Music on Wednesday Night at Washington Park

Wednesdays at the Shell
Music at Washington Park

6:30 to 8:30 pm except July 28th which will last till 9:15 pm

July 7 -- Terry Simms Band
July 14 -- Concord Chamber Orchestra
July 21 -- Christopher's Project
July 28 -- Barettes, Resist Her Transistor, Boney Fingers – free roller skating, canoeing, fishing and picnic food sponsored by the Brew City Bruisers
Aug 4 -- AhVantsoul, w Jon Pierre Gee & Kat Webb
Aug 11 -- Boney Fingers
Aug 18 -- King Solomon
Aug 25 -- Johnny Rawls – Free picnic foods sponsored by WPP – We are the Change.

Start planning for a fun summer of concerts after work at Washington Park.

Working on the Garden

Take a Look at the Martin Drive Community Garden!

Martin Drive Neighborhood 's special gardener organized a work/play day which started with building 2 additional beds. We also did lots of weeding and moving of mulch and soil. Looking very good for a garden before Memorial Day.

Kick Off - Martin Drive Summer Projects

Wed. night, May 18th Alderman Hines, David Weber of NIDC, Gail Lione of Harley Davidson Foundation and Sue’s Garden Design pulled out shovels and took part in the “first dig” kick off of the Bookends Landscape Project in the Martin Drive Neighborhood. The project funded by NIDC, MMSD and Harley Davidson Foundation will landscape some unsightly greenways on 36th & McKinley and 46th & Juneau. It will also provide some funding for the expansion of the Martin Drive Community Garden, which is located on 46th, & Vliet Street.



Neighbors also participated in a Police Walk taking the opportunity to visit with neighbors as we passed by. Those who participated were able to meet our new Police Captain, Michael Brunson who took reins of the District just three days ago. The celebration concluded with a pizza party at Foundation Park.

Martin Drive is one of nine neighborhoods participating in the Milwaukee Healthy Neighborhoods initiative, largely funded by the Greater Milwaukee Foundation. The approach focuses on a neighborhood’s positive attributes and works to engage neighbors and homeowners to invest in their neighborhoods and position them as good places to live.

Harley Re-Light Event, May 8, 2010

Over 125 Martin Drive families received 12 compact florescent energy efficient light bulbs from Harley Davidson in the past week. These bulbs will generate 75% in energy savings. The energy fair also had fun activities and other give aways. Thank you Harley Davidson.

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Great Week for Martin Drive

It has been a great week for Martin Drive Neighborhood.

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Adam Carr, producer at Radio Milwaukee, has been interviewing many residents as part of the Neighborhood Project Series – Love Where You Live! I was lucky to tag along with Adam and enjoyed talking with many of you. Adam makes you comfortable and makes you want to spill your story of why and how you came to Martin Drive and why you love it so much. We interviewed business owners, homeowners and renters and learned all the things that make Martin Drive a special to live in … for instance:

It’s affordable living.
We are centrally located.
There are great businesses.
There are great neighbors.
We love our gardens.
We are diverse in many ways.
We are next to a beautiful Olmsted Park.
We have an active neighborhood association.
It is clear that we have fun here.
Neighbors get along and work together to make this a nice place to live.
We are proud of the neighborhood.

Keep tuned to Radio Milwaukee this week to hear what Adam Carr and the other residents have to say.

 

Ice Skating Returns to Washington Park

By Joey Zocher, Washington Park Director of the Urban Ecology Center
I love it when people stop in and tell me stories about the past. Just the other day someone stopped in with a photo from the early 1900s of the Washington Park lagoon filled with ice skaters. It’s remarkable to see how excited people are when they talk about their memories of skating in Washington Park, and shows how rich this park’s history really is. We are very happy to announce that there will be ice skating again in Washington Park this year! As the word is starting to spread, there are several recurring questions. I thought I could answer for you here. The first most frequently asked question is, “When will the ice be open?” Washington Park’s lagoon is now being treated like those in all the other parks, so once the County Parks staff determine the ice is thick enough, they will announce it on their website: www.countyparks.com.

Will the bathrooms be open?
Our open hours are Tuesday-Friday 4-7pm and Saturdays 9-5pm. The community building is not generally open to the public at other times. So, if you want to join us for a cup of hot chocolate and warm up, come during our open hours!

Are there skates available?
We are happy to include children’s skates in our equipment lending program, thanks to the generosity of Harley Davidson Foundation. In addition, we have several pairs of adult skates that have been donated. The best way to be sure to have the right size is to BYO Skates. If would like to borrow ours, please call in advance to check for sizes. Also, if you have a pair of skates collecting dust in your basement, consider donating them!

If ice skating isn’t your thing, there’s still lots to do in the winter at Washington Park. Stop by any time during open hours to borrow snowshoes, sleds or ice fishing equipment. At our Winterfest on January 30th, you can get a taste for all of these things, as well as try cross country skiing, take a ride on our sleigh, and of course, practice your ice skating. Come inside to warm up with some hot chocolate, then get back outside and play!