Greenprint Partners

10/02/2026

The rain couldn’t keep the kids away, and it gave the new park a chance to show what it can do!

Yesterday, we celebrated the grand reopening of Metcalfe Park in Milwaukee with Mayor Cavalier Johnson, Metcalfe Community Bridges, Milwaukee Recreation and SWA. This design came straight from the neighborhood. Through more than two years of community engagement, residents shaped the park they wanted to see.

Green infrastructure is woven throughout. Walking paths wind around bioretention basins, shade trees line the way, and native plants surround the new splash pad, playground and basketball court. As kids played through the rain, the basins quietly soaked up the stormwater around them.

Funded through the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District - MMSD’s Fresh Coast Green Communities program, the park can manage more than 240,000 gallons of stormwater during major rain events.

cc: Fresh Coast Guardians, Metcalfe Park Community Bridges, Milwaukee Recreation, Mayor Cavalier Johnson, SWA Group

09/29/2026

Greenprint will be at American Planning Association - Illinois Chapter will we see you there?

Sydney VanKuren will be presenting with Jackie Rigley and Taylor Mayes from the Chicago Department of Environment:
• Wed. 9/30, 2:15-3:15 pm
• *Building (and Sustaining) Green Infrastructure: Lessons from Chicago’s 2026 Strategy*

Alex Heidtke and Anna Jentz will be presenting with Holly Sauter of Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago
• Fri. 10/2, 8-9 am
• *Green Schoolyards: The Highest-Impact Acre in Your City*

09/18/2026

We are proud to be named a *Best Place to Work* for the second year in a row.
Our culture at Greenprint doesn’t happen by accident, but through daily, intentional choices made by every single member of our team. Our values guide our project work, client and community relationships, and how we run our business. Thank you Crain's Chicago Business for this recognition.

09/08/2026

So proud of our partnership!

08/06/2026

We look forward to seeing everyone at the 10th Annual Green & Healthy Schools Conference tomorrow (8/7) at the Morse School for the Gifted and Talented. We're excited to show off the green infrastructure features at the school, funded by MMSD through Fresh Coast Green Communities, along with our friends at Landco2, Reflo and Milwaukee Public Schools
cc: Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District - MMSD, Fresh Coast Guardians, Green Schools Consortium of Milwaukee - GSCM

08/05/2026

07/31/2026

Your daily moment of zen, brought to you by the gorgeous plantings at Ball Seed Company.

Yesterday, Greenprint visited Ball Seed Customer Days with our partners Chicago Department of Transportation and Civic Projects Architecture to research sun annuals for the 2027 seasonal design of the Michigan Avenue median planters.

07/20/2026

Earlier this month, we celebrated the ribbon cutting of Ronan Park Sculpture Park & Healing Garden, a new gathering space along the river in Chicago’s Albany Park neighborhood.

Years in the making, this project blossomed into a successful, community-driven planning project: to establish a strong neighborhood gateway, to improve access to green space and the river, and to alleviate flooding concerns and reduce runoff through the use of integrated green infrastructure in the new plaza featuring a performance pavilion.

Congratulations to the Chicago Park District, Perkins&Will, TERRA Engineering, Ltd., Burling Builders, Inc, Architectural Cast Stone, Ward 33 ~ Chicago, Illinois, North River Commission, Metropolitan Planning Council and Global Gardens Chicago, and everyone who helped bring this project to life.

07/08/2026

Congratulations to the Chicago Torture Justice Memorials on the groundbreaking of the Chicago Police Torture Justice Memorial. This is the nation’s first permanent memorial honoring survivors of police torture. Greenprint is honored to be part of this project, working alongside Jaqcorp intl and many City leaders. The design is directly influenced by input from survivors, family members and other CTJMF members and an aims to create a lasting public space for remembrance, education, healing and civic engagement.

06/25/2026

The Corliss Flats passed final inspection yesterday! 🎉 This is one of Wisconsin’s largest affordable housing project ever, built on the site of a former steam engine factory and finished with salvaged cream city brick. In addition to new residents, The Corliss now homes permeable pavers and bioretention basins that manage over 230,000 gallons of stormwater during major rain events.

Affordable. Beautiful. Sustainable. This is what it looks like when good design doesn’t have to choose. Green infrastructure funded through the MMSD Fresh Coast Green Communities program in partnership with Greenprint Partners.
Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District - MMSD, Fresh Coast Guardians, The Corliss MKE, Bear Real Estate Group