One Block at a Time

Bridge Builders is a local not-for-profit organization focused on removing neighborhood blight, one block at a time. The organization looks at infrastructure and streetscape improvements, code enforcement and removal of slum conditions as key steps toward restoring a block. Bridge Builders emphasizes improved housing conditions with targeted rehabilitation and new construction assistance. Bridge Builders also injects resources back into a block, stable communities re-emerge and growth accelerates. Their target area is over 170 blocks, covering the Thurston Woods and Old North Milwaukee neighborhoods.