A groundbreaking ceremony was held on Thursday, June 10 to kick off construction on the Milwaukee County Transit System (MCTS)’s East-West Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) project.
A groundbreaking ceremony was held today to mark the start of the Milwaukee County bus rapid-transit project, a nine-mile route that will connect major employment centers in Wauwatosa and downtown Milwaukee.
Kathy’s House is prepared to open the doors of its new home next week.
The first guests will begin their stay at the new 30,600-square-foot hospital guest house on the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center campus on June 7.
The new facility is opening just under a year after the organization broke ground for the project on June 30, 2020. The project itself dates back several years and was jumpstarted when Froedtert Hospital provided the lead pledge of $6 million in 2017.
The organization is about $500,000 away from its $12 million campaign goal to support the new building, said Patty Metropulos, president and chief executive officer of Kathy’s House
A privately-funded, nonprofit house that offers discounted lodging for out-of-town adult medical patients and their families is about to double its capacity. It's also moving its location onto the grounds of the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center in Wauwatosa.