Support Walnut Way

Walnut Way

Public Tours

1st and 3rd Tuesdays 

5:30pm-6:30pm

Registration Required

Call (414)264-2326

Donations Appreciated

*Please note, these are general tours designed for the general public, if you would like to schedule a group tour (more than 3 people)  please call our office.

Walnut Way Conservation Corp. is a resident-led, community development organization serving the Milwaukee Central City neighborhood bound by North Avenue, 12th Street, Fond du Lac Avenue, Walnut Street and 20th Street.

Our mission-

“...to sustain economically diverse and abundant communities through civic engagement, environmental stewardship, and ventures for prosperity”

Our Board of Directors and many active volunteers are residents of this roughly 30-block neighborhood. In the past seven years engaged residents in collaboration with academic institutions, businesses, public agencies, and neighborhood associations have:

• Transformed vacant, debris-filled lots into productive gardens and orchards

• Documented the oral traditions of resident elders

• Significantly reduced crime through neighborhood connections and collaborations with police

• Worked with the City of Milwaukee to achieve financing for home improvements and with WHEDA to implement the Lindsay Heights housing development project

• Restored a 1910 neighborhood house slated for demolition into an active Neighborhood Center

• Hosted regular community meetings addressing concerns, dreams, and strategies for action

• Offered educational and recreational programming to local youth

• Provided job training opportunities to local adults

• Installed 40 rain gardens to manage stormwater

• Welcomed local, state-wide and international groups to learn about our sustainable community revitalization methods and urban agriculture techniques

• Hosted annual community celebrations, helping to restore social fabric

• Provided environmental education opportunities for all residents

• Created lasting partnerships with many nonprofit organizations, businesses, and public agencies

In the Greater Walnut Way community, rebirth will be evidenced by successful businesses run by residents, parks filled with neighbors, bountiful gardens, festivals and art at a neighborhood scale. Residents will have access to quality education, health care, technical support and investment.  Elders will be remembered and consulted. Children will be cherished and guided.  Innovations to support our earth will be expected. Common folks will live and serve abundantly.

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