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Milwaukee County is home to over 950,000 people living in one of 19 communities, which range in size from the City of Milwaukee, with 595,000 residents, to the Village of River Hills, with roughly 1,600 residents.
Still a manufacturing stronghold, the region features 16 Fortune 1000 companies and thousands of others in the financial services, medical device, hospitality and retailing industries.
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The Kletzsch Park dam project is a joint project between Milwaukee County Parks, Wisconsin DNR and Great Lakes Restoration to help improve overall river health, expand spawning areas for native fish and to protect the area from erosion due to foot traffic.
Renovations will inlcude:
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The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD) has begun work on a project to revitalize the Kinnickinnic River through Pulaski Park. The project will remove the concrete river bank and widen the channel. A new children's playground and a futsal court will be added as part of the project.
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As part of continued updates to Shore Shore Park, all of which are designed to improve water quality, four design concepts to move the South Shore Beach have been proposed. Consultants will complete their report and will complete construction drawings and specifications in 2019.
Cathedral Square Park playground is the oldest playground in the county parks system. The playground will be refurbished in fall 2018.
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