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Welcome to Walnut Way's Wellness Commons - Outdoor Terrace. Adjacent to IWC's second-floor conference room, this rooftop garden can host 75 guests, providing an open-view space for spring and summer events. Note: Renters must provide tables and chairs and AV equipment, ect. The space offers a unique outdoor setting in the heart of Lindsay Heights.

Tour of Lindsay Heights, sustainable infrastructure, bio-swales, renewables, garden and orchards. Experience the best of urban sustainability with the Lindsay Heights EcoTour, a project spearheaded by the City of Milwaukee ECO HOME GR/OWN initiative and Walnut Way Conservation Corp. This exciting tour immerses you in the heart of Lindsay Heights Neighborhood, where you'll delve into topics like solar power, local food production, climate change adaptation, and more. Start your journey at the Walnut Way Center, once a condemned home, now transformed into an epicenter for community revitalization and environmental stewardship. Discover how 14 former vacant lots have bloomed into productive gardens, peach orchards, compost systems, and stormwater management projects. Venture to the Wally Schmidt Redevelopment, a testament to energy efficiency with its green roof and porous pavers. Don't forget to stop by the Innovation and Wellness Commons, boasting a rooftop solar system. For a unique blend of education and exploration, book your tour today!

Welcome to the first floor along North Avenue in IWC Phase I, a versatile and modern meeting venue designed with flexibility and convenience in mind. This expansive space boasts seating for up to 20 individuals, making it an ideal choice for workshops, seminars, or team meetings. The room features eight small group tables that can be effortlessly reconfigured. Join them together for a large communal workspace or arrange them separately for breakout sessions or smaller group discussions. A 65-inch display is equipped with a virtual camera, ensuring seamless video conferencing experiences. A laptop is also available for presentations or digital collaborations. Jot down ideas or map out strategies on our whiteboard, a crucial tool for any brainstorming session. The conference space also includes a compact kitchenette, complete with a small refrigerator for refreshments. Elevator access ensures the space is easily accessible, and multiple bathrooms provide added convenience for attendees. One of the unique features of this room is its ability to be split into two separate sections, each spanning 550 square feet. This allows for simultaneous activities or provides an additional level of privacy if needed. Reliable WiFi connectivity enables real-time collaboration and ensures you stay connected throughout your event or meeting.

This morning, the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin accepted Walnut Way Conservation Corp as an intervenor in Docket 5-UR-112 — We Energies' 2027–2028 rate case. Officially a party. Officially at the table. (Watch the proceeding.) This builds straight off our record. Walnut Way earned standing in 6630-TE-113 — the data center tariff case — and filed initial and reply briefs that helped the Commission reject the worst of We Energies' cost-shift in April 2026. That fight didn't end. It moved into this case. With Microsoft seated as a party. With $37.5 billion in capital build on the line — what We Energies itself has called the largest five-year plan in company history. With data center load driving nearly all of the projected demand growth. In that case, the Commission drew a clear line: data centers — not households — pay for the generation, capacity, and stranded-asset risk their load creates. This is the most important rate case in a generation for Wisconsin families. And it just got more important. The centerpiece: We Energies' own workforce put hardship on the record. The administrative law judge read this aloud, on the record, this morning. He was reading from the petition to intervene filed by Operating Engineers Local 420 — IUOE. These are We Energies employees. The men and women who actually build, run, and maintain the system the Commission is being asked to expand. Here is what their petition says — verbatim, as the judge read it from the bench: "The substantial interest of the union is that the decision that the Commission makes will have a direct effect on its members' wages, benefits, staffing levels, working conditions, and job security. And then the union also asserted that a majority of its members are customers of the utility." Stop and read it again. We Energies' own workforce just told the Public Service Commission, in writing, that this rate decision will hit them at home — not just on the job site. That the people who keep the lights on for southeastern Wisconsin pay the same residential bill that lands on every other kitchen table. That the affordability question hits them too. The judge then said this is not how unions typically participate in Wisconsin rate cases, and advised the union to remove the customer-representation language from the next filing unless they actually intended to argue rates from that posture. The union acknowledged the feedback. So we sit with the honest question. What does it mean when a sentence about household hardship — written by the workforce of the company asking for the rate increase — gets advised out of a petition? And is there truth to the hardship those words describe? The petition was not casual. Somebody inside that local cared enough to write it down