Milwaukee County Parks

Milwaukee County’s Parks, Energy and Environment Committee held its regular monthly meeting Tuesday, but the conversation was anything but regular. When discussion turned to the daunting challenge of addressing years of deferred maintenance throughout the county parks system, tension arose.

With many branch lines spread across Milwaukee County connecting to other municipal trails, Milwaukee County Parks' trails have plenty of options to explore. There may even be a trail hidden in plain sight in your own neighborhood.

In 1938, the heir of the Blatz Brewing Company wanted to bring his love of classical music to Milwaukee. Emil Blatz provided $100,000 for the construction of a bandshell that would soon become a temple of music.

For this week’s Bubbler Talk, question asker Jessica Wineberg wonders why a county park in Franklin and a county pool in South Milwaukee are named Grobschmidt. WUWM discovers more than one Grobschmidt has been honored in more than two sites in the Milwaukee area.

A work group will be reporting on its progress Tuesday in coming up with a plan for the future of the Mitchell Park Horticultural Conservatory, commonly known as the Domes.

For this week's Bubbler Talk, we look at how the Works Progress Administration and the Civilian Conservation Corps expanded the Milwaukee County Park system in the 1930s.

A Wisconsin Policy Forum report looks at other parks systems to help Milwaukee County beleaguered parks develop possible financial solutions.

Milwaukee County Parks Executive Director Guy Smith says without a new model or increased revenue outside of fee-based services, only the profitable parts of the parks system will be able to survive.

As summer weather settles in and our post-pandemic world continues to open, more people will likely head to parks and beaches. But families in Milwaukee County will see fewer staff, especially lifeguards.

Milwaukee County leaders are promising greater racial equity in county operations. That includes the Parks Department, which has more than 150 properties.…