MMSD Green Luminary® Award | Neighborhood House of Milwaukee

The entryway to Neighborhood House was once a badly damaged, cracked driveway and a large turf lawn. Through this project, the entrance has been transformed into over 900 square feet of porous pavement and over 1,000 square feet of rain gardens and bioswales. Together, this new, more welcoming space manages over 7,000 gallons of stormwater each time it rains.

Neighborhood House of Milwaukee has been positively impacting the lives of thousands of children and families for over 80 years. Their programming includes early childhood care, environmental education, adult workforce development, and education with the goal of empowering people to build brighter futures. The onsite green infrastructure connects perfectly with the environmental education programming at Neighborhood House while also helping improve the environment.

What is a Green Luminary^® Award?

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District gives Green Luminary^® awards to businesses, organizations, and communities that implement exceptional green infrastructure design projects that benefit our lakes and rivers, as well as our communities.

Home HazMat Drop-Off

NEW items and FREE drop-off for your household hazardous waste at one of our permanent or mobile collection locations. Help keep our land and water clean and safe!

Adopt-A-River

Looking for something to do as a team? Something that will bring you closer together, make a huge difference in your community, and only needs to be done twice per year? Consider adopting a section of the Milwaukee, Menomonee and Kinnickinnic Rivers. 

Install a Rain Barrel

Get FREE water by the barrel from your roof and use it when it’s dry outside to use in your landscape.  Rain barrels help keep excess water out of the sewer system and help reduce water pollution.