Brownfields

GWM assists residents, businesses, and local non-profit organizations in greening remediated brownfield sites to provide needed greenspace in Milwaukee's urban neighborhoods.

In 2009 GWM partnered with Lisbon Avenue Development Corp (LAND) to transform a the site of a former gas station into a neighbohood pocket park honoring victims of area gun violence

GWM is partnering with the City of Milwaukee to develop an outreach and education plan for the community around the City's phytoremediation site at N. First St and Nash in the Harambee neighborhood.

Stormwater

GWM works with local schools, community groups, and residents to implement projects to prevent polluted stormwater run-off on their property. These projects include installing rain gardens, installing green roofs, and planting trees to intercept rainwater. GWM partners with Milwaukee Community Service Corps, a local job training organization, Milwaukee River Keeper, Sixteenth Street Community Health Center and Milwaukee Public Schools in construction and implementation of these projects.  Completed projects include rain gardens at


Humboldt Park Elementary School


Fernwood Montessorri


Robert J. Modrezejewski Playground


35 & National (behind Mekato's Bakery)

Community Gardens

GWM has partnered with the Harambee Great Neighborhoods Initiative and neighborhood organizations in Harambee to turn vacant lots into community gardens. These gardens not only provide nutritious food to residents, but also safe gathering places for neighbors.

Neighborhood and Community Planning

GWM continues to successfully acquire funding to host community planning processes around re-use of vacant land in our targeted communities.

GWM partnered with the National Park Service Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Office to host a trailhead design process to provide ideas for trailhead amenities for the planned Kinnickinnic River Trail, a City of Milwaukee bike trail.

GWM has partnered with Sixteenth Street Community Health Center to work on the public outreach for the Kinnickinnic River Neighborhood Planning Process, which revolves around Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District's removal of the concrete lining of the river.

Trails

GWM has made a long-term commitment to the Kinnickinnic River Trail (KKRT), a City of Milwaukee bike trail that will connect Bay View and Lincoln Village to downtown Milwaukee. GWM works with the Milwaukee Christian Center YouthBuild program on invasive species management and pedestrian path building between the bike trail and the Kinnickinnic River.

GWM partnered with Riverworks Development Corporation, Marek Landscaping, Greening Milwaukee, and Harambee Great Neighborhoods Initiative to implement the first phase of the Beerline Trail and Community Park in the fall of 2008. The park runs along a City of Milwaukee bike trail that connects the Harambee and Riverwest neighborhoods.

Green Team

The GWM Green Team is a service-learning program to engage 14 to 17 year olds living in GWM's target communities. The program has dual goals: to prepare youth for a lifetime of environmental leadership and to develop community capacity to improve the physical environment.

Green Team members are immersed in GWM's practical projects and act as GWM employees, neighborhood stewards, and mentors to elementary-aged youth in their neighborhood.


Green Team members prepares soil to lay sod

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