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They’re Here! RiverView Move-In January 19 PDF Print E-mail
Written by Savannah Hunnicut   
Sunday, 06 January 2008

With all it has to offer, it’s no surprise that Riverwest has been attracting young professionals, families and students to the neighborhood. With RiverView Residence Hall, the new UWM dorm coming soon to Riverwest, there will soon be an influx of college freshmen.

Located just west of the river on North Avenue, RiverView will house 488 incoming freshmen and sophomores, and offer more spacious housing than Sandburg residence hall, located on the UWM campus. 

UWM's Riverview residence hallWill this be a breath of fresh air, or
have negative repercussions on the wellestablished
values and customs of the
area? “I expect it to be positive,” says
Vince Bushell, publisher of Riverwest
Currents. He hopes the surrounding
neighborhood and community will be
welcoming so students will be motivated
to take active roles in the area.
There is a movement to get the students
involved and help them become
acquainted with the neighborhood.
Bushell hopes the students will contribute
to the community of Riverwest, getting
involved by volunteering in local projects
such as spring clean-ups, greenspace
improvement, neighborhood gardens,
and the Riverwest Food Co-op.
UWM’s ideal of being an urban
university encourages students to engage
in off campus service learning projects.
Bushell is “anxious for them to be here,”
and hopes the community will offer all
students a warm welcome into the area.
Community activist Lorraine Jacobs
hopes the community will welcome
students and help make Riverwest a
place they want to “be.” She hopes that
“they will eventually want to stay and live
here, and be a part of the community.”
This new facility is an academically
geared dorm, so the students will most
likely reflect this attitude. Lorraine
Jacobs hopes for the establishment of
tutoring programs, and even prospects
of a book club, to create positive and
constructive community-student
relationships.
Although many Riverwest residents
were not thrilled with the idea of such
a large building in their neighborhood,
there is hope that the dorms will turn
out to have positive outcomes for the
area. Jacobs admits that she was not
enthusiastic about the idea at first, but
realizes that the arrival of so many
young adults holds positive prospects
for the future.
“We need to work to build communication
with neighbors,” Jacobs says. She thinks
that the process needs to be slow, but
that the neighbors can establish a solid
relationship with the students eventually.
Jacobs encourages those who want to be
a part of connecting with students, or
know more, to contact her at Jacobslm@
sbcglobal.net.
Learn More:
Find out about the amenities of the
RiverView Residence Hall at www4.
uwm.edu/realestate_foundation/river_
view_residence_hall/index.cfm