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Please consider volunteering to become a part of these exciting changes in the Layton Boulevard West Neighborhood. To find out how you can help, please contact Helen at 645-1700.	Silver City - Main Streets Milwaukee commercial districts to be awarded Main Street Milwaukee designation. Participating in the Main Street Milwaukee program means that businesses on National Avenue, from 31^st to 39^th Streets, will receive extra help from the City of Milwaukee, corporate sponsors, and LBWN for stabilizing and improving their businesses. Nationally, 1,700 communities use the Main Street program to recreate a neighborhood feel that encourages residents to patronize local businesses and bring in customers from outside of the area. The Silver City District was awarded Main Street designation because of the commitment that businesses, residents, investor-owners and other neighborhood organizations expressed through support letters and donations in the application process. The program primarily helps business owners, but relies on volunteers from the Main Street Community to work together to improve the surrounding neighborhood. The Silver City Main Street Community borders are S. Layton Boulevard, Pierce Street, Miller Park Way and Greenfield Avenue. Community members have already pledged over 1,900 hours of volunteer work per year and more than $10,000 of financial and in-kind donations. Over the next few years, volunteers will have the opportunity to organize a farmer’s market and street festivals, keep the neighborhood safe and clean, determine what businesses the neighborhood would like to see in Silver City, and make observable positive changes. With the Main Street designation, Silver City residents and businesses will see a variety of improvements. The community will become safer as people start working together and talking to each other. Volunteers will work on committees to coordinate physical improvements such as litter control, design standards and crime issues. As more businesses locate in the neighborhood, residents will find more goods and services available to them. Citizens can also expect increased employment and entrepreneurial opportunities. With the added boost of investment in the initial three years, property values will increase. All of these factors working together will create an improved image as the Silver City Main Street Community becomes “the place to be.”

For more information on the 3500 W. National Avenue,LLC project contact Jeremy Soika at 383-9038 x. 2515.	3500 National Avenue, LLC project Layton Boulevard. West Neighbors has purchased the building known as 3500 W. National Ave. to rehab and accompany the revitalization efforts in the Silver City District on West National Avenue. History Over the past decade, 3500 W. National Avenue has been the location of several different bars. These bars have created several problems for the Silver City commercial district including shootings, fights, and intoxicated clients for neighboring eateries. The property is located on a highly visible corner at 3500 thru 3504 W. National Avenue. It is a two-story mixed-use building with two residential apartments on the upper level. There is an area north of the building that can serve as delivery access or an outdoor dining patio. Since it is located on the corner of 35^th and National, parking is difficult. However, there are two large city-owned parking lots just behind (north) the property. The tenant may wish to employ a security officer to ensure clients using these parking lots have save passage to and from their vehicles.

	Other Catalytic Movements Across the street, owners of the Noodle House have invested nearly $500,000 in the renovation of a former George Webb’s Restaurant. This new business has served as a catalyst for other improvements in the commercial district. LBWN has facilitated business owner meetings over the past two years to create a sense of identity and community in the Silver City district. These meetings have led to increased communication, networking, and coordination in resolving common commercial district needs. Just north of National Avenue, LBWN promoted the investment of more than $1 million in housing improvements through the implementation of one of Milwaukee’s most successful Targeted Investment Neighborhoods (TIN), over the past three years. LBWN has recently launched another TIN south of National. LBWN is also partnering with the Menomonee Valley Partners, Inc. to reopen the pedestrian tunnel located at 3700 W. Pierce Street, which used to be a bustling walkway connecting workers to their jobs in the industrial valley. The current developments in the valley, which include recreational activities, a soccer field, hiking trails, and fishing, are greatly anticipated by residents and business owners as an extension of the LBWN neighborhood. A marketing analysis and consumer survey, conducted two years ago, indicate there is a demand for sit-down restaurants in the neighborhood. The traffic counts are high for this intersection. The property is centrally located with 10 minutes driving time to downtown.

	Vision for Property – With a dynamic tenant and major renovation, LBWN believes this property has the potential to create a catalytic impact on the commercial district. The property needs major rehabilitation to the inside and exterior, totaling $300,000. New facades, signage, lighting, planters, and a well-lit outdoor dining patio will give the property a brand new image.