Michael Hostad and Joe Poeschl were on different career paths before they co-founded The Commons six years ago. The Commons, an initiative of the Greater Milwaukee Committee, is a skills accelerator for college students in Wisconsin. Hostad, executive director of The Commons, operated his own web development company prior to working in information technology at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for 13 years. Poeschl, director of programming at The Commons, ran a software

MILWAUKEE — Relief is on the way for more than a hundred Milwaukee homeowners who saw their property taxes skyrocket due to downtown development. An anti-displacement fund will help Milwaukee homeowners who saw large increases in their property taxes due to their proximity to downtown. Some will save as little at $15, others as much as $1,800 each year for the next five years.ar for the next five years. A couple dozen Milwaukee residents who are desperate for property tax rel