and file it. That sentence reflects something real that members are feeling at home. Whether the union's formal posture in this case ends up speaking to it or not is a question for the local, in its own time, in its own way. We are not here to corner anybody. We are here to ask the question seriously and to leave room for the union to answer it — on its own terms, in its own voice, over the months ahead. Let those workers be heard. Their petition opened a door. Walnut Way will hold that door open. Watch and listen to the exchange. June 27 — the stage where Wisconsin hears the question In 24 days, on Saturday, June 27, 2026, from 10 AM to 12 PM at North Division High School in Milwaukee, Walnut Way is co-hosting the Community Accountability Forum — bringing 2026 Wisconsin governor candidates in front of 600 Milwaukee residents on the questions that decide our future: affordability, health equity, and historic underinvestment. Now we have one more question that didn't exist yesterday: "We Energies' own employees just told the Public Service Commission, on the record, that the company's rate increase will create hardship for their own families. The Commission is being asked to approve a $37.5 billion buildout driven by data center load — including a contract with Microsoft. As governor, what will you do to make sure Wisconsin households don't pay the bill for the data center boom?" That's the question. It connects the courtroom to the kitchen table. It connects the workforce inside the company to the neighborhood outside it. It connects this morning's PSC docket to the ballot box. The Critical Path: Docket Meets Ballot Date Milestone June 3, 2026 Walnut Way accepted as intervenor. Prehearing conference held. ✓ Coming weeks (TBD by PSC) Public comment window opens. Notice of Hearing will post the comment webpage and mailing address. Every Wisconsin family will be able to file directly, in their own name. Walnut Way's job is to make sure our neighbors know how, when, and where. August 10, 2026 Intervenor direct testimony filed (Walnut Way + others). August 11, 2026 Wisconsin gubernatorial primary. The field narrows. The next governor starts becoming real. August 28, 2026 Rebuttal testimony filed. September 11, 2026 Surrebuttal testimony filed. September 14, 2026 Testimony corrections and replacement exhibits filed. September 15, 2026 Party hearing begins (Zoom). September 16–17 reserved as spillover days. September 25, 2026 Initial briefs filed. October 2, 2026 Reply briefs filed. November 3, 2026 Wisconsin general election — governor on the ballot. The decision-maker who will inherit this case is elected. Late 2026 PSC final decision in 5-UR-112. January 2027 New We Energies rates take effect — same month the new governor takes office. Vote with Wisdom" Wisconsin Gubernatorial Forum Hosted by Wisconsin Ecojustice Base Builders (WEBB) June 27th Forum

The road to the statehouse runs through Milwaukee's north side. We've said that, and we mean it. The next governor of Wisconsin can't get elected without us. We're organizing on the north side because that's home, not because anyone else's home matters less. When this community moves, every community in Wisconsin moves with us. But here's the question we don't ask often enough: once we elect somebody, how do we make sure they actually do what they said they'd do for our neighborhoods? Votes are powerful. Promises are cheap. The work that turns one into the other is something the political world calls policy commitment — and it's a process most of us were never shown. Here's how it actually works. Step 1 — Ask the right questions, in writing, before the election. That's what the community scorecard does. Six issue areas, fifteen questions, sent to every candidate for governor. Questions written by Milwaukee, about Milwaukee: healthy homes, energy bills, public safety, economic dignity, education, voting rights. When a candidate fills out a scorecard, they go on record — and that record is public for the next four years. Step 2 — Make them say it out loud, in front of the people it affects. That's what June 27 is. Five candidates, one room, North Division High School, taking community questions live. The forum turns the scorecard from paper into voice. What's written can be revised. What's spoken into a microphone in front of the people it affects becomes a contract — and the room is the witness. Step 3 — Keep the receipts. After the election, we don't go to sleep. The scorecard becomes a tracker. Every commitment gets logged. When the next governor takes office, we check in. We publish updates. We organize around the promises that get kept and the ones that don't. Abra Fortson: What is the difference between civic engagement and civic responsibility? The scorecard goes live to the public June 10. The forum is June 27. Between now and November, every Milwaukee voter will have what every well-resourced lobbyist has had for decades — a paper trail of what every candidate promised to do for our community. This work is for everybody in Wisconsin who wants a better state — but it starts on Milwaukee's north side because that's where we stand, that's who we serve, and that's where the most organized power has the most ground to make up. When the neighborhoods that get counted last start counting themselves in, every neighborhood is better off. That's how influence becomes infrastructure. RSVP: walnutway.org *RSVP guarantees your seat. If you come without one, you're still welcome — we'll seat you as space allows. With or without voter ID — we decide.

