Milwaukee County Grounds

Milwaukee Riverkeeper has a long history of working to protect the County Grounds.  The organization was originally formed in 1995 as Friends of the Menomonee River.  Our first campaign was a citizen-led effort to protect the County Grounds from development.

Read more about the history of our work on the County Grounds.

Read Eddee Daniel's 2007 essay County Grounds: A landscape in transition

 

County OK's UWM Land Sale

March 23, 2009

Sean Ryan
sean.ryan@dailyreporter.com

The Milwaukee County Board on Thursday approved 15-4 the sale of Milwaukee County land in Wauwatosa to the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee for construction of an engineering campus.
The Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors also considered and rejected suggestions ranging from tabling a decision to requiring the county give $2 million from its portion of the land sale toward an engineering scholarship program for women and minorities.
County Executive Scott Walker is expected to approve the sale, said Fran McLaughlin, director of communications.