UPDATE on Partners:
New Dollars/
New Partners Plus
RECENTLY, PARTNERS BROKE NEW GROUND for its New Dollars/
New Partners program in Milwaukee, WI. The New Dollars/New
Partners Plus program incorporates increased one-on-one work
with congregations, as well as repair-planning grants, thanks to
the generous support of the Bradley Foundation and the Uihlein
Charitable Trust.
In the summer of 2006, Partners began working with
representatives of several denominational offices and historic
preservation staff of Milwaukee’s Department of City Development
to explore interest among inner-city congregations for the New
Dollars program. Meetings with senior leaders and staff, site visits
to individual congregations and a citywide tour helped Partners
become acquainted with the array of congregations, the scope of
their challenges and a sense of how the city’s sacred places are
integrated into its overall landscape. Partners also conducted an
initial orientation, sponsored by the Greater Milwaukee Synod
(Evangelical Lutheran Church in America), which drew close to a
dozen congregations.
New Dollars will help congregations learn how to build
relationships with new community members and prospective
donors to create sustainable partnerships. Additionally, planning
grants will provide each congregation with approximately $3,000
for building conditions reports, which assess necessary repairs to
a property and its systems, present a plan for phased repairs, and
estimate the cost of each repair. If congregations have an up-todate assessment in hand, planning grants can be used for asset
mapping, special fundraising consulting, space-use surveys or
strategic planning.
Partners is excited to be entering this latest phase of our successful
New Dollars/New Partners program!
Many Thanks to
• David E. Gall, AIA, a Professional Alliance member,
Winston-Salem, NC
• Susan Knack-Brown, P.E., Simpson Gumpertz & Heger,
a Professional Alliance member, San Francisco, CA, and
New York, NY
• Stephen Tilly, Stephen Tilly Architect, New York City
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