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A splash of color: Transforming green infrastructure in Milwaukee

November 5, 2025

A new partnership with Quad and ArtWorks for Milwaukee is bringing an added splash of color to Clean Wisconsin’s fight against urban flooding.  …

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The Milwaukee Way: Cultivating community and resilience through green infrastructure

October 26, 2025

To best understand the impacts of our green infrastructure work, we turn to the residents who have received green infrastructure installations, attended workshops, and helped spread knowledge to their neighbors.…

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Where Art Meets Environmental Justice: Inspiring a Movement in Milwaukee

July 14, 2025

How do you confront and begin to heal the collective harms of legacy pollution?…

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Greening the city: A movement for a sustainable future

July 8, 2025

What can we do to secure a future for ourselves and our environment that is healthy, sustainable, and enjoyable? There is a solution, and you’ve likely interacted with it before—green infrastructure.…

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Under the Lens: Modeling the challenge of stormwater management in Milwaukee

December 13, 2024

Managing stormwater is going to be an increasingly difficult task in Wisconsin. Climate change is causing wetter conditions generally, and more frequent, intense…

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Reimagining Melvina Park

December 13, 2024

Clean Wisconsin is working closely with multiple partners on the Melvina Park Project Development Team. Together, we’re collaborating on the reimagining and restoration…

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Clean Wisconsin’s Nancy Retana to chair Community Advisory Committee for the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern

November 9, 2023

Clean Wisconsin Resilient Communities Director Nancy Retana will become chair of the Milwaukee Estuary Area of Concern Community Advisory Committee (CAC) in January.…

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Green infrastructure workday in Milwaukee

October 3, 2023

Clean Wisconsin staff rolled up their sleeves for a green infrastructure workday at Pilgrim Rest Church in Milwaukee. Over the past ten years,…

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Green Infrastructure Toolkit for Wisconsin Municipalities

March 15, 2023

A toolkit to empower local Wisconsin governments looking to use green infrastructure as a stormwater management solution and community enhancement strategy.…

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Q & A with resilient milwaukee Program Director Nancy Retana

December 8, 2022

  Nancy Retana is Clean Wisconsin’s new Resilient Communities Program Director. As Clean Wisconsin builds on the success of the Resilient Communities work…

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