Ib lub tiaj ua si txuas nrog nws lub zej zog muaj kev ruaj ntseg, tsis muaj mob, vibrant. Thiab ib lub zej zog txuas nrog nws cov tiaj ua si yog muaj kev ruaj ntseg, tsis muaj mob, vibrant.

Sprouts Strategy

Nrog peb Sprouts zoo, peb nqis peev pab rau grassroots nom tswv thiab pawg uas anchor peb chaw ua si. Zej zog cov suab lus nws yuav tsum ua si ib lub luag hauj lwm nyob rau hauv shaping cov txheej txheem rau lawv chaw ua si thiab peb lub kaw lus ua ib tug lej. Peb txhawb lub tswv yim thiab zog ntawm cov thawj coj hauv zej zog ua ib daim ntawv ntawm kev them nyiaj yug rau Milwaukee County Parks. 

Piv txwv ntawm qhov uas zoo nyob rau hauv tes hauj lwm no muaj xws li: 

Ib tug txiv neej dub nqa ib thoob nyob ze ib creek

Amani cov hluas sawv daws hosting lawv 2024 Moody Park Chess sib txeeb

Ib tug poj niam dub zaum hauv lub teb qhib teb ntawm ib feem siv suab bowls

Organizer thiab healer Camille Mays plays nws suab bowls ntawm lub nroog Grounds Park.

Ib tug hluas dub sawv pem lub taub hau ib tug xim mural

Rapper, poet thiab tsev kawm ntawv qib high school Jonah Denae sau tau 'Tshaj ntawd cov grounds,' ib paj huam uas yog xaiv li khiav ntawm Lyrics rau peb Sanctuary.

Ib pawg neeg ntxhi thaum cuag ib mural

Phooj ywg ntawm Rose Park collaborated nrog Rozalia thiab Reynaldo Hernandez los ua ib lub zej zog mural uas yuav muab ntsia rau lub Clinton-Rose Center nyob rau lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav 2023.

2023/2024 Sprouts Fund Winners

Thaum 2023, peb launched ib RFP txheej txheem uas ua rau 61 daim ntawv thov uas muaj ntau tshaj $500,000 thov. Guided los ntawm tej nom tswv rau peb pawg neeg, Milwaukee Parks Foundation faib $100,000 muaj ob xyoos rau grassroots chaw ua si activation tej yaam num txuas nrog rau tej thaj chaw uas muaj kev noj qab haus huv thiab Healing, zej zog care, thiab Collective Joy. Qhov nyiaj pab txeeb ranged ntawm $5,000 rau $8,000 txhua xyoo thiab tau DVR thaum 2023 thiab 2024.

Cov Sprouts Fund Grant Recipients yog:

Activating Sherman Park

Sherman Park Community Association, phooj ywg ntawm Sherman Park, Program The Parks, United kev ua si qws tsoo thiab Beckum-Stapleton me pab koomtes tauj ib slate ntawm intergenerational zej zog thoob plaws hauv lub caij ntuj sov, xws li ntaus pob tesniv, kickball, tej kev kawm ntawv, teb lag luam.

Latino kev txuag lub limtiam hauv MKE

Zaynab Baalbaki thiab collaborators coj thawj koob hauv Milwaukee qhuas Latino kev txuag lub limtiam. Txheej xwm xws li Biking & Birria, Tacos & Trails, ua si & Paleta, Pájaros y Pan, thiab Flan y Fotos muab qhov chaw thoob plaws Milwaukee County Parks rau Milwaukee sab qab teb.

MADD 414 tam sim no Drums tuaj phom cia

Milwaukee African Drum thiab Seev cev 414 hosted ib tug hluas yeej thoj nam focusing rau hnub poob African drum, seev cev, thiab nyuas thoob plaws Milwaukee County Parks rau Milwaukee sab qaum teb. Peb tes num nyob Drums tuaj phom cia drum voj voog, qhib rau pej xeem.

