Finding Our Way (Long Version, 11 mins)
The Greater Milwaukee Committee (GMC), in partnership with the City of Milwaukee, Riverworks Development Corporation and BID (Riverworks), Harambee Great Neighborhood Initiative (HGNI), Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation (WWBIC), MKE-LAX, and local artists, designers, and cultural leaders, are
collaborating on the Beerline Trail Neighborhood Development Project in the Riverworks area of the Harambee and Riverwest neighborhoods. In connection with the newly completed Beerline Trail Extension, we are growing a new public linear park in a prior railroad corridor of a disinvested neighborhood in connection with the existing Beerline Trail. Our goal is to publicly identify Riverworks as a hub for artists, makers, and other entrepreneurs.
We are building new accessways to the park and the neighborhood as a public expression of our focus on equity. With our Beerline Trail Neighborhood Development Project, our intention is to sustain and enrich the lives of people in Harambee and Riverwest by promoting health, well-being and prosperity through increased
circulation of resources, voices, ideas, labor and creativity. The Guiding Lenses are values we focus on in our work and include Neighborhood Safety, Neighbor Engagement, Health and Wellness, Youth Leadership, Linear Park and Green Space, Respecting Identity, Creative Entrepreneurship, and Value Properties.