Exploring the outdoor classroom on a very cold February day with photo phenology group and a JS photographer
-- Chris Young @degreeinscience #uecmvmemories
I think my favorite memory from this last year was looking around at the Grand Opening of Three Bridges Park, and thinking, “Oh my gosh, this is really happening! This rail yard is now a park where people are walking and talking and laughing and doing yoga and dancing and drumming!” I think that event encapsulated everything I love about the work we do at the Center: collaboration, creativity, community engagement, an amazing staff, and tons of people having fun outside, right in the middle of the city!
-- Glenna Holstein, Branch Manager - Menomonee Valley
I have two favorite memories. And both of them happened at the Branch's Grand Opening. The first was the feeling that I got when I watched Ken Leinbach and Laura Bray (Executive Directors of the Urban Ecology Center and the Menomonee Valley Partners respectively) celebrate with the community who had worked so hard for that day. They were giddy with the excitement.
My second memory was watching children and youth playing and learning in the Menomonee River. To me it was the reason we were celebrating in the first place. Watching kids experience nature for the first (or the 10th or the hundredth) time is one of my favorite parts of working at the Urban Ecology Center.
-- Carijean Buhk, Urban Ecology Center Marketing Communications Coordinator
Here are some of our favorite Menomonee Valley blog posts:
- Royal Bay-Bee Mania
- See for Yourself: Menomonee Valley "From the Ground Up"
- Three Bridges Park Grand Opening (check out Glenna's cool poem at the end space of the post)
What are your favorite Menomonee Valley first year memories? Post your answers on Facebook or Twitter and we will add them here!
Menomonee Valley First Year Celebration!
Saturday, September 7
Join us for part or all of the day! Click here for a complete schedule of the activities.
Be sure to look for our Photo Phenology Exhibit which offers a pictorial view of the Menomonee Valley. Come see how the Valley has changed over the past year.
At 10am join us for a Menomonee Valley Bird walk. We'll look for migratory and resident birds and compare our findings to data we collected a year ago.
Rather bike than walk? Come by at 2pm for a bike ride through Three Bridges Park.
