A Milwaukee River public trail is being extended up river into Glendale–thanks to commercial property easements – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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A new public trail is coming to section of the Milwaukee Riverfront in Glendale that used to include the Estabook Dam.(Photo: Angela Peterson/Milwaukee Journal Sentinel)

A walking trail along the Milwaukee River is being extended from Milwaukee into Glendale thanks to easements donated by three adjacent commercial property owners.

The easements will allowpublic access along the west bank of the river from east of North Port Washington Road, south of West Hampton Avenue,downstream tonorth of East Capitol Drive, east ofNorth Humboldt Boulevard.

The trail connects there to an easement granted by Milwaukee Area Technical College in 2013, according to a Monday announcement from the River Revitalization Foundation.

The trail will be open for walking, hiking, birding, fishing and paddling.

Some people have been using the pathwithout permission of the property owners, saidKimberly Gleffe, foundation executive director.

The easements now make that use legal, she said.

Also, the foundation is planning trail improvementsthat will be done in about a year.

Thenew section is a critical link to create a 12-mile loop of riverfront trails along the Milwaukee River Greenway, the foundation said.

Along with the improved MATC portion, the trail section between Capitol Drive and Port Washington Road is about 1 mile,Gleffe said.

Thenew sectionwill provide additional access to the river, and a connection to Estabrook Parkway on the east bank via Capitol Drive and North Port Washington Road.

Gleffe said the foundation also hopes to eventually connect the trail upstream to Lincoln Park.

The Glendale Common Council has passed a resolution in support of theproject, and will incorporate this link into the city's Park and Open Space Plan update, the foundation said.

The easements were granted to the foundation by Cardinal Capital Management Inc., which operates Barnabus Business Center, 4650 N. Port Washington Road; Ascension Wisconsin, which has offices at400 W. River Woods Parkway, and Caddis Health Care, which recently opened Heartis Village North Shoreassisted living facility,100 W. River Woods Parkway.

Financial support for the trailhas been provided by the Fund for Lake Michigan, the Maihaugen Foundation, the Greater Milwaukee Foundation Richard and Joy Teschner Fund, and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. It also has receivedin-kind donations from Sigma and volunteer landscape architect Kevin Haley.

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