"May This Place Be Blessed With Peace"

Walnut Way Conservation Corp. is a grassroots, 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 is...

“...to sustain an economically diverse and neighborly community through civic engagement, environmental stewardship, and economic enterprise.”

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

• 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

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