Black families in Milwaukee spend up to 43% more of their income on energy than white families. That means less money for food, medicine, and rent — every single month. 85,000 Milwaukee residents live in neighborhoods where families spend over 6% of their income just on energy. The national average is about 3%. Our communities pay nearly double. As of today April 1, 2026, We Energies just filed to raise your electric bill — again. Here's what they're asking for: 4.7% increase in 2027 4.5% increase in 2028 That's 9.4% more than what you're paying right now If you're a typical household in Milwaukee, your electric bill is about $144 a month today. Under this proposal, it goes to $157 next year and $166 the year after. That's an extra $22 a month — a 15% jump from where you are right now. That's $264 more a year out of your household. For families already choosing between groceries and keeping the lights on, this is not a small number. And here's the part that should make you angry. We Energies is asking for a 9.9% return on equity — meaning they want guaranteed profits on top of what they're already making off your bill. They pulled back slightly from last time, but make no mistake: they are still asking Wisconsin families to fund some of the highest guaranteed profits in the country while wages in our neighborhoods haven't kept up. This is exactly why Walnut Way and WEBB do this work. We've been at the table at the Public Service Commission fighting rate increases, pushing for programs like LIFT that actually lower bills for working families, and demanding that the clean energy transition doesn't leave Black, Latino, and Indigenous communities behind. We've done it before and we're doing it again. But we need your voice in this fight. Every time a rate case gets filed, the PSC needs to hear from real people — not just utility lobbyists. Your experience matters. Your bill matters. Your vote matters. Right now, Wisconsin utilities are asking state regulators to approve over $16 billion in new power plants and data centers. Less than $500 million of that would go toward making energy more affordable for families who need it most. That is $16 billion for We Energies corporate infrastructure versus pennies for your neighborhood. Walnut Way and the WEBB have stepped into the state Public Service Commission rate cases to fight for the lower rates, and the LIFT program — the only bill assistance program that keeps low-income families connected to heat and electricity. We need the next governor to stand with us. Introducing The WEBB formerly EJII Wisconsin, a new initiative that expands our work in environmental justice, broadband, and clean energy across Wisconsin. Learn more and watch the conversation here

"Community-Led Comprehensive Development." This approach aims to empower community members to drive their own change, with Walnut Way serving as a facilitator and supporter. The 2026 "Vote with Wisdom" Wisconsin Gubernatorial Forum Hosted by Wisconsin Ecojustice Base Builders (WEBB) NORTH DIVISION HIGH SCHOOL SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 2026 | DOOR OPEN @ 9:30AM WE DELIVER WORLDWIDE GET TICKETS NOW Resident-led Projects Volunteer, Participate, or Donate Blue Skies Landscaping Workforce Training & Development Careers Our Focus & Philosophy Our Approach Community-led Comprehensive Development WEBB Scorecard Governor’s Race 2026 Events Join Us Schedule Neighborhood Eco Tour *Get Ready For Harvest Day 2026* Critical Home Repair Program Home Wisconsin Ecojustice Base Builders Vote With Wisdom — 2026 Governor's Race Scorecard Coming June 10: where every candidate stands on energy, affordability, housing, workforce, health, and civic power. 