Milwaukee native, Basia Spencer, has been designing, creating, and selling her stylish dresses since 2015 and is moving into her first brick and mortar store at The Innovations and Wellness Commons, Walnut Way’s development project. Join in celebration at Basia Rose Designs Boutique, Saturday, December 8th, at its Grand Opening Trunk Show from 2:00 p.m to 6:00 p.m. at 1617 W. North Avenue (formerly The Outpost Natural Foods Learning and Event Center Space).
As part of Walnut Way’s Lead From Where You Live Initiative, we are joining forces with Lindsay Heights organization Running Rebels to facilitate space for community building in order to strengthen efforts across the neighborhood. Sponsored in part from LISC’s Advancing Equitable Development in Milwaukee, a Community Capacity Building Grant, Walnut Way and Running Rebels will host a three day Community Building Workshop: From Chaos To Community, Healing The Wounds That Divide.
As we work to sustain transformation in Lindsay Heights Neighborhoods through the areas of wellness, work, and wealth, we are constantly striving to make improvements. Can I call on you to take a brief moment to share your feedback with us? Help us know more about you and how we are doing by completing the Community Connections Survey. Your feedback is important to us.
Walnut Way is partnering with Jay Dean, Founder of Afrowellness, to bring an all new healing circle space for Millenial women of color. The new program is called, The HealSpace, and is a safe community that focuses on the overall well-being of millennial women of color through mindfulness and connection. The idea was birthed by the need to offer quality wellness resources to women of color within the Milwaukee and surrounding area.
The peer led Healing Circle has gathered to plan their fall workshops in self-care for women of color. Women of color are invited to join the Healing Circle of select dates this season! Lindsay Heights residents are encouraged to join the circle.
We are looking for a handful of heroes to help in the gardens. Join us on Saturdays from 7am-12pm at the Walnut Way Center to support urban agriculture activities. Activities will mostly focus on supporting gardening, harvesting and produce handling including washing, weighing, weeding, watering, and digging! Some knife handling and cutting produce may be involved.
Show off your community pride with a Lindsay Heights T-shirt custom made by Milwaukee based artist, Ivan Merlin. T-shirts are available for $20 each in both women’s and unisex sizes. Shop the store to see what’s available. T-shirts are available for pick up at Harvest Day on Saturday, September 8th from 12pm – 5pm.
Growing Healthy Soil Workshops are coming to an end. Take part in the last workshop and learn important tips for being safe from contaminants in your garden.
City of Milwaukee ECO Office will make a special presentation.
Learn about lead in the environment and its effects on people.
Learn important tips for safely gardening in your garden.
Learn how the project has been improving contaminated garden soils over.
Learn how to collect a soil sample and send it to the City Health Department for analysis.
This year our annual street festival, Harvest Day, will celebrate a unified Lindsay Heights with live music, performers, local food, retail vendors, and activities. Help design a t-shirt representing Lindsay Heights PRIDE and UNITY for Harvest Day 2018.
Walnut Way is leading a neighborhood-wide initiative to recruit and support a Lindsay Heights Block Captain network. The first Block Captain Meeting will take place at Walnut Way on Saturday, July 28th with brunch from 10:00am to 11:30am with Executive Director, Antonio Butts. Lindsay Heights residents are invited to attend the first gathering and talk about the opportunities they have as block captains.
