Milwaukee’s Riverwalk Park in the Third Ward is going to look a lot different in about a month.

For the past two years, the parcel that sits at 407 N. Water St. – directly across from the Milwaukee Public Market – has undergone some utility construction work, but nothing major.

But something major has been developing during the past few years, as Milwaukee Public Market and Business Improvement District #2 developed a partnership with MMSD (Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District) that qualified them for an infrastructure grant program that could essentially do three things: Replace the existing concrete asphalt at the park with permeable pavers, improve stormwater management and add more green space in the area to make it more of a gathering space.

This iteration of construction fo

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