Welcome to the Hartung Park Neighborhood!

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The HPCA is always looking for new members. Cost is $5/yr. per family. Please download the Membership Form if you are interested in joining.

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2009 Accomplishments

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There are a lot of new pictures in the PHOTO Gallery. If you have pictures of the event or other items of interest, pass them along and we'll put them here for all to see. You can e-mail items to hartungpark@gmail.com.

Special letter from the Committee President click here
To Read President's Reports click here
To learn more about us click here

Opportunities For You to Help The Park

Each time you shop at Pick 'n Save® and use your Advantage Plus® Savers Card, the non-profit organization you specify will receive a cash rebate which is distributed every three months. The amount of the rebate will be a percentage of the total amount of WE CARE dollars that Pick 'n Save® has contributed. The more you use your card, the larger percentage of total WE CARE contribution your elected organizations will receive.
The Hartung Park WE CARE number is #315255.

Playground Fundraising Progress:

2009 ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Membership:

Held membership steady with over 100 household members
Members volunteered for auction, rain-garden installation, leafleting

Activities and Fundraising:

Annual meeting and Auction
Noodles Night
Murf’s Night
Culver’s Night
Steak’N Shake Night
Community rain garden planting

Grants/Donations:

Wall of Recognition Campaign raised over $15,000 from neighbors
Greater Milwaukee Foundation: $20,000 for bronze artwork
Lowes – picnic tables
Community Improvement Grant for entrance sign – City of Milwaukee
City of Wauwatosa: $10,000
Lubar Family Foundation: $1000
Submitted final reports to Faye McBeath Foundation and REI
Donated $30,700 to City of Milwaukee for the park

Park Development:

Playground constructed
Plantings, grasses, rock features, and woodchip paths installed
Clay sculptures to foundry for bronze work
Researched and developed environmental education signage
Helped broker maintenance funding agreement between Tosa and MKE
Regular meetings with project supervisors

LOOKING FORWARD to 2010… What next?

Bronze sculpture and education signage installed Spring 2010
Last piece of playground equipment installed once funds are raised
Annual Meeting and Park Dedication – First weekend in June
HPCA Weed-out for the park, spring and fall clean ups -TBA
Possible mid-week mini farmers market – July and August
Looking for neighbors interested in organizing neighborhood events in the park
Detention pond and labyrinth installed – Summer/Fall 2010
Work with city of Milwaukee on zoning concerns related to the housing lots

Welcome to the Hartung Park Neighborhood!

News Note:▼

Special letter from the Committee President click here

To Read President's Reports click here

Opportunities For You to Help The Park

Playground Fundraising Progress:

2009 ACCOMPLISHMENTS