Today marks the beginning of Downtown Employee Appreciation Week, coordinated by Milwaukee Downtown, the business improvement district for Milwaukee's city center.
The week-long event is full of special events, activities and discounts at local businesses in an effort to continue to build excitement and camaraderie among the Downtown workforce.
OnMilwaukee.com is a supporting sponsor, so here's a brief run down of today's and this week's events.
The opening ceremony is today at noon at Chase Towner. But, at 10 a.m. Metro Market is giving away 500 pieces of bakery while KEI Landscape helps sponsor a giveaway of 500 oranges. It's all at the corner of Water Street and Wisconsin Avenue.
At noon, it's subs and popcorn, courtesy of Cousins and Marcus Movie Theaters.
All week long, just wear a paper clip to identify yourself as a Downtown employee and you'll enjoy discounts at many Downtown establishments. The paper clip is your "ticket" for the week.
A full list of events is here.
A life-long and passionate community leader and Milwaukeean, Jeff Sherman is a co-founder of OnMilwaukee.
He grew up in Wauwatosa and graduated from Marquette University, as a Warrior. He holds an MBA from Cardinal Stritch University, and is the founding president of Young Professionals of Milwaukee (YPM)/Fuel Milwaukee.
Early in his career, Sherman was one of youngest members of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, and currently is involved in numerous civic and community groups - including board positions at The Wisconsin Center District, Wisconsin Club and Marcus Center for the Performing Arts. He's honored to have been named to The Business Journal's "30 under 30" and Milwaukee Magazine's "35 under 35" lists.
He owns a condo in Downtown and lives in greater Milwaukee with his wife Stephanie, his son, Jake, and daughter Pierce. He's a political, music, sports and news junkie and thinks, for what it's worth, that all new movies should be released in theaters, on demand, online and on DVD simultaneously.
He also thinks you should read OnMilwaukee each and every day.
