MMSD Green Luminary® Award | Riverworks Development Corporation

Working in the historic Harambee and Riverwest neighborhoods on Milwaukee’s north side, Riverworks Development Corporation is a non-profit organization with a vision to help create and maintain prosperous neighborhoods and quality of life for a vibrant and diverse community of residents, businesses, and stakeholders. Running through these neighborhoods is a public recreational trail known as the Beerline Trail. Once a famous rail line known for transporting beer, the Beerline Trail has become a public recreational trail owned by the City of Milwaukee and maintained and managed by Riverworks Development Corporation.

Two destinations along the trail, Beerline Plaza and The Connector Building, serve as key community gathering spaces and include green infrastructure that both beautifies the spaces and helps to keep nearly 34,000 gallons of water from becoming polluted runoff. MMSD’s Green Infrastructure Partnership Program was proud to be part of these impactful projects by supporting the green infrastructure installations, which included a combination of porous pavers, native landscaping, and bioswales.

What is a Green Luminary^® Award?

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District gives Green Luminary^® awards to businesses, organizations, and communities that implement exceptional green infrastructure design projects that benefit our lakes and rivers, as well as our communities.

Install a Rain Barrel

Get FREE water by the barrel from your roof and use it when it’s dry outside to use in your landscape.  Rain barrels help keep excess water out of the sewer system and help reduce water pollution. 

Home HazMat Drop-Off

NEW items and FREE drop-off for your household hazardous waste at one of our permanent or mobile collection locations. Help keep our land and water clean and safe!

Adopt-A-River

Looking for something to do as a team? Something that will bring you closer together, make a huge difference in your community, and only needs to be done twice per year? Consider adopting a section of the Milwaukee, Menomonee and Kinnickinnic Rivers.