“We used the Milwaukee Community Map to help us better understand the story of communities surrounding Milwaukee. We looked for general trends in stormwater needs using layers such as basement backups, demographics, sewersheds, and watersheds to help prioritize placing green infrastructure in areas where it can do the most impact for good. Layering the various map features allowed us to have a more holistic view and complete story for the municipalities we were working with.”

“Thank you Michael Timm, Milwaukee Water Storyteller with Reflo, for teaching and enlightening residents, guests, and staff about hidden water stories using an interactive map. Everyone was absolutely captivated and engaged in his fascinating presentation about one of our most precious resources: water.”

“Something our team has really valued about your work, and the work of the Milwaukee Community Map, is how much it emphasizes the importance of thinking about what maps can say and what stories we might tell with them. As farther-away collaborators who care deeply about what’s happening on the ground in Milwaukee, it’s incredibly helpful to have resources and teammates who can help us find our way. Please know how much we appreciate your partnership!”

“Thank you again for the truly fascinating presentation. Quite frankly it reminded me of a museum. I felt that we only touched the tip of the iceberg of information available in this program and could spend a week exploring! There really is some aspect of interest for everyone showing and explaining the history, present, and future. ”

“The maps are fantastic and very helpful. My students will certainly get a kick out of this when we share and discuss this. There is so much information here that I can share with my students that will help them to better understand how our community has evolved over time. Thank you for creating this important resource. I think we will take our knowledge on a walking tour of our neighborhood.”

“Thank you so much for putting all this together! This was clearly a major undertaking, and the end result is excellent!”

“One of our aims with the projects developed within the Learn Deep Fellows programs is for students to have the opportunity to see their work as a contribution to efforts in the broader community. With the water focus of this year’s projects, Reflo’s Milwaukee Community Map and Water Stories projects serve as more than just useful resources for students and teachers involved in the work. They provide a place where the work of students involved in the Fellows projects can be shared with the community and enrich the value for others that use the tools.”

“Appreciate all your help on this project. I think the web maps take the Water Passport to the next level!! The Milwaukee Community Map has been a great addition to the program!”

“The Milwaukee Community Map is a great one-stop shop with a lot of information about Milwaukee’s waters.”

“Thank you for everything that Reflo did to make our Family Day: Great Lakes Cycle program a roaring success. From the start, you were a generous and gracious collaborative partner who worked with us in an organized, thoughtful, and professional way. Through those efforts, you brought a dimension to this program that we simply could not have begun to replicate. I’ve worked on many collaborative programs throughout my career, and this was one of the most rewarding. And that Virtual Water Table of yours is downright amazing. ”

“We as a collective group felt that the greatest benefits of the [Virtual Water Table] were that the students were able to have a hands-on experience, learned how different land structures affected water flow and drainage, that having this experience led to both teachers and students having additional questions about water (for example erosion and its effect on water quality, how water actually filters in the ground, how this project could be used to link our playground project in the fall, and this project showed students how technology can help us learn in more ways than just playing a video game.)”

“Thank you so very much for speaking to the students about our local watershed. It is so valuable and inspiring to have you working to protect something so important to Milwaukee, to Wisconsin, and to the world. ... Thanks again for the amazing presentation. The girls raved about the Milwaukee Community Map and understanding things they have seen but didn’t understand in the city (like the pipes draining water into common areas). Some girls were learning about GIS and thought it was cool to see it in use. WELL DONE!”

“I am a member of Friends of Lincoln Park and our neighborhood coalition “Save Our Pool.” We want to thank Deidre Peroff at UW Sea Grant, Milwaukee Water Commons, and Reflo for creating the maps that helped us save the Schulz Aquatic Center in Lincoln Park. We were able to present the map to our County officials as evidence of a racial disparity that exists and was at risk of being expanded. We had our neighborhood kids make posters about what losing “Milwaukee Swims” would mean to the water safety of our neighborhood residents, especially children. I mentioned the maps in testifying before a Wisconsin State Assembly hearing on how “Save Our Pool” taught our children about democracy and the health of their community.”