Friends of Lynden Hill

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Friends of Lynden Hill

What is Lynden Hill?

Located in the Midtown Neighborhood of Milwaukee, bordered by 22nd and 23rd Streets, Juneau and McKinley Avenues, Lynden Hill is a beautiful place that offers lessons from the past and a promise of the future. Lynden Hill is a unique landscape, a complete city block with over 50 trees, an expansive grassy space, a sloping hill and a natural amphitheater.

In 1999, Lynden Hill was designated as the City of Milwaukee?’s Urban Tree House. The Urban Tree House is an environmental education project of the USDA Forest Service. The goal is to provide opportunities for environmental education in an urban setting. The program is designed to develop an environmental stewardship ethic among youth and to increase public awareness, appreciation and ownership of our natural resources.

For many years, Lynden Hill has been a treasured neighborhood green space maintained and cared for by the residents of Midtown Neighborhood. Lynden Hill has many positive potentials for the community. It will be a place for both the young and old to?…
?…discover more about the natural world
?…learn about the history of the neighborhood
?…hear and see a variety of cultural programs.
It will be a place for families and friends to?…
?…gather for socializing and learning
?…engage in activities such as gardening, nature walks, or a farmer?’s market.
It will be a place for the neighborhood & community to?…
?…share and to treasure as an open space asset offering a variety of educational, cultural, and social programs.

Lynden Hill Partnership

The Lynden Hill Partnership shares the philosophy of community cooperation and partnerships.

Collaborative efforts have been established to enhance and preserve Lynden Hill as an open space asset in the community offering a variety of educational, cultural, and social programs.

Many institutions, organizations and individuals have joined together to promote and participate in all that this remarkable site has to offer.

The Lynden Hill Partners are:
* Midtown Neighborhood Association
* Friends of Lynden Hill
* City of Milwaukee
* Urban Open Space Foundation
* Growing Power & Farm City Link
* Neighborhood House
* Pieper Boys and Girls Club
* Grand Avenue School
* Milwaukee High School of the Arts
* Public Allies
* Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources Division of Forestry
* Havenwoods Environmental Awareness Center
* America?’s Outdoors
* National Park Service
* USDA Forest Service
* Bureau of Land Management
* US Fish and Wildlife Service
* Natural Resource and Conservation Service

The Friends of Lynden Hill

The Friends of Lynden Hill is the citizen-decision making group to lead in the development and direction of Lynden Hill. The Friends include and welcome neighbors and representatives from local schools, businesses, cultural and religious institutions and others interested in environmental and educational issues and enhancing the community.

Through the Friends of Lynden Hill you can offer your vision for the future of this site. We are working on specific site enhancements, community and cultural programming and activities, outreach, fundraising and more. We need you to help with these activities in order for Lynden Hill to reach its full potential.

As a Friend you can...
* Adopt a flowerbed or corner
* Pick up litter on and around the Hill
* Attend a meeting or event
* Find a group or organization to have an event at Lynden Hill
* Find 3 more Friends of Lynden Hill
* Design a sign for Lynden Hill
* Help distribute flyers or make phone calls for events
* Create an event for children
* Story telling hour or book reading for kids
* Help organize an art or craft show or class
* Help organize or attend a health and safety day event
* Join the Lynden Hill Leadership Team
* Help organize or attend Social events & activities
* Teach others your hobby or special skill
* Take yourself or others on neighborhood or nature walks
* Assist with planning our future