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Following the announcement of a $250,000 gift for the revitalization of Johnsons Park from the Zilber Family Foundation and a $100,000 gift […]
Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele today announced that Milwaukee County Parks is a back-to-back winner of the “Brewers Community Foundation Public Space Award,” as […]
By the end of next summer, visitors to Johnsons Park in Lindsay Heights will see a number of improvements. Last week, Milwaukee County Parks initiated the […]
Before Johnsons Park became a community space for Lindsay Heights, it was a stop on the Underground Railroad for slaves escaping the South […]
When Lindsay Heights residents Sharon and Larry Adams collaborated with neighbors to found a community organization called Walnut Way Conservation Corp., one of their first projects was to […]
George Gist sits in a metal chair, leaning over his art as he paints in the letters of Faith + Freedom […]
On Saturday, June 27, 2015 The Rotary Club and other community organizations held a ground-breaking at Johnsons Park. The park […]
Tony Gibson: Racial Diversity in the Johnsons Park Neighborhood (Soundcloud) view on soundcloud
The Fund for Lake Michigan is supporting the Center for Resilient Cities’ work in partnership with Milwaukee County and the […]
Johnsons Park, located in the heart of Milwaukee, was created in the 1960’s from empty space left by bulldozed homes […]