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Initiatives
How we've worked with communities to achieve quality open space networks: |
Urban Forests
- Engaged the public in planting thousands of plants by hundreds of volunteers at Lynden Hill (Milwaukee) and along the Yahara River Parkway (Madison).
- Managed and enhanced the state's first protected community garden and natural area: The James and Mildred Green Community Garden.
- Designed a comprehensive and integrated site plan for the 26-acre Troy Gardens Urban Agricultural Center.
- Launched a volunteer driven restoration effort to restore the Troy Gardens natural areas.
Urban Water Resources
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Under contract with Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, Center for Resilient Cities expanded the focus of their work in the Lincoln Creek Watershed by focusing upon water quality improvement through citizen-based environmental planning and stewardship.
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Launched the Friends of the Yahara River Parkway and the Yahara River Parkway Stewards-two local organizations dedicated to improving forest health and water quality of Madison's Yahara River.
Urban Lands
- Secured though purchase agreement the first 3.7 acres of parkland for Madison's proposed Central Park-a city-shaping initiative proposed to transform the contaminated, abandoned rail yard located only steps from the state capitol with a 35-acre Central Park surrounded by hundreds of new homes and dozens of new business enterprises.
- Secured through bargain sale the James and Mildred Green Community Garden in Fitchburg-a long time garden serving families of diverse ethnic and economic backgrounds in Dane County's Nine Spring E-Way.
- Protected through conservation easement Troy Gardens-a 26 acre natural area and urban agricultural farm on Madison's diverse Northside.
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