Harambee Community Gardens
Leading the Green Initiative of the Harambee North Planning Committee in its first project to transform vacant lots into community gardens, we held events for community members to build frames for raised beds, and arranged for wood chips and topsoil to be delivered. Groundwork Milwaukee collaborated with Reclamation Food Society, Milwaukee Urban Gardens and community members in planting three vegetable gardens raised beds.
Havenwoods Extreme Green Makeover
Groundwork Milwaukee partnered with AmeriCorps*NCCC and Milwaukee Community Service Corp in assisting homeowners in the Havenwoods Community beautifying thirteen yard, including three owned by senior citizens that have difficulty with planting.
Deconstructing the Stockyards
When the former Stockyard property at 13th and Canal in the Menomonee Valley was deconstructed this summer to make way for new industry, Groundwork Milwaukee teamed with AmeriCorps*NCCC in saving a bit of the Menomonee Valley history.
Phytoremediation
From the Greek word “phyto” for plants and “remediate” – meaning to remedy or cure, phytoremediation is a technology that uses plants to clean toxic materials from soil. Phytoremediation has been used to stabilize or remove heavy metals, PCB’s, pesticides, solvents, crude oil and petroleum products such as poly aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH’s) from soil.
Lynden Hill Green Team
Supervising a team of four teens hired through Neighborhood House with funding from the Mayor’s Summer Youth Hire project allowed many maintenance projects to be completed at Lynden Hill this summer.
East Bank Trail
Successfully collaborating with the River Revitalization Foundation, Milwaukee County Parks and Recreation Division and AmeriCorps*NCCC resulted in a 3/4 mile ADA accessible pedestrian trail along the Milwaukee River connecting to the Oak Leaf Trail and other parts of Milwaukee County’s extensive trail system.
Menomonee Valley
Greening the Valley: Groundwork Milwaukee collaborated with Menomonee Valley Partners, AmeriCorps*NCCC and Milwaukee Community Service Corps in planting over 8,000 “emergent aquatics” in the Stormwater Park, in the western portion of the Menomonee Valley.
Green Roof
Groundwork Milwaukee and Milwaukee Community Service Corps teamed up to install a green roof on Milwaukee Community Service Corps' building at Fond du Lac Center.
Rain Garden
Promoting the environment, economy and social well being: Groundwork Milwaukee and Milwaukee Community Service Corps partnered with Layton Boulevard Neighbors West Inc. (LBNW) to build a rain garden at 35th & National, adjacent to the parking lot of a commercial property LBNW is rehabbing.
Cream City Bricks
Recycling - carried to an extreme in a muddy, muddy world! When hundreds of cream city bricks were delivered to the Valley as part of the “clean fill” used to reshape the industrial park, the staff at Menomonee Valley Partners MVP couldn’t bear to see a bit of history buried.
Milwaukee County
Lending a hand to the Parks and Recreation Department: Groundwork Milwaukee sponsored an AmeriCorps*NCCC team that worked with the Milwaukee County Department of Parks and Recreation to make improvements to the Milwaukee County Park System.
