2020 Annual Report
Looking back on this past year, despite the challenges of COVID, many good things – large and small – happened in Lake Park. But the best part of all these good things that happened is this: We did this together, as neighbors and friends. Please enjoy the Lake Park Friends 2020 Annual Report! Click here.
Activities
Full Calendar of Activities
Lake Park Reads BOOK CLUB MEETS VIRTUALLY on February 20. Click here for details.
**Most activities are canceled until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Updates
Ravine Road Update
12/7/19 – With an eye on both historic preservation and modern day concerns, and after thoughtful debate and research, the Lake Park Friends Board of Directors unanimously adopted a resolution on Ravine Road. Read the full post here.
1/6/20 – Keep Ravine Road Open to All: In support of this resolution, LPF started an ONLINE PETITION to save the road. Please sign and share the petition: Go to change.org to add your voice by clicking here.
6/30/20 – Milwaukee County Parks held a virtual information session on June 17 regarding progress on the bridge’s design. To watch a video of the meeting, click here.
Updates
Rustic Wooden Bridge Update
Fall 2020 – The dilapidated Rustic Wooden Bridge, located just south of the playground in Lake Park, has been replaced! Thank you to Lake Park Friends donors and volunteers for making this happen.
Our Lake Park Projects
Planting Trees
We have the good fortune of having a fabulous Frederick Law Olmsted historic landmark park in our back yard. Preserving it and enhancing its beauty and usefulness for all our enjoyment requires the work of many people, but most importantly it requires financial support from our community members.
The Park’s Full of Rich History
What do Lake Park and New York’s Central Park have in common?
Frederick Law Olmsted was the leading landscape architect of the second half of the 19th century, and the architect of Lake Park in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Olmsted is perhaps best known for the design and creation of Central Park in New York and the U.S. Capitol grounds in Washington, D.C.