Rust Belt to Fresh Coast: Milwaukee's doing it
Marc Lefkowitz | 10/08/12 @ 10:00am | Posted in Clean energy, Transform, Land
Milwaukee is a shining example of how to turn the industrial tide in the Midwest from black to green. The city “decided to double down on advanced manufacturing” in the 1990s, says Matt Howard, Milwaukee’s environmental sustainability director. It got in the business of small to midsized manufacturers—their bread-and-butter sectors of value-added food products (cheese) and water related industries (beer)—helping...