Mayor Cavalier Johnson

06/19/2026

Happy Juneteenth Milwaukee! The day is just getting started, and we are about to walk the parade. It’s a great day to come out and enjoy the festivities and our community coming together today if you can.

06/18/2026

This morning we raised the Juneteenth Flag to kick off our celebrations of Freedom Day. This flag represents the potential that exists here, to fulfill the American promise of freedom for all people, no matter where they come from or how they got here. So as we continue through our celebrations, let’s honor those who came before us that fought for this freedom, and remember our responsibility to protect this freedom with integrity and pride.

06/17/2026

Today marks one week since the City of Milwaukee’s very first Vision Zero Summit. Through this event community members, public safety experts, and advocates came together to further advance the goal of a limiting all traffic fatalities and life-changing injuries by 2037.

Through the Vision Zero Action Plan, we have seen improvement to public safety, and a decrease in fatalities and injuries due to traffic violence. The plan is working and we need your support to keep the momentum going. Visit Milwaukee.gov/VisionZero to learn more about Milwaukee’s action plan, progress, and how you can get involved in a safer future for Milwaukee streets.

06/17/2026

Twilight Centers now give young people greater access to safe engaging spaces, activities, resources, and mentorship 6 days a week while school is out this summer through the City of Milwaukee’s Safe Summer Sites initiative, launched in collaboration with MPS and other community partners.

Read about this collaborative initiative:

Twilight Centers, which turn high schools into nightly teen recreation centers, will be open later and on more days of the week this summer in a citywide effort to give young people safe things to do.

06/16/2026

Maxon Industries, a Milwaukee based family held business specialized in manufacturing, engineering, and more, is expanding with the facilitation of DCD in Alderwoman Pratt’s District 1, on the North Side.

Over a 75 year period, the company has developed a global reach, exporting 60 percent of its equipment. Their expansion will include 25 new employees. These are good family supporting jobs. Their investment in our city continues to put Milwaukee on the map.

06/12/2026

On Wednesday we had our first Vision Zero Summit in Milwaukee, a community wide gathering which focused on advancing Milwaukee’s commitment to eliminating traffic deaths by 2037.

My first action in office as Mayor was to declare reckless driving a Public Safety Crisis. The city adopted Vision Zero as a city policy in 2022 and we created and began implementing the Vision Zero Action Plan in 2024. We’ve come a long way since.

From 2024 to 2025 we saw traffic deaths decline by 19 percent and are down 26 percent from the peak in 2022.

I’d like to extend a special thank you to all our sponsors, event coordinators, participants, and community supporters. Thank you as well to the Mayor of Hoboken for coming all the way from her own city of Hoboken New Jersey to speak.

This progress is not accidental. It’s the result of coordinated action across government and community, and when we come together like this it creates real change and saves lives.

06/11/2026

In this Year of Housing, every city department is contributing to creating safer housing with better affordability, and greater accessibility to housing opportunities. The Department of Neighborhood Services has reported that at the end of May, they have done:

✅ 1,464 fire inspection,

✅$144 million in permitted projects complete that advance development, revitalization, and economic vitality;

✅Approved $299,850 for the Compliance Loan Program.

DNS is working hard to make sure Milwaukee residents live in homes that are safe and up to code, and making sure hard working Milwaukeeans have choices to help make homeownership more affordable. Make sure to visit city.milwaukee.gov/mayor/Year-of-Housing for more information.

06/11/2026

Just a short time ago, Milwaukee feared it might lose one of its most beloved landmarks, The Domes. Today, that story has changed drastically. The opportunity to not only save The Domes, but reimagine them is now what the Milwaukee Domes Alliance is doing through a partnership with the Milwaukee County Parks. I had the opportunity to walk through the iconic space with Milwaukee Domes Alliance CEO Christa Beall Diefenbach and her team to discuss what their goals are for the iconic space at Mitchell Park. With the continued support and growing partnerships throughout our region, The Domes seem to have an optimistic future ahead. This is good for both our community and for conservation. I can’t wait to take my own family to explore all the upcoming developments.