Qhov Zoo Noj Qab Nyob Zoo

Uas tau tsav los ntawm ib lub hom phiaj haib los tsim kev ruaj ntseg thiab constructive txuj rau cov Milwaukeeans, Trinika Walker thiab collaborators piloted lub zoo Zone yeej thoj nam, uas muaj kev ua si (tshwj xeeb tshaj yog basketball), arts, crafts, thiab suab paj nruag.

Amani Cov Hluas sawv daws thiab cov phooj ywg ntawm Moody Park

Coj los ntawm cov hluas zej zog, Amani cov hluas sawv daws thiab cov phooj ywg ntawm Moody Park los ntau cov hluas activation txheej xwm ntawm lawv lub tsev chaw ua si. Qhov no muaj ib 3v3 basketball kev sib tw qhuas lub neej ntawm ib tug sawv daws uas kis, txheej xwm teem rau kev puas siab puas ntsws thiab hauv cov entrepreneur showcases.

Kev Ruaj Ntseg Zej Zog Kho Peb Tes Num

Lub zos pab pawg neeg txuas nws muaj nyob atkinson Triangle Park, ua rau longstanding kev sib raug zoo thiab koom tes hauv lub zej zog surrounding. Qhov no muaj ib tug mobile zaub mov pantry, zej zog cookouts, cov hluas programming, ntsoog kev cuam tshuam, thiab ntau dua.

ib pawg rau cov neeg. Peb yog sawv, peb yog zaum ntawm kauj ruam nyob ib ncig ntawm ib tug neeg Asmeskas drum.

Sprouts Fund grant cov neeg tau txais kev pab muaj xws li, clockwise pib ntawm sab laug: Keyon Malone-Jackson (lub zos pab pawg neeg), Mabel Lamb (Sherman Park Community Association), Elizabeth xim av (phooj ywg ntawm Moody Park), Trinika Walker (zoo Zone), Ojumire Charleston (Milwaukee Area Drum thiab Seev cev) thiab Zaynab Baalbaki (ZB Consulting)

2022 Sprouts Fund

Hauv 2022, peb launched peb Sprouts Fund mus nqis peev pab ntxiv rau qhov emerging zoo. Guided los ntawm tej nom tswv rau peb pawg neeg (saib hauv qab no), Milwaukee Parks Foundation caw grassroots pawg txuas nrog high-ranked chaw ua si rau Milwaukee County equity Index koom rau hauv no tsav xws li Atkinson, Clarke Square, Johnsons, Moody thiab Walker Square.

Peb muab nyiaj pab ntawm $5,000 los txhawb tswv yim nrog momentum los yog yuav tsum tau muab kev pab kom tau tawm hauv pem teb. Peb cov tub ntxhais nug: "Qhov project no muaj rau lub tiaj ua si lub zej zog?" Tsis kos, txhua sib tham yog brimming nrog tej zaum. Peb hnov txog cov muaj siab sau thiab ua si, thiab raws li nquag thiab exciting tsis pom kev zoo rau dab tsi tau. Peb kuj tham txog cov complexities muag los ntawm ib lub tiaj ua si, nws lub zej zog thiab lawv stakeholders ntau stakeholders.

Nyob rau lub caij nplooj zeeg 2022, peb muab khoom plig rau Clarke Square neighborhood teg num, phooj ywg ntawm Moody Park, Northwest SAB CDC thiab lub rooj. Txhua lub tswv yim tau coj los kawm kom zoo rau milwaukee Parks Foundation thiab peb xav thov ua tsaug rau txhua pawg rau lawv koom tes.

Ib pawg me nyuam yaus posing rau lub koob yees duab nrog ib hnav li Spiderman nyob nruab nrab

Phooj ywg ntawm Moody Park thiab cov Amani hluas sawv daws nyob lawv mask-querade Dance tog hauv 2022, uas muaj zaub mov, ua si, suab paj nruag, suab paj nruag, thiab tau kawg, costumes.

