Community Engagement Hub
Promoting Community Engagement for a united Washington Park neighborhood.
At the heart of our neighborhood lies a commitment to collaboration, connection, and collective progress. We're delighted to introduce our Community Engagement Hub, your digital gateway to all things community-related.
Here, you'll discover an array of resources, opportunities, and ways to get involved in making our neighborhood an even better place to live, work, and play.
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Get In Touch
Have ideas, questions, or suggestions? We'd love to hear from you! Reach out to us through our contact form, and together, we'll continue to be Rooted in the Washington Park neighborhood and work with you to keep our neighborhood Rising.
Support Our Mission
Rooted & Rising relies on the support of generous community members like you. Consider making a donation to help us continue our work in building a connected and resilient neighborhood. Together, we can achieve great things!
Join Hands, Make a Difference
Our neighborhood thrives when we come together with passion and purpose. Whether you're a long-time resident or new, your involvement and ideas are invaluable. Let’s shape the future of our neighborhood with a sense of unity, belonging, and pride.
Reclaiming Our Neighborhoods (RON) Coalition
Founded in 2013, Reclaiming Our Neighborhoods (RON) is a coalition of ten neighborhood-based nonprofit organizations, City of Milwaukee partners, housing agencies and other stakeholders with the mission to improve the quality of housing in Milwaukee through data-informed, resident-engaged strategies and actions. RON envisions equitable, healthy neighborhoods of choice and opportunity for all residents.
Washington Park Quality of Life Plan Work
Upon completion, the Quality of Life (QOL) Plan will be a comprehensive, community-driven roadmap designed to elevate residents' well-being and foster sustainable growth within our neighborhoods. Through passion and collaboration, the QOL Plan will provide residents of Washington Park with an action plan that has sustainable efforts to build a stronger community.
Lisbon Avenue Corridor Charette Report
Hot off the presses, we are so thrilled to share with you the Lisbon Avenue Charette final report, a collaborative initiative of Rooted & Rising that was led by Ce Planning Studio with wonderful support from the City of Milwaukee – Department of City Development, our Washington Park resident leaders, Athena Communications, LISC Milwaukee, and the D.E.E.R. Accelerator. This full day charette occurred in late February 2026, hosted by our friends at the Urban Ecology Center, and represents an early activation of the recently completed Washington Park Quality of Life Plan.
We want to give a special shout out to the six architectural firms that gave generously of their time and expertise to help us all envision what is possible for these vacant and blighted parcels along the Lisbon Avenue corridor:
RINKA
Dan Beyer Architects
Quorum Architects, Inc.
Engberg Anderson
Galbraith Carnahan Architects
Korb Architects
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