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Related: About this forumLet The County Grounds Serve As Symbol Of Scott Walker’s Legacy
http://milwaukeecountyfirst.com/?p=2988In the Milwaukee suburb of Wauwatosa, there is an area that is commonly referred to as the county grounds.
It is a vast area of land, parts of which is leased to Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin and Froedtert Hospital (which was once the county-owned Doynes Hospital until sold off decades ago). The county grounds also is home to the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division, the delapidated county greenhouses, and a business park.
The county grounds also contains two rare treasures the Monarch Trail and the Eschweiler Buildings.
The Monarch Trail is part of the last undeveloped and ungroomed natural space in Milwaukee County. It contains one of the rare places in the country which acts as an oasis for the Monarch Butterflies. Due to the unique form of the county grounds including a large sequoia tree and an abundance of milkweed, the Monarch butterflies food, the area is a spot where the Monarchs gather every year in their annual migration from the north to their wintering homes in Mexico and Central America.
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Let The County Grounds Serve As Symbol Of Scott Walker’s Legacy (Original Post)
hue
Apr 2012
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amazing....yesterday people from illinois and wisconsin were planting trees in wisconsin
madrchsod
Apr 2012
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midnight
(26,624 posts)1. What does a 12 million TIF mean? Anyone know?
The taxpayers are stuck with a $12 million TIF that was completely avoidable and ill-advised.
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)3. looks like how it`s set up...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tax_increment_financing
knowing walker wisconsin is stuck with the bill
knowing walker wisconsin is stuck with the bill
madrchsod
(58,162 posts)2. amazing....yesterday people from illinois and wisconsin were planting trees in wisconsin
it`s a wonder walker has`t figured out how to keep them from doing this....
what next the horicon marshland?