15 questions sent. Responses due June 10th. Published in candidates' own words. Take the WEBB Governor's Race Scorecard Survey Affordability Calculator Take the WEBB Governor's Race Scorecard Survey Govenor's Race Score Card What we Do What we Do What we Do What we Do Walnut Way Conservation Corps is a non-profit organization based in the Lindsay Heights neighborhood of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Our mission is centered around "Community-Led Comprehensive Development." This approach aims to empower community members to drive their own change, with Walnut Way serving as a facilitator and supporter. Our Community-Led Comprehensive Development approach recognizes the interconnectedness of wellness, work, and wealth. By fostering community wellness, we encourage active engagement. By linking work to environmental stewardship, we promote sustainable practices while providing meaningful employment. And by driving economic development, we enhance community wealth. Together, these elements create a resilient, self-sustaining neighborhood where every resident can thrive. Community Engagement Wellness Wellness Wellness Wellness Wellness is a foundational aspect of our community engagement work. We understand that a healthy community is an engaged community. We foster wellness through various initiatives such as our Wellness Commons space, senior home repair program, and advocacy for fair energy policies. By creating a safe and healthy environment, we empower residents to actively participate in decision-making processes and community activities. Enviornmental Stewardship Work Work Work Work Work, in our context, goes beyond just job creation; it's closely tied to environmental stewardship. Through initiatives like our green infrastructure programs, residential and commercial energy efficiency pilots, and our green jobs initiative, we provide opportunities for meaningful work that also contributes to a more sustainable environment. This approach is embodied in our businesses like Blue Skies Landscaping, where we generate revenue while enhancing our community's green spaces. Economic Development Wealth Wealth Wealth Wealth Wealth, in our view, is not just about individual prosperity, but about collective economic development. We support small businesses, administer a neighborhood improvement district, and rehabilitate residential foreclosures into affordable homeownership opportunities. These initiatives contribute to community wealth by enhancing economic mobility, increasing access to resources, and promoting local entrepreneurship. Join Us at Harvest Day 2026 Powered by Culture By Design @ Clarence & Cleopatra Johnson Park *Sponsorship, Vendor and Community Resource Opportunities: Coming Soon... Environmental Justice at Walnut Way produced by EDF WATCH THE VIDEO Leveraging Data in Our Decision Making Leveraging Data in Our Decision Making Leveraging Data in Our Decision Making Leveraging Data in Our Decision Making 2025 - “Evaluating the impact of remote monitoring devices on chronic health conditions. An index tracks wellbeing of African Americans in Milwaukee and incorporates remote health monitoring devices—like Fitbits and glucose monitors—to guide Walnut Way interventions, target chronic disease management, and measure community health outcomes. 2020 - Lindsay Heights, Northwestern Mutal Data Science Project This plan focuses on leveraging data science to drive social change. Walnut Way can use this resource to inform its decision-making processes, track the impact of its programs, and identify areas where further intervention might be needed. 2010 Lindsay Heights Zilber Quality of Life Plan This plan offers a comprehensive approach to improving quality of life in select Milwaukee neighborhoods, including Lindsay Heights. Walnut Way can leverage the strategies outlined in this plan to address issues like economic disparities, housing inequities, and limited access to resources within the community. 2023 - Data You Can Use - Lindsay Heights Portrait The portrait provides detailed demographic and socioeconomic data about the Lindsay Heights community. Walnut Way can use this data to better understand the needs and challenges of the community, tailor its programs accordingly, and measure progress over time. 2020 - Lindsay Heights Neighborhood Action Plan The action plan provides a roadmap for community improvement efforts in Lindsay Heights, outlining key goals, strategies, and actions to enhance various aspects of community life. Walnut Way can use this plan to guide its initiatives, ensuring that they align with the community's broader goals and priorities. 2020 - Milwaukee: African American Well-bieng Index This index provides critical insights into the wellbeing of African Americans in Milwaukee. It can help Walnut Way identify key areas of concern, develop targeted interventions, and track improvements over time. 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