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Compost Bin and Rain Barrel Sale

For the first time, bagged compost will be available for sale. Blue Ribbon Organics OMRI Certified 1 cubic foot bags of compost (25 lbs.) will be available for $10 each ($6 each for current organics pilot participants). Place your online order for compost to be picked up May 19th at Estabrook Park from 9 AM – 12 PM. Pay with cash or check when you pick

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April Murray Hill Meeting

Hello Neighbors, Please join us at our April Murray Hill Meeting on Tuesday, April 24 at 7 PM at the Urban Ecology Center, Riverside Park Branch.  Our guest speakers will be from the City’s Department of Neighborhood Services to talk about things from a big picture standpoint as well as day to day code enforcement issues.  We’ll be hearing from: Archie Blunt – Special Enforcement

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Leftover Plastic Eggs?

Neighbors, If you ended up with a few too many plastic eggs after Saturday’s Egg-stravaganza, please drop off your extras to the Urban Ecology Center for us to reuse for next year!  There is a blue bin next to the front desk, and while you’re there be sure to thank them for their willingness to host us as a last-minute rainout location!  


UWM Neighborhood Cleanup

Hello neighbors! The UWM Neighborhood Housing Office is organizing a neighborhood cleanup for their students and neighbors are invited to participate!  We’ve heard from several neighbors interested in doing a cleanup and this is a great opportunity to piggyback off of UWM’s program. The cleanup will be on Friday, 4/6 from 1-4 PM.  The volunteers will meet near the Neighborhood Housing Office to get their

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Saturday is the Eggstravaganza!

All are welcome to join the fun at the 14th Annual Spring Eggstravaganza scheduled for the Saturday, March 31st at 9 a.m. in the children’s play area of Riverside Park. Bring your containers, cameras, smiles, kids and grandkids to our annual egg hunt.  Several thousand eggs are “hidden” for the hunt, including traditional colored eggs, plastic eggs filled with candy, and special ceramic and paper mache eggs produced

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A Neighborhood Offer from the Milwaukee Rep Theater

This offer comes from Cara McMullin at the Milwaukee Repertory Theater. Download the flier here. Dear Milwaukee-area Neighborhood Assn, This Spring Milwaukee Repertory Theater presents the great American classic “Our Town.”  We are thrilled to bring Wisconsin native Thornton Wilder’s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama to the stage April 10 – May 13. “Our Town” illuminates the powerful bonds that hold communities together through everyday life and moments of crisis.  This

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14th Annual Spring Eggstravaganza!

Join us at the Spring Eggstravanganza! All are welcome to join the fun at the 14th Annual Spring Eggstravaganzascheduled for the Saturday, March 31st at 9 a.m. in the children’s play area of Riverside Park. Bring your containers, cameras, smiles, kids and grandkids to our annual egg hunt.  Several thousand eggs are “hidden” for the hunt, including traditional colored eggs, plastic eggs filled with candy, and special

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February MHNA Membership Meeting

Neighbors, We hope you can make it to our February Murray Hill meeting, next week Tuesday, February 27 at 7 PM at the Urban Ecology Center (1500 E Park Place).  Our special guests will be: Wisconsin State Senator Chris Larson Wisconsin State Representative Jonathan Brostoff MPD District 1 Community Liaison Officer Tom Kline Our elected officials will give us a general update on the latest happenings

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