Milwaukee Active Streets 2021 launches in 4 locations
MILWAUKEE - The hot weather Friday, June 4 had many people out enjoying the sun, and four Milwaukee neighborhoods will have new programming to help residents enjoy the outdoors all summer.
The city kicked off its Active Streets program Friday – blocking off certain streets to through traffic, giving more room for things like walking and biking.
As the 90-degree sun shined down on 25th Street, brother and sister Jeremiah and Janiyah soaked it all in.
The two will have fewer cars to worry about this year as they zip around the neighborhood. 25th Street from Roosevelt to Capitol was chosen as a location for the Active Streets program.
"It helps residents to see that we’re listening to them, that they’re concerned about the speeding, the reckless driving. The barricades will help to slow the traffic in the area. Kids feel much more comfortable riding their bikes. Residents are walking and biking in the area," said Raymond Monk with Northwest Side Community Development Co. (NWSCDC).
Along with the Active Streets signage comes a grant to the NWSCDC to run programs, like a walking club.
Road closed as part of Milwaukee's Active Streets program
"I’m not afraid to walk. My kids always tell me I shouldn’t be walking alone, but I walk around the block a couple times," long-time resident John Barbee said.
Barbee raised five kids of his own at his Milwaukee home and wants to see more kids safely enjoy the summer.
"The neighborhood is a good neighborhood if we can keep it under control," Barbee said.
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Officials say the Milwaukee Active Streets 2021 program builds on the success of the DPW partnership in 2020 with Milwaukee County Parks.
Four community-based organizations were chosen for the following locations:
- Northwest Side CDC: N. 25th Street from W. Roosevelt Drive to W. Capitol Drive.
- Sixteenth Street Community Health Centers: W. Washington Street from S. 20th Street to S. 1st Street.
- United Methodist Children's Services: W. Galena Street from N. 40th Street to N. 27th Street – and W. Cherry Street from N. 24th Place to N. 20th Street.
- Metcalfe Park Community Bridges: N. 37th Street & N. 38th Street from W. North Avenue to W. Meinecke Avenue – and W. Meinecke Avenue from N. 37th Street to N. 38th Street.
Learn more about the Active Streets program at city.milwaukee.gov/dpw.
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