Urban Ecology Center
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- Riverside Park, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US, 1500 E. Park Place (administrative offices)
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| Founded | 1991 |
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| Type | Non-profit |
| Location |
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| Coordinates | 43°04′03.5″N 87°53′26.8″W / 43.067639°N 87.890778°W (administrative offices) |
Region served | Riverside Park Washington Park Menomonee Valley |
Key people | Ken Leinbach, Executive Director |
| Website | Urban Ecology Center |
Formerly called | Riverside Urban Environmental Center[1] |
The Urban Ecology Center is a nonprofit organization in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Their mission is to educate the Milwaukee community about the environment, conservation, sustainability, and other issues related to urban ecology, as well as to preserve and protect the natural areas in the city.[2]
In 1991, a group of residents of the Riverside Park neighborhood founded the Riverside Urban Environmental Center in response to the growing crime and pollution in Riverside Park. The neighborhood surrounding Riverside Park, was at one time an affluent neighborhood, which eventually became polluted and had an increase of criminal activity, while similar problems occurred in the neighborhoods surrounding Washington Park and Menomonee Valley.
The organization is headquartered in the Riverside Park neighborhood. There are two other branches: the Washington Park branch which opened in 2007[3] and the Menomonee Valley branch which opened in 2012.[4]
