A Community Resource
The Milwaukee Community Map is a resource of, for, and by the community. The nonprofit Reflo - Sustainable Water Solutions curates the map. Community stakeholders use and maintain it and meet annually to review and guide its progress.
Scroll down to check out some of our partner organizations who have sponsored map stories and data shared through the Milwaukee Community Map.
We are open to new collaborations.
Project Partners
Created by the WATER Connectors
We Are Grateful for Generous Support
Thanks to support from Brico Fund and the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program, Milwaukee author and historian John Gurda partnered with us to present animated Water History Tours showing how Milwaukee's waterscape has been transformed by human activity. The tours are shared above as videos. Check out the whole “Deeper Dive” interactive map experience a incorporating the tours plus related interactive content by accessing the Milwaukee Community Map.
The pilot phase of the Milwaukee Community Map was supported by Brico Fund (2016-2017). Phase 2 was also supported by Brico Fund, and from July 2018 through June 2019, in part by the Wisconsin Department of Administration, Wisconsin Coastal Management Program, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office for Coastal Management under the Coastal Zone Management Act, Grant #NA18NOS4190091.
The City of Milwaukee’s Environmental Collaboration Office supported the creation of the Water Centric City video and interactive map in late 2019.
From July 2020 through June 2021, the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program is supporting the Milwaukee Community Map as we develop Water Stories on climate change, tourism, and public project collaborations. Funded by the Wisconsin Coastal Management Program and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office for Coastal Management under the Coastal Zone Management Act, Grant # NA20NOS4190092.
