The May Strong Towns Metro MKE local conversation is pleased to welcome Jessica Wineberg, Policy Director for Milwaukee Vision Zero. The Vision Zero plan sets the goal of guiding the City and partners to achieving zero traffic deaths or life changing injuries by 2037. Join us at Wheel and Sprocket, and if you haven’t already done so, take the Vision Zero survey.

Join the Urban Spaceship community for networking and a presentation on the just-released draft of the Growing MKE plan. RSVP here.

VIRTUAL EVENT

Join Strong Towns Metro Milwaukee as Greg Walthers and John Everitt present their amazing vision for what the reconstruction of the I-794 corridor through Downtown Milwaukee could become.

REGISTER HERE

Live in Wauwatosa and want to create a more vibrant, inclusive, and flourishing community?

JOIN US to learn how Strong Towns can help us strengthen Wauwatosa together.

Join fellow Strong Townies to build bus benches. This work suppoorts our Bill’s Bus Benches campaign.

Interested? Use the Contact Us form and we’ll forward location information details.

This month we’re excited to be joined by Kevin Muhs, the City Engineer for the City of Milwaukee.

Over the last two years, Kevin and the Department of Public Works (DPW) team have significantly improved the city’s walking, biking, and driving infrastructure. Kevin will share more of the recent progress and discuss priorities in the years to come.

Before joining the city, Kevin spent a decade at the Southeastern Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission (SWRPC), eventually leading the organization as Executive Director.

Join us for this exciting presentation and discussion.

Join us at Black Husky Brewing Co in Riverwest for freewheeling discussions, good company, and good beer.

Join us for our regular monthly meeting.

Please join us for a Virtual meeting to help plan and organize our 2024 Bill's Bus Benches program. The agenda:

• discuss equitable placement of benches at stops

• engaging and collaborating with the Midtown Neighborhood Alliance

• Material ordering

• Schedule build dates

JOIN the meeting on Monday, February 26th at 7 p.m. here.

Below picture from our first build event.

See you there!

Great places are active outdoors all year round. Come join fellow Strong Townies at a first of a kind Winter event open to all ages, experience levels, bodies, and genders.

Imagine a Milwaukee where people can find joy in all 4 seasons, not just summer. We need something to look forward to after the holidays have ended, but the grey skies have not. People deserve an opportunity to find joy in being in nature, and moving their bodies safely in the cold.

• Sauna and Lake Michigan Cold Plunge

• Winter Biking

• Hikes

• Nordic Walks

• And much more

This event is spearheaded and organized by your fellow Strong Townie Kate Pociask.

Join us for our regular Strong Milwaukee monthly meeting.

• Our one-year celebration

• Update from Strong Towns national and changes to Local Conversation Program

• Committees

  • Action Committee

    • Bill's Bus Benches

    • Other opportunities

  • Outreach

    • Communication evolution

• Local and regional advocacy opportunities

Join us to celebrate one year of Strong Towns in Milwaukee!

Come meet fellow residents working to build an even strong Elm Grove. A local artist will talk about a design for a mural on the village basketball court that supports the mayors monarch pledge and the Elm Grove beautification committee.

Hope you can join.

For Milwaukee's Victims of Road Traffic Violence

The Coalition for Safe Driving MKE invites you to a vigil honoring the families and friends of road traffic victims. Join us in remembering those who have been lost and injured by traffic violence, and stand in solidarity with those impacted by reckless driving. All are welcome.

On Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023, Wheel & Sprocket and Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) invite you to celebrate nearly a decade of developing Southeast Wisconsin’s Route of the Badger trail network.

REGISTER HERE

Learn about the regional vision that RTC is spearheading to connect more communities in the coming years from our featured guests:

• The Honorable Evan Goyke, Representative for the 18th Assembly District

• The Honorable David Crowley, County Executive of Milwaukee County

• The Honorable Cavalier Johnson, Mayor of Milwaukee

• Noel Kegel, Owner of Wheel & Sprocket and Board Member of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

• Ryan Chao, President of Rails-to-Trails Conservancy

• Cheryl Blue, Executive Director of 30th Street Industrial Corridor Corporation (30IC)

• Reverend Christopher Boston, 30th Street Corridor Linear Park Equitable Development Plan Facilitator

• Willie Karidis, Route of the Badger Project Manager

REGISTER HERE

Join us for our regular monthly meeting.

Join us for our regular monthly meeting.