The 30th Street Industrial Corridor project area boundaries are W. Hampton Avenue south to W. Highland Boulevard, N. 27th Street west to N. 35th Street. View a detailed map of the corridor.

The corridor features a rail line, which traditionally provided industries with the ability to move raw materials and finished goods in and out of Milwaukee beginning in the late 19th century. The corridor has been home to such companies as: Master Lock, Miller Brewery, Harley-Davidson, Kehr’s Candies, DRS Technologies, Eaton Corporation, Wisconsin & Southern Railroad, Perlick Corporation, A.O. Smith, Geiser’s Potato Chip Company, Tower Automotive, and Cutler-Hammer. Many of these companies remain today.

The City of Milwaukee has undertaken an ambitious effort to transform the 30th Street Corridor into a modern employment center and economic hub for the Near North neighborhood. An multidisciplinary team headed by consultant S. B. Friedman & Company worked collaboratively to inform and guide future economic development in the area including the transformation of the former Tower Automotive site. The goal of the 30th Street Corridor Master Plan is to provide a realistic, market feasible and implementable vision to achieve this transformation.

Brownfield Initiative
The DNR, City of Milwaukee, and 30th Street Industrial Corridor Corporation have partnered to transform properties in the Corridor into productive parcels of land for industrial, commerical, residential or mixed uses. The partners recently closed out two EPA Brownfield Assessment grants totalling $800,000 and prepared a final report documenting the successful outcomes acheived.

Century City Targeted Investment Neighborhood Program

The Targeted Investment Neighborhood (TIN) program is a neighborhood revitalization strategy in which the City of Milwaukee, working with a neighborhood community partner, focuses resources in a relatively small area (6 to 12 city blocks) in an effort to stabilize and increase owner-occupancy, strengthen property values and improve the physical appearance of a neighborhood.

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Business Improvement Districts

In Business Improvement Districts (BIDs), property owners in designated geographic areas voluntarily collect annual assessments which are spent on projects that enhance the local business environment. These may include improvements to the streetscape, marketing efforts, business recruitment activity, and security programs.

BID 28, North Avenue Gateway  BID map

BID 29, Atkinson Ave, Capitol Drive & Teutonia Ave. BID map

BID 32, North Avenue Market Place  BID map

BID 37, 30th Street Industrial Corridor  BID map

BID 39, Center Street Market Place  BID map