Conduct detailed design, permitting and construction of green infrastructure at five Milwaukee schoolyards to address stormwater needs. Project will plant 57 trees, build more than 87,000 acres of greenspace, remove 11,500 acres of impervious surface and add 4 million gallons of stormwater storage annually.
NFWF Grant Profile
Conservation Program(s):
Sustain our Great Lakes Program
Project Title: Designing and Constructing Green Stormwater Infrastructure on Milwaukee Schoolyards (WI)
Organization:
Milwaukee Board of School Directors dba Milwaukee Public Schools
Project ID:
0501.20.067500
Description:
Award Amount:
$625000.00
Location:
Five schoolyards in Milwaukee, Wisconsin: the Academy of Accelerated Learning, Allen-Field School, Bay View Montessori, La Escuela Fratney and North Division High School