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2022 Green Infrastructure Partnership Program Awards Announced

06/27/22 04:00:pm

MMSD Awards $2.8M for Green Infrastructure Projects to Capture 1.6M Gallons of Stormwater

On Monday, June 27, 2022, the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) Commission approved the award of $2,868,395 to 18 successful applicants to MMSD's Green Infrastructure Partnership Program (GIPP). 

The GIPP offers incentive funding on a per-gallon-captured, reimbursement basis for green infrastructure strategies designed to capture and clean water where it falls. Applications are scored based on established criteria focused on the applicant’s ability and commitment to implement, maintain, and promote their project.  

When completed, these projects will provide nearly 1.6 million gallons of stormwater capacity.  These projects will incorporate a wide variety of green infrastructure (GI) types designed to manage water where it falls, thereby helping to reduce the likelihood of sewer water backing up into basements or overflowing into our waterways.

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2022 Green Infrastructure Partnership Program Award Winners: 

  • Art and Green Infrastructure at Adams Garden Park, submitted by Adams Garden Park LLC
  • St. Francis High School GI Project submitted by St. Francis High School
  • Deer Creek GI Project, submitted by Deer Creek Intermediate School (St. Francis)
  • Willow Glen GI Project, submitted by Willow Glen Primary School (St. Francis)
  • Kern Park Apartments, submitted by It Had To Be You LLC
  • Growing Relationships with Ecoliteracy Education in Nature (GREEN) - Frederick J. Gaenslen School, submitted by Milwaukee Board of School Directors on behalf of Frederick J. Gaenslen School
  • Growing Relationships with Ecoliteracy Education in Nature (GREEN) - Milwaukee German Immersion School, submitted by Milwaukee Board of School Directors on behalf of Milwaukee German Immersion School
  • Growing Relationships with Ecoliteracy Education in Nature (GREEN) - Richard Kluge School, submitted by Milwaukee Board of School Directors on behalf of Milwaukee Richard Kluge School

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  • Growing Relationships with Ecoliteracy Education in Nature (GREEN) - Alexander Mitchell Integrated Arts School, submitted by Milwaukee Board of School Directors on behalf of Alexander Mitchell Integrated Arts School
  • Growing Relationships with Ecoliteracy Education in Nature (GREEN) - James Whitcomb Riley School, submitted by Milwaukee Board of School Directors on behalf of James Whitcomb Riley School
  • Milwaukee Montessori School Green Parking Lot, submitted by Milwaukee Montessori School
  • Outreach Community Health Center, submitted by Outreach Community Health Center
  • The Connector Building Green Infrastructure Project, submitted by Riverworks Development Corporation
  • Solomon Community Temple, UMC, submitted by Solomon Community Temple, UMC
  • The Seasons at Franklin, submitted by Fiduciary Real Estate Development, Inc.
  • Martin Luther King Library and Theater Redevelopment, submitted by GenCap Emem MLK LLC
  • Village of Whitefish Bay Wilson Drive Green Infrastructure Implementation, submitted by Village of Whitefish Bay
  • Village of Whitefish Bay Fire Department Porous Pavement Parking Lot and Green Infrastructure Implementation, submitted by Village of Whitefish Bay
  • Porous Pavement

    Porous Pavement

  • Bioswale

    Bioswale

  • Cistern

    Cistern

  • Green Roof

    Green Roof

  • Native Landscaping

    Native Landscaping

MMSD's Green Infrastructure Vision

Green infrastructure projects are consistent with MMSD's 2035 Vision and Strategic Objectives. Our long-range goal is to eliminate sewer overflows, improve water quality, and incorporate an overall triple-bottom-line sustainable approach to operations.  Projects funded through the GIPP support implementation of the MMSD's Regional Green Infrastructure Plan (RGIP) (2013),​​​​​Urban Biodiversity Plan (2018), and the Resilience Plan (2019). 

MMSD's investment in green infrastructure is to increase the implementation of innovative approaches to wet weather management that is cost-effective, sustainable, and environmentally friendly. Green infrastructure management approaches and technologies infiltrate, capture, and reuse stormwater to maintain, restore, or mimic nature by draining it into the ground to reduce water pollution.

Projects should seek to demonstrate a connection or relationship to the purpose and function of other MMSD watercourse flood management, and green infrastructure efforts.