Milwaukee's doing just fine in the eco-friendly arena as it scored a top ten mention in a recent Earth Day related list from MaxPoint Interactive.
MaxPoint Interactive, says in a news release, "analyzes billions of data points consumed by neighborhoods across the U.S. such as: offline point of sale data, social media, videos, music, local Web pages and online magazines."
For its April Interest Index, the company "scored each neighborhood across hundreds of topics related to consumers interested in and purchasing eco-friendly products like hybrid cars, as well as green technology such as solar panels and alternative fuels."
The result was this list of its top 10 cities that showed the highest interest in eco-friendly products and issues.
- Washington, D.C.
- Austin, Texas
- Honolulu, Ha.
- San Francisco, Calif.
- Medford, Ore.
- Portland, Maine
- Tampa, Fla.
- Burlington, Vt.
- Milwaukee
- Columbus, Ohio
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.
