2026 Green Infrastructure Partnership Program Awards Announced

07/10/26 07:30:am

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) Commission approved awarding $437,500 to three 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 over 2.2 million gallons of stormwater capacity. These projects incorporate a wide variety of green infrastructure (GI) types designed to manage water where it falls, to help reduce the likelihood of sewer water backing up into basements or overflowing into our waterways.

With support from MMSD’s Green Infrastructure Partnership Program, the Neighborhood House of Milwaukee undertook a significant green infrastructure project to enhance stormwater management. This project included the construction of a bioretention basin, native landscaping, and a porous-pavement driveway that ties in perfectly with their environmental education programming.

2026 Green Infrastructure Partnership Program Award Winners:

Heyday Oak Creek Phase II – Residential Community with Constructed Wetlands and Native Landscaping, submitted by CR Oak Creek Land II, LLC
Loomis Crossing Technology Park – Industrial Development with Constructed Wetland and Native Plantings, submitted by Likewise Cobalt Loomis, LLC
Sendik’s Public Improvements – Pervious Parking, submitted by the Village of Whitefish Bay

Learn How Green Infrastructure Helps Communities Manage Stormwater

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 the implementation of the MMSD's Regional Green Infrastructure Plan (RGIP) (2013),Urban Biodiversity Plan (2018), and Resilience Plan (2019).

MMSD's investment in green infrastructure is to increase the implementation of innovative approaches to wet weather management that are 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 flood management and green infrastructure efforts.