Milwaukee Water Commons

Communities experiencing generations of disinvestment and environmental burdens should not be asked to simply trust the process. They should shape it.

As conversations continue around a proposed data center at Midtown, residents deserve transparency, meaningful engagement, and access to clear information before decisions are made. Environmental justice is not only about outcomes. It’s also about process. Who gets informed? Who gets heard? Who has power in the room?

Water, energy, land use, and public resources are shared concerns and the people most affected must be part of the decisions that define Milwaukee’s future.

Residents seek more information on Midtown Center development as data center concerns continue Community members who live near Midtown Center continue to ask questions about a development proposal that would include up to 19,000 square feet of space for a data processing facility.

Clean water is public health infrastructure. It’s environmental justice infrastructure. And it requires sustained public investment.

Proposed cuts to federal clean water funding would hit Wisconsin communities hard, especially communities that rely on State Revolving Funds to afford critical water infrastructure projects.

At the same time, demand for clean water funding in Wisconsin has never been higher, with more than $1 billion in requests last year alone. These investments support lead service line replacement, wastewater upgrades, flood resilience, and safer drinking water across our state.

We’re encouraged to see bipartisan support for programs like State Revolving Funds and the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative, which continue to make real progress possible in Milwaukee and across the Great Lakes region.

We urge all Wisconsin congressional representatives to push back on proposed cuts. We’ll keep an eye on the appropriations process and keep you informed.

Steep cuts proposed for EPA draw bipartisan pushback, including from Wisconsin Wisconsin and other states again face steep funding cuts for water and wastewater projects under the Environmental Protection Agency's proposed budget, but it’s drawing bipartisan opposition in Congress.