Urban Agriculture Revitalizes a Neighborhood
How Walnut Way Sowed Dreams and Harvested a Community
By Mary Sussman, Shepherd Express August 21, 2018
MMSD Honors Walnut Way with Green Luminary Award
Walnut Way uses green infrastructure projects to continue our vision of an environmentally sustainable community with an emphasis on environmental and economic justice. We are honored to be recognized by Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) with the Green Luminary Award, for our unique work connecting workforce development and green infrastructure. We demonstrate projects in clean energy and green infrastructure, train and employ community residents through our Blue Skies Landscaping Program in the installation and maintenance, spark neighbor-to-neighbor conversations and educational opportunities on the importance of the projects, and knit the new developments with existing green assets to form a cohesive sustainability pathway that is based on neighborhood strengths and interests.
In the News: Walnut Way executive director promotes economic development, community
Executive Director, Antonio Butts, discusses his approach to his work at Walnut Way in the latest story by JACKSON DUFAULT, CONOR STANLEY, KHALEEQ SATTAAR EL, Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service.
In the News: Walnut Way Co-founder Sharon Adams Shares Her Journey
The Walnut Way story started long before neighbors officially founded it as a non-profit in 2000. Sharon Adams, the leader behind Walnut Way and revitalization efforts in the neighborhood, shared her story, family history, her journey professionally across the United States and back to her hometown in this article with Onmilwaukee.com by Lori Freidrich. Read the Article.
In the Media: Zen Dragonfly (Angela Smith) brings new form of healing to Walnut Way
We are so excited to see Angela’s unique work, bringing healing services for all, in this article by Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service. You can catch her at Walnut Way in her Healing Circle program or through her yoga classes at Walnut Way or in her Merrill Park studio. Visit www.thezendragonfly.com for her full schedule of classes.
Environmental Partnership in The News
Walnut Way partnered on an application with The City of Milwaukee’s Environmental Collaboration Office (ECO) securing a national partnership with the Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC). Partners gathered for a two day design session in February to begin the planning process.
Walnut Way Receives Funding to Improve Green Infrastructure
It’s official, We’re the newest partner in the Institute for Sustainable Communities’ Partnership for Resilient Communities! Over the next 14 months, we’ll be working to implement projects rooted in community resilience.
HuffPost’s Listen to America Tour to Visit Walnut Way’s Innovations & Wellness Commons
As part of a cross-country listening tour, HuffPost (huffpost.com) will be visiting Walnut Way’s Innovations and Wellness Commons (IWC) in Milwaukee’s Lindsay Heights neighborhood on Friday, October 6th, from 12pm-3pm at 1617 W. North Avenue. HuffPost will set up their mobile studio in the parking lot of IWC between 12pm-3pm. All are welcome to visit and be interviewed.
Lindsay Heights community big winner at MANDI awards
Three projects in the North Side Lindsay Heights neighborhood won Milwaukee Awards for Neighborhood Development Innovation (MANDIs) Thursday evening at a dinner attended by about 800 guests…
Commons provides healthy food oasis in Lindsay Heights
On days he is off work, Lindsay Heights resident Antonio Patterson, 41, stops at the Juice Kitchen to grab a drink, sometimes even three times. “This is what we’ve been needing around here,” said Patterson, pointing to the Juice Kitchen. Owned by Maanaan Sabir and his wife JoAnne, the Juice Kitchen is a locally sourced..
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