On Saturday, November 7 from 9:00am – 12:00pm, more than 26 ball fields in Milwaukee will get makeovers courtesy of local green industry companies. Using seed and fertilizer donated by Spring Valley, Carlin/Progreen+, Reinders, and Milorganite, lawn and landscape firms will aerate and overseed ball fields at churches, schools and community parks across the city and suburbs. The renovations are part of a collaborative effort with national non-profit Project EverGreen, a service organization dedicated to preserving and enhancing green spaces today and for future generations.
Lawn and landscape firms selected ball fields to which they have a personal or community connection. The goal of the project is to demonstrate how important green spaces, such as well managed lawns and landscapes, gardens, parks, sports fields and golf courses are to the environment, the economy, and the overall quality of life.
“We are renovating the ball field located at Harris Bank field in Cedarburg,” said Mike La Rosa of La Rosa Landscape Company. “We selected our ball field because this field is shared by many families in our community and it touches the most people. We live and breathe green spaces and are proud to join forces with the rest of the Milwaukee green industry community on November 7.”
Ball fields to be renovated include:
• Stone Bank Elementary School, Oconomowoc
• Hales Corners Lutheran Church
• Fireman’s Park, Wales
• Marcy Elementary School, Sussex Jayhawk Football Field, Menomonee Falls
• Racine Public Schools:
o Starbuck School
o Gilmore School
o Mitchell School
• Racine Montessori School
• Branen Field at Sunset Park
• Hintz Sports Complex
• Burlington High School
• Village of Waterford: Whitford Park
• Waterford School District High School
• Town of Norway, Meyer Park
• Union Grove Christian School
• City of Elkhorn Hanson Park
• Walworth County ball fields
For more information about Project EverGreen, call 1-877-758-4835 or visit www.projectevergreen.com/milwaukee.
