In partnership with Milwaukee County Housing Division, Milwaukee Police Department, and the District Attorney's Office, Key to Change assists chronically homeless individuals within our community. Key-shaped meters build awareness of our community's quality of life programs and collect donations for both short and long-term assistance. 

"Heart & Sol" by local artist Mauricio Ramirez portrays the optimism for the city's future through its illustration of youth. Featuring a colorful background and symbols, this site-specific mural reflects Milwaukee's four seasons and the work of Community Advocates, Inc.

In July 2019, local artist Emma Daisy Gertel illustrated the revitalization taking place along West Wisconsin Avenue with an 80-foot by 50-foot mural at the corner of Wisconsin Avenue and James Lovell Street. Titled "Westown in Bloom," the high-impact  mural is positioned at Downtown's gateway where more than 11,000 vehicles pass each day. 

"Migration" is a floor-to-ceiling mural by CERA Street Art and Katie Batten in the Jefferson Street pedestrian tunnel. Spanning 50 feet in length, the mural strengthens pedestrian connectivity between the central business district and Historic Third Ward neighborhoods. 

In celebration of the Year of Wisconsin Avenue in 2017, Milwaukee Downtown, BID #21, with support from the Downtown Placemaking Task Force and Wisconsin Avenue stakeholders, commissioned Mauricio Ramirez to transform ten utility boxes into artistic masterpieces. 

Mix up your lunchbreak with PNC presents Tunes@Noon, produced by Milwaukee Downtown, BID #21. Head to the courtyard at 411 East Wisconsin Center every Thursday for a midday concert series featuring a range of jazz, reggae, alternative, acoustic and folk music. 

Milwaukee Downtown, BID #21 delivered summer fun to Postman Square in 2019. In partnership with neighborhood businesses and residents, the Postman Square traffic triangle transformed into a morning, midday and afterhours meeting spot.

From the lakefront to Wisconsin Center District, Milwaukee's main street, Wisconsin Avenue, comes to life seasonally, between June and October, with 22 world-class sculptures. For the third consecutive year, Sculpture Milwaukee returns in 2019, with all-new public art in the heart of the city. 

Held internationally on the third Friday of September, parking spaces around the globe are temporarily reclaimed for people. In downtown Milwaukee, a dozen metered spaces are transformed into new territories for creative experimentation, activation, socializing and play.

In partnership with Milwaukee County Transit System, crews installed two original art works on bus shelters in downtown Milwaukee. The initiative was part of a larger citywide project to surprise and delight pedestrians and transit passengers. 

The Downtown GO! Kart is turning break time into playtime. Challenge your colleagues, friends or family to a variety of games, located inside the ASQ Center's river skywalk from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m/, Monday - Friday, through April, and on the plaza of 310W, from May until October. 

Calling all Milwaukee-based artists! Milwaukee Downtown, BID #21 and the Downtown Placemaking Task Force have partnered with The Avenue to commission a new mural on the 2nd Street skywalk's south-facade. The mural is expected to be installed later this spring.