01.22.2022
Brew City Match Announces Newest Cohort of Winners
Collaborative Unveils 49 New Winners
The Brew City Match Collaborative is excited to announce the newest round of Brew City Match winners. 49 entrepreneurs will receive technical assistance, grants, loans, business classes and coaching through the program. Nearly 100% of all winners identify as a Black, Indigenous, Person of Color and/or a woman entrepreneur. Brew City Match is fueling business growth and real estate development in some of Milwaukee’s most diverse commercial corridors, including Historic King Drive, Historic Mitchell Street, Near West Side, North Avenue/Fond du Lac Marketplace, Riverworks, and Clarke Square.
12.2.2020
Urban Milwaukee
Brew City Match Picks Grant Winners
Third round of grants for Black and brown business owners, 84% owned by women.
11.12.2020
Milwaukee Business Journal
Neighborhood Achievers: Pump Five delivers gas, One 5 Olive revitalizes the neighborhood
Neighborhood Achievers is a new series that will run each month highlighting companies owned by people of color, and that are making moves in their respective neighborhoods around Milwaukee.
11.11.2020
Milwaukee Business Journal
‘Active lifestyle’ hotel redevelopment of near west side school receives grant
Grants from the Brew City Match program are helping Milwaukee investor Rick Wiegand advance his conversion of a former school on the near west side into an “active lifestyle hotel” and create event space in the nearby Tower Theatre.
11.02.2020
Milwaukee Magazine
Why Many Black-Owned Businesses Are on The Brink
COVID-19 is ravaging many businesses, but historical handicaps have put Black-owned firms closer to the edge.
10.08.2020
Milwaukee Business Journal
Neighborhood Achievers: Milwaukee book store focused on black literature and family-owned Western wear store make moves
Meet the diverse small business owners and entrepreneurs spurring economic growth in Milwaukee’s communities of color.
09.17.2020
Because Of Them We Can
MILWAUKEE AUTHOR BRINGS BLACK LITERATURE TO THE CITY VIA A BOOK BAR
A bar we can get behind!
09.15.2020
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Niche Book Bar brings Black literature to Milwaukee via bike while the owner plans a permanent shop
Cetonia Weston-Roy runs what might be the only Black-owned bookstore with a physical location in Wisconsin.
07.22.2020
Urban Milwaukee
Developers Will Rehab Locust St. Building
Buyers making jump from homes to commercial buildings, will rehab vacant 1875 building
07.10.2020
Urban Milwaukee
Second Round of Black and Brown Business Owners Win Financial Backing
Brew City Match announces second cohort, begins accepting applications for next group.
05.29.2020
Urban Milwaukee
Brew City Match Providing Emergency Business Support
Program focused on small businesses in city’s historic commercial corridors
05.15.2020
WTMJ-News
COVID-19 reviving mom and pop grocery stores in Milwaukee neighborhood
During the COVID-19 health crisis, a consumer trend seems to be starting on the near west side of Milwaukee. People are getting their groceries from mom and pop supermarkets or convenience stores, and not as much at the big chain stores.
04.09.2020
04.02.2020
04.01.2020
BizTimes
Brew City Match to offer $1,200 grants, 0% interest loans to small businesses in certain parts of Milwaukee
Brew City Match will offer a total of $150,000 in loans and grants to help small businesses in certain parts of Milwaukee overcome closures and temporary revenue loss caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
03.31.2020
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Grants and zero-interest loans available to Milwaukee small businesses during the coronavirus pandemic
Brew City Match is offering grants and zero-interest loans to Milwaukee small businesses to help during the coronavirus pandemic.
02.13.2020
BizTimes
Brew City Match to accept second round of applications
Program to expand to Near West Side.
11.15.2019
Milwaukee Business Journal
Local groups stimulate economic corridor growth
Brew City Match seeks to revitalize economic corridors by rehabbing storefronts and promoting small business start-ups
11.15.2019
Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Program gives small businesses and entrepreneurs a helping hand (and money)
10.10.2019
Urban Milwaukee
59 Winning Businesses in Brew City Match
92 percent are run by entrepreneurs of color, 80 percent owned by women.
10.09.2019
10.08.2019
Press Release
Brew CityMatch Announces First Round of Winners
Investing in small business development and commercial property revitalization in Milwaukee neighborhoods.
09.17.2019
Press Release
Twelve Businesses Selected for Pop-Up MKE
Successful business support program launches second year in three vacant commercial storefronts.