Mission Statement
The mission of Friends of Grant Park is to preserve natural areas of the park, protect the water quality, enhance unique features of the park, and to provide a mechanism for private contributions to supplement public funding of Grant Park.
Park safety Contact Information
In case of an emergency, dial 911.
Milwaukee County Parks Ranger Patrol number is 414-567-8433 to report witnessing events of concern such as vandalism, tagging, and remote control vehicle use. You can also contact Milwaukee County Sheriff’s non-emergency number, 414-278-4788.
How to report other safety issues
…such as trees fallen on road or trails, trail bridge damage, etc. https://issues.county.milwaukee.gov/
…If dead birds are found along the Lake Michigan shore, call the DNR, 608-267-0866. It is best not to bring dogs to the beach now as it is not certain how the bird flu spreads. If you are immune compromised, check with local health dept. Unhealthy raccoons have been seen.
Donations
We appreciate any and all donations! Donations through The Park People, our fiscal agent, can be made online here: https://parkpeoplemke.org/friends-groups/donate-friends-groups/, and scroll down to choose Friends of Grant Park.
On your cell phone, access PayPal here:
https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=PARJN3UXTUACC
If donating by check, make payable to the Park People of Milwaukee County with the memo line identifying Friends of Grant park (birdfeeder or trees or whatever), and send to:
The Park People of Milwaukee County Inc.
Falk Park Pavilion
2013 W. Rawson Ave.
Oak Creek, WI 53154
The Park People is a 501(c)(3) organization.
Join us for our monthly meetings!
The Friends of Grant Park have monthly meetings on the second Thursday of each month at 6:30 PM. During summer months ( June, July, August & September) we meet at Area 5 shelter; for the remainder of the year, we meet in person at the Grant Park Golf Course Clubhouse, 100 E. Hawthorne Ave., South Milwaukee. Park security issues are always first on the agenda.
Our 2025 Board of Directors:
- Pam Uhrig, Chair
- Debby Pizur, Vice Chair
- Lynn Crawford/Debby Pizur, Co-Secretaries
- Lynn Crawford, Treasurer
- Mary Fortier and Jody Johnson, Members at Large
To contact the Friends of Grant Park:
friendsofgrantpark@gmail.com
and on Facebook at Friends of Grant Park
Don’t get lost!
Trying to navigate the Seven Bridges area? Click on the link below to access a map of the Seven Bridges ravine and northern end of Grant Park.
7 bridges map 2004 (10 bridges)
Friends Group Receives Award
The Park People, an umbrella organization encouraging citizen stewardship of Milwaukee County Parks has awarded their 2013 Volunteer Group of the Year award to the Friends of Grant Park. The volunteer group, formed in 2006, has worked to improve Grant Park through its Weed-Out! programs each spring and fall; replaced carpeting in the golf course clubhouse; installed security cameras to monitor vandalism at the beach and has installed several rain gardens. A slope restoration project necessitated by a washout due to the severe storms in 2011 in the Seven Bridges ravine was installed June 8th, 2012. The Friends of Grant Park received the award May 30, 2014 at the Greenfield Park Pavilion.
I would like to be involved in the FOGP. Please advise! Thanks
Since the lagoon is located in the Oak Creek Parkway, and not within Grant Park’s borders, the Friends of Grant Park do not host a WeedOut at that location. I am not aware that the Friends of the Mill Pond are involved in the WeedOut program. Regarding “Restore the Lagoon” fundraising, I believe that is an independent ad hoc group and I can’t speak for their donation program.
Amanda, we took a volunteer group to the Mill Pond about 3 weeks ago to cut down the teasel there. There is a great deal of invasive material growing there, but we note that with some of the materials growing on the pond edge, the goose population (and its resulting waste) has become more manageable than the previous mowed edge.