PUBLIC ARTWORK
BEAUTIFICATION, NEIGHBORHOOD BRANDING & GREENSCAPING
PARKS, ORCHARDS & COMMUNITY GARDENS
These spaces are currently owned by the City of Milwaukee and cared for by ECO in collaboration with community partners.
SPOTLIGHT: Fondy Park
Lindsay Heights - 2210 W. Fond Du Lac Ave.
Completed: 2018 | Partner: Fondy Farmers Market
Fondy Park was created to commemorate 100 years of fresh local food access at the historic Fondy Farmers Market, an essential community gathering space. The park was designed with two major goals in mind: 1) Collecting stormwater and 2) Providing a healthy space for events and resident activity.
Thanks to the work of our dedicated community partners, Fondy Park takes significant strides to protect the health of Lake Michigan. During a major storm event, approximately 83,000 gallons of water runoff (including rain diverted from the streets!) is collected through a beautiful native prairie and stored in an underground cistern system. A six-panel, 1.8-kilowatt solar system now powers the lights in the market as well as the free public Wi-Fi. Throughout the year, the space plays host to countless community events, music acts, and seasonal activities.
- Features: Performance stage, cistern (rainwater catchment), FREE public Wi-Fi, native prairie, and solar lights
SPOTLIGHT: Victory Over Violence Park
Harambee - 2615 N. MLK Jr. Dr.
Completed: 1990s | Partner: Historic Kind Drive Business Improvement District 8
Victory Over Violence Park honors the legacy of community leader Jeannetta Simpson-Robinson, an advocate for non-violence who founded the impactful social services organization Career Youth Development. The park serves as a healing space for survivors of violence and other traumas, as well as a community gathering hub. With the revitalization of its garden beds and addition of a new stage pad, ample opportunities to continue growing community wellness abound here.
- Features: Victory Over Violence sculpture, Jeannetta Simpson-Robinson memorial boulder, stage pad, garden beds, and bench
ADDITIONAL GREEN SPACES
These spaces were supported by ECO and are currently owned by other city departments or partner organizations.
Thank You to Our Project Partners!
- Amani United
- Blue Skies Landscaping
- Brico Foundation
- Building Neighborhood Capacity Program
- Business Improvement District #32 (Fondy)
- City of Milwaukee DPW, DCD, NIDC and CBGA
- CDBG Milwaukee
- David J. Frank Landscape Contracting, Inc.
- Dominican Center
- Ellastic Designs
- The Energy Exchange
- Greater Milwaukee Foundation
- Groundwork Milwaukee
- Growing Power
- Fondy Food Center (Fondy)
- Fund for Lake Michigan
- Halquist Stone Co. Inc.
- Mark McCollow
- McKay Nursery
- Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District
- Milwaukee School of Engineering
- Northwestern Mutual
- Outpost Natural Foods
- Partners For Places Initiative
- ReciproCITY
- Reflo
- Reinders
- Riverworks Development Corp.
- Saris
- Simon Landscaping
- STRONG Neighborhoods Plan
- TrueSkool
- UW-Milwaukee Community Design Solutions
- Walnut Way
- Whole Foods
- Zilber Family Foundation