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The Past 1 A Great Business Location for 210 Years and Counting! - - PDF document
The Past 1 A Great Business Location for 210 Years and Counting! - - PDF document
PROGRESS MOMENTUM IMPACT The Past 1 A Great Business Location for 210 Years and Counting! 2 1996, Wisconsin around the Brownfield time of the Study Group first Sustainable brownfields Urban conference Development Zones
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1996, around the time of the first brownfields conference Wisconsin Brownfield Study Group “Sustainable Urban Development Zones”
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The Menomonee River Valley
The Vision
To Revitalize Menomonee Valley for the benefit of the entire Milwaukee community
Milestones: 1996 Land Use Plan 1998 Formation of Menomonee Valley Partners 1999 National Design Competition
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6th Street Bridges
BEFORE AFTER
6th Street Bridges
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Canal Street
- BEFORE
AFTER
35th St. 27th St. 16th St. 6th St.
Canal Street
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Hank Aaron State Trail
Milwaukee Road Shops
Once called “Wisconsin’s worst eyesore.”
BEFORE
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BEFORE Catalytic Projects: New Development
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Catalytic Projects: Expansion
More than 550,000 sf
- f building space
constructed with Sustainable Design Guidelines
Sustainable Development
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Highlights Since 1998
Public / Private Investments: Public - $148 mm Private - $541 mm Job Creation: 4,100 new jobs since 1998 Support of emerging businesses Sustainable Design: 557,000 SF of high performance, energy efficient bldgs Quality of Life: 70 acres of new public greenspace with park and trails
Imagine…Thousands of jobs
returning to the Menomonee Valley
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Imagine…A State Trail as a workplace
amenity and business recruitment tool
Imagine…Acres of sustainably
designed buildings and landscapes
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Imagine….A wildlife refuge
amid city life
Imagine…a new place for urban
environmental education
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Imagine…A sanctuary in the backyards
- f urban neighborhoods
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The Progress
Menomonee Valley Industrial Center & Community Park
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15 Awarded One of the 10 Best Projects in the Nation by the Sierra Club
Stormwater Park
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Chimney Plaza
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Recycle, Reuse
The ground you walk on is fill from the Marquette Interchange; reusing it kept 75,000 truckloads of material from the landfill
Recycle, Reuse
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Milwaukee’s Largest Rain Barrel
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Emerging Business Partnerships Transit Planning
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Improving Water Quality and Public Access Community Participation
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Public Art
Greatest Challenges
- Staying true to the Land Use Plan
- Condemnation of 140 acres
- Negotiations with railroad
- Budget reality
- Intergovernmentalterritorialisticlackof
- expeditialiosis. (Heroes enter stage
right; villains exit).
- Upside down economics
– Geotechnical – Environmental – Dockwall
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Keys to success
- Credibility of MVP chairman
- Dedication of high level players
- Great visuals of vision/design
competition
- Depth and talent of the team(s)
- Seed funding
- Every brownfield tool ever seen
- MVP’s role as Pre-Developer
The Work Ahead
- 1. Recruit Quality Companies
- 2. Complete Public Spaces and
Infrastructure
- 3. Connect Jobs to Those that Need Them
- 4. Leverage the Valley’s Investment
- 5. Build a Strong Environmental
Stewardship Program
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Recruiting Quality Companies
- 20 acres remain at MVIC
- 20,000 - 80,000 sf at Canal St. Commerce Center
- Call Corey Zetts at 414-274-4655
Completing Public Spaces
35th Street Viaduct
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Hank Aaron State Trail Neighborhood Connections
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Viable Bike to Work Route
HAST Extension to Waukesha County
State Fair Park VA Zoo Current Trail
A New 23-Acre Urban Forest
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Viaduct Recreation Area
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Connecting Jobs
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Leverage Valley Investment Build Environmental Stewardship
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Contact Information
Menomonee Valley Partners, Inc. www.renewthevalley.org
Bruce Keyes Foley & Lardner LLP BKeyes@Foley.com Laura Bray Executive Director laura@renewthevalley.org