FOCP 2019 Year in Review
Check out everything we accomplished and participated in during 2019!
General Park Activities
Coordinated funding of 2 memorial trees in the park
Initiated discussion of a new tree planting program with Milwaukee County Parks
Initiated discussion with Milwaukee County Parks to modify hours of the Cooper Park splash pad
February 2019
Hosted Movie Night and Winter Social
Screening of Small Foot
Social with Silent Auction
April 2019
Performed Cooper Park and Cooper Park Neighborhood clean-up in collaboration with the Cooper Park Neighborhood Association
May 2019
Hosted our yearly neighborhood board meeting. Attendees included:
City Alderperson Nikiya Dodd
County Supervisor Jim “Luigi” Schmidt
Representatives from Milwaukee Police Department and Milwaukee County Sheriff
June 2019
After receiving a grant from the Milwaukee County Parks, work began on the Pollinator Garden
County Pop-up Beer Garden, along with Food Trucks arranged by FOCP
Cookout fundraiser at the Wauwatosa Sendik’s
July 2019
Planted the Cooper Park Pollinator Garden made up of native Wisconsin plants
The garden was maintained (weeded & watered) by neighborhood volunteers and FOCP board members
August 2019
Hosted two events:
Summer movie night with a screening of the movie Trolls
Summer Tailgate & Neighborhood Cookout in collaboration with the Cooper Park Neighborhood Association
October 2019
Donated seed packets (based on the Pollinator Garden theme) to the Cooper Park Neighborhood Association’s Halloween Trick-or-Treat at Cooper Park