Moody Park

Thaum peb approached phooj ywg ntawm Moody Park, chaired los Elizabeth xim av, cov Amani hluas sawv daws twb nyuam qhuav brainstormed hauv zej zog nyiaj so koobtsheej txheej xwm centered nyob rau hauv lawv lub tiaj ua si pavilion. Thoob plaws hauv lub caij 2022 nyiaj so koobtsheej caij, peb twb tau txhawb lawv lub zej zog sib sau ua ke rau Halloween, Thanksgiving, thiab Christmas, txhua los thiab hosted los ntawm cov nom tswv Amani.

Ib pawg neeg taug kev hauv ib lub vaj zaub ntawm sunset

Los ntawm Foodways & fieldhands, cov me nyuam kawm ntawv los ntawm xim av Txoj kev Academy yuav tau kawm nyob rau hauv tej zej zog Alice lub vaj thiab Johnsons Park.

Johnsons Park

Alice lub vaj nyob rau parkland txuas nrog Johnsons Park. Peb yuav txhawb Venice Hmoiams thiab lub rooj collaboration nrog tej zej zog xim av txoj kev Academy rau cov zaub mov & fieldhands. Qhov kev pab cuam no "invites cov me nyuam kawm ntawv thiab tsev neeg, tag nrho cov haiv neeg backgrounds, tshawb cov agricultural thiab culinary traditions ntawm cov neeg Asmeskas uas tau coj mus rau americas, thiab cov neeg Asmeskas american neeg."

ntoo-lined path nrog chaw ua si chaw ua si thiab chaw ua si nyob rau hauv cov tom qab

Ib txog kev ua rau lub pavilion thiab ua si rau ib hnub zoo nkauj hnub hauv Clarke Square Park thaum lub caij ntuj sov 2022.

Clarke Square & Atkinson Triangle

Zej zog loj hlob ntawm lub koomhaum ceev thiab ob leeg ntawm cov tiaj ua si, huab cua thiab lwm yam muaj tshwm sim tsis koom tes nrog peb thawj timeliness. Li ntawd, peb yeej tsis maj maj. Peb yog tam sim no ua hauj lwm nrog peb collaborators los remount lub hom phiaj nyob rau lub caij nplooj ntoos hlav 2023. Nyob rau hauv ob qhov chaw ua si, qhov no yuav muaj xws li cov txheej xwm organized nyob ib ncig ntawm lub zej zog cov chaw muab kev pab thiab xav tau, nrog rau tej zaum ib tug phooj ywg tshiab rau Clarke Square Park.

Pawg neeg (Pawg Neeg || Sprouts Fund Reviewers

Cassie Bauer

Cassie Bauer

Urban Ecology Center

Antoine Carter

Antoine Carter

Milwaukee Public Library Foundation

Maggie Dauss

Maggie Dauss

Fork Farms

Jerica Fehr

Jerica Fehr

Nyob ze xwm MKE

Erin Fischer

Erin Fischer

NCOV TEG NUM

Felice ntsuab

Felice ntsuab

Milwaukee Dej Commons

Dana Hansen

Dana Hansen

Chaw ua si

Travis Vam cia

Travis Vam cia

Kev Ruaj Ntseg & Suab

Angela Lang

Angela Lang

Cov thawj coj dub Organizing zej zog

Ashley Lee

Ashley Lee

Yuam Kom Tau Thiab Soj Ntsuam, Pej Xeem Phoojywg

Stephanie Mercado

Stephanie Mercado

Rooj zaum, Michels Corporation

Erin Moore

Erin Moore

Zej zog pab dawb

Muaj Perez

Muaj Perez

Kaum rau (6) txoj kev Community Health Centers

Julien Phifer

Julien Phifer

Milwaukee County Parks

Jim Tarantino

Jim Tarantino

Milwaukee County Parks

Leon Walker-Metts

Leon Walker-Metts

Cov pab pawg neeg Helios