Design and construct green stormwater infrastructure at five public schools in Milwaukee to reduce stormwater runoff and engage community youth in environmentally conscious programming. Project will replace asphalt with 26,810 square feet of bioswales, native plantings and other green infrastructure as well as plant more than 100 trees to add 4.3 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 at Five Milwaukee Public Schools (WI)
Organization:
Milwaukee Board of School Directors dba Milwaukee Public Schools
Project ID:
0501.21.071493
Description:
Award Amount:
$600000.00
Location:
Benjamin Franklin School, Hayes Bilingual School, Nathaniel Hawthorne School, Neeskara, Clement J. Zablocki public schools in Milwaukee, Wisconsin