‘People need to get involved’: Neighbors weigh in on UWM-Waukesha redevelopment

WAUKESHA — The University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) Waukesha campus will close this spring, leaving county and city officials to determine the future of the 75-acre lot.

Neighbors in the area have expressed mixed reactions about the site’s redevelopment.

“We had a meeting with the city, a couple of us neighbors. We made it clear we wanted single-family affordable housing,” said Craig Swartwout, a neighbor.

On Jan. 7, the Waukesha Common Council approved a land-use change, reclassifying the campus from civic-institutional to residential flexible land use…

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