Growing Power on Milwaukee Renaissance

Godsil Notes from First Will Allen Visit to Pabst Building #3

http://milwaukeerenaissance.com/PabstVillage/ConceptPapersAndNotesRePabstBuilding

A local developer, Joseph Zilber, and his associates
Are hoping to transform the New Pabst City Complex
Into a public/private creation that will make a mighty contribution

To our quest for responsible and inspiring transformations
Of our architectural and industrial heritage,
Community building, and sustainable economic development.

Today a Milwaukee Chicago Great Lakes
Urban farmer of increasing renown, