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.