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The Park People of Milwaukee County is a member driven and funded organization with a simple but succinct mission: "Citizen Stewardship of the Milwaukee County Parks." Its vision is to be an organization that mobilizes thousands of residents represented by more than 150 Friends Groups to actively advocate for the county parks system.
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How The Milwaukee County Parks Department Ranks Nationally In Its Offerings
By The Park People
Thursday, Jan 10 2008, 03:03 PM
According
to the Trust for Public Land, a national center concerned with conserving land
for people, here is how the Milwaukee County Park System stacks up to other
large metropolitan park systems in a number of areas.
- Milwaukee County offers 16.3 acres of parkland
per 1,000 residents. The average
for the 20 municipal areas with a population density of equal or near
proportion is 20.6 acres per 1000 (for year 2005).
- Milwaukee County provides $47 per resident in
total park-related expenditures (including capital expenditures). This ranks Milwaukee County 43 out of
the 54 metro areas polled. The
average for all areas is $86 (for year 2004).
- Milwaukee County provides $40 per resident in
park related operating expenditures (not including capital
expenditures). This ranks Milwaukee
County 39 out of 54 metro areas polled.
The average for all areas is $63 (for year 2004).
- Milwaukee County provides 0.28 full time park
employees per 1,000 residents. This
ranks Milwaukee County 60 out of the 66 metro areas polled. The average for all metro areas is 0.70
(for year 2004).
- Milwaukee County provides 1.3 baseball diamonds
per 10,000 residents. The average
for the 20 municipal areas with a population density of equal or near
proportion is 1.3 (for year 2005).
- Milwaukee County provides 0.5 soccer fields per
10,000 residents. The average for
the 20 municipal areas with a population density of equal or near
proportion is 0.7 (for year 2005).
- Milwaukee County provides 1.6 golf courses per
100,000 residents. The average for
the 20 municipal areas with a population density of equal or near
proportion is 1.0 (for year 2005).
- Milwaukee County provides 1.2 park playgrounds
per 10,000 residents. This ranks
Milwaukee County 42 of the 56 metro areas polled. The average is 2.0 (for year 2005).
- Milwaukee County provides 0.2 dog parks per
100,000 residents. The average for
all 56 municipal areas polled is 0.6 (for year 2005).
