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Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
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City financing to help renovate affordable apartments. It now includes cash for sprinklers
A city financing plan to help renovate a Milwaukee affordable apartment community is getting more money to add sprinklers to the project. The proposal calls for $1.67 million to help pay for a $15.2 million renovation of the 72-unit Northwoods Apartments, 2515-2519 N. Second St. Those funds would come from property tax revenue generated by the improved apartments. That tax incremental financing district, which needs Common Council approval, was endorsed by the Redevelopment Authority board on July 17. Indianapolis-based KCG Development LLC plans to renovate a pair of three-story buildings with 48 one-bedroom units and 24 two-bedroom units. An initial city financing plan called for $1.27 million to pay for the renovations. But authority board member Kathryn West raised questions at a May meeting about the building's fire suppression system. The city requires residential buildings 60 feet and higher that were constructed after Nov. 12, 1973, to have sprinkler systems. Northwoods was constructed in 1971. That issue has been in the news after the May 11 fire at Milwaukee's Highland Court Apartments, which resulted in five deaths. Milwaukee Fire Chief Aaron Lipski said the lack of sprinklers dramatically affected the survivability of residents at Highland Court, which was built in 1968. The updated financing plan to help pay for sprinklers received unanimous board approval. Other planned upgrades include new roofs, windows, siding, insulation, boilers and water heaters, according to a Department of City Development report. Also planned are new flooring, cabinets, countertops, appliances, toilets, sinks and vanities for the individual units. Tom Daykin can be emailed at tdaykin@ and followed on Instagram, Bluesky, X and article originally appeared on Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: City cash for affordable apartment renovations now includes sprinklers Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
South China Morning Post
01-06-2025
- Climate
- South China Morning Post
Cool ideas in Ahmedabad help commuters beat intense Indian summer heat
For 20-year-old Mayank Yadav, riding a crowded bus during the summer months in a western Indian city can feel like sitting in an oven. Therefore, it is a welcome relief to step off the vehicle and into a bus stop equipped with sprinklers that provide a refreshing mist to overheated commuters. Rising heat is a problem for millions of people in India. In Ahmedabad, temperatures this year have already reached 42 degrees Celsius. City officials have implemented two solutions to help those affected the most. By painting tin-roofed households with reflective paint, they have reduced indoor temperatures, which otherwise might be up to 5 degrees Celsius hotter than it is outside. The city also hung water sprinklers and straw curtains at one bus stop so commuters could get relief from the sun. Officials plan to expand the idea to other bus stops in the city.
