Dear Friend,
Summer's here and the time is right, for playing in the outdoors. We hope you'll mark your calendars and join us...
Lincoln Creek Bike and Hike
- Saturday July 9th, Noon
Join Nearby Nature MKE and Red Bike & Green on a gentle ride to explore Lincoln Creek. This is the first ride in the two part series We'll meet atHAVENWOODS State Forest. We'll follow the creek (mostly on-street) to 35th and Congress where we'll hike and see the important role wetlands and prairie habitat play in watershed ecology. The biking portion will be lead by Red Bike & Green MKE. Wisconsin Bike Fed Mobile Repair Unit will be on site for tweaks and minor repairs starting at 10AM - Flat tire? Come early!
Please register using this link: https://forms.gle/vRVLQPrQRDFbkjux5
RAIN DATE PLAN:
We will still ride in light to moderate rain, but we will cancel/reschedule the ride in the case of heavy rain or thunderstorms.
More Summer Fun!
Please put these events in your calendar so you don't miss out
Also July 9th, 10 am - Sierra Club Big Tree Hunt
Join Great Waters Group in McGovern Park, leaning how to measure big trees and visit Wisconsin's largest chinkapin oak. Register here.
Tuesday July 5th, 9 am to Noon, Commonwealth Cleanup with Friends of Lincoln Park. Meet at Lincoln Park Pavilion, 1301 W. Hampton Ave. More info here
Saturday, July 23rd, 11 am to 2 pm. West Basin Summer Festival with Northwest Side CDC. Featuring free food, games, art , music and more. Register and get more info here
Saturday, August 6th, Noon to 4 pm Lincoln Creek Bike & Hike & Paddle Peddle to Paddle, Hopkins Hollow to Lincoln Park.
Mark your calendars and watch for more Info
Ko-Thi Dance Company, Free summer outdoor classes
Sunday August 14th, 3 pm, Lincoln Park - 31301 W Hampton Ave.
Sunday, August 7th, 3 pm, Washington Park, 4542 W Washington Blvd. Click here for the full Ko-Thi Summer Schedule
Saturday August 27th, Summer Lincoln Creek Cleanup
Hopkins Hollow and West Basin (Tentative)
Mark your calendars and watch for more Info Northwest Side farmers markets are back for the third annual season! Vendors can register here
Here are the dates and locations
- all markets are from 3:30-6:30pm:
Tues., Aug 2nd & 9th - 2400 W. Villard Ave (Ascension All Saints Family Health Center)
Tues., Aug 16th & 23rd - 3945 N. 31st St (Century City I Building)
Tues., Aug 30 - 4350 N. 35th St (MMSD West Basin / old Bee Bus Line site)
Lincoln Creek Greenway Summit a Huge Success
On Saturday, June 25th, 48 people participated in the Lincoln Creek Greenway Summit. Eighteen organizations were listed as participants in the Summit Program. Here is a Facebook Album of photos courtesy of photographer Kimani Winfield. Take a look to see if you’re there.
Thanks to so many people who were involved, but especially to Water Justice Public Ally and summit coordinator Leena Le, the Lincoln Creek Summit was a great success. This was Leena's primary project for the past 3 months. For a full Gratitude List and summary, visit our website.
Plans for the Future
This summit was really a beginning, of a grass-roots driven effort to renew and revitalize the Lincoln Creek Greenway.
In mid-July, we hope to release a full summary on the discussions that took place at the Summit. Along with this, we will be sending a survey, requesting feedback and asking you to think about your level of commitment to this effort. In September or October, we hope to convene the first meeting of a Lincoln Creek work group that will lay groundwork for building a coalition and a work plan. The work plan would be a living document of projects, new, in progress and imagined, that we can all get behind.
With many partners involved, he hope we will see a glowing and beautiful Lincoln Creek Greenway in our future.
Nearby Nature works in neighborhoods impacted by high poverty and inequity. We organize, host and co-host outdoor activities, both for recreation and community service. We celebrate and support the environmental movement in communities of color. We provide environmental programming for youth in schools and youth-serving-agencies. We work with efforts in the environmental movement to help it become more inclusive and anti-racist. Visit our website, of follow our Facebook and Instagram pages to keep in touch.
We are very grateful for the foundation support we get from Fund for Lake Michigan, Greater Milwaukee Foundation, Bader Philanthropies and the Pettit Foundation. We are especially grateful forthe support we receive from individuals like you.
All contributions to Nearby Nature are tax-deductible through our non-profit fiscal sponsor the Milwaukee Environmental Consortium. Visit our website Donation page to learn how you can support this work.
