases are shifting as baby boomers begin to retire and as minority demographics grow. http://ypm.mmac.org/about/PDFs/XfactorMarch2005.pdf
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Independence First POWER LUNCH
Posted: July 3, 2005
TV fans remember her in the dual roles of Patty and Cathy Lane. Movie buffs know her as Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker." Cheryl and Bob Burger's young son thinks of her as Sean Astin's mother.
The Burgers and the 950 other guests at the Independence First Power Lunch on June 15, however, met the real Patty Duke.
http://www.jsonline.com/lifestyle/advice/jul05/337166.asp
Patty Duke 'Takes Five'
Actress provides voice for the mentally ill
Posted: June 13, 2005
Perhaps you know her as Helen Keller, the strong-willed, deaf-blind girl from the 1962 movie, "The Miracle Worker." Or maybe you remember her from her eponymous TV show that debuted the next year, the one where she played a zany Brooklyn Heights teenager (loved to rock 'n' roll, "a hot dog makes her lose control") and her well-mannered British cousin (loved the "Minuet," Ballet Rouse and crepe Suzette). But Patty Duke's greatest role, critics say, is the one she plays now - speaking on behalf of people, such as herself, who suffer from mental illness. http://www.jsonline.com/alive/news/jun05/333573.asp
Port street project faces debate
Some want Common Council to reconsider widening sidewalks
Posted: May 16, 2005
Port Washington - A debate is expected tonight between advocates for people with disabilities and some residents concerned about a plan to narrow and add landscaping to the major north-south street through downtown.
http://www.jsonline.com/news/ozwash/may05/326567.asp
Priest's injury spurs change
Lift to be installed at St. Adalbert's
Posted: March 28, 2005
A communitywide effort is under way to help make St. Adalbert's Catholic Church accessible to those with disabilities, a move that was spurred by the hit-and-run accident that cost the church's popular priest to lose his left leg in January...
<http://www.jsonline.com/news/metro/mar05/313504.asp>
Articles from the Shepherd Express
House Creates Energy of Its Own
Posted: Feb. 2, 2005
Its outside appearance may not look like the Biltmore Hotel, but the beige coloring comes close. And while the setting may not be the tree-coated foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, the I-94 high-rise bridge that hovers above the dwelling sts a sizable shadow late in the day.
This little bungalow at 726 W. Bruce St. in Walker's Point may not compare to the mansions of the Vanderbilts, or even the double-wides of Northwoods lakes, but whoever moves in will certainly view it as 1,400 square feet of castle...
http://www.shepherd-express.com/shepherd/26/05/news_and_views/news.html
Articles from the Ozaukee Express
A controversial plan to narrow Wisconsin and Franklin streets - the linchpin of a proposal to create a more beautiful and pedestrian-friendly thoroughfare from Port Washington's north side through downtown - was recommended by the Board of Public Works Tuesday. http://www.ozaukeepress.com/story1.html
Articles From OnMilwaukee.com
Manic-Depressive Duke Dishes Up Strategies at POWER LUNCH
Posted: June 13, 2005
In 1967, Patty Duke played the role of Neely O'Hara in the marvelously camp film, "The Valley of The Dolls." In the movie (and in the book), prescription drugs destroy O'Hara's world, but in Duke's real life, they are the saving grace.
http://onmilwaukee.com/buzz/articles/pattyduke.html
Articles From Alternative Sources
Wisconsin Green Building Alliance visits the Milwaukee Idea Home
Posted: December 16, 2004
Located at 726 West Bruce Street in Milwaukee, WI this experimental home is a compelling alternative to sprawling suburban development ....
http://www.wgba.org/artman/publish/article_213.shtml
IndependenceFirst Provides Training Partnership with VISIT Milwaukee
Posted November 10, 2005
On Sept. 27, IndependenceFirst, Independent Living Center and Visit Milwaukee presented a 3 hour disability awareness and access workshop to business leaders, and staff of organizations throughout the Metro Milwaukee area.
Click here for full story http://www.adawipartnership.org/Newsletter/05_11_Link.htm#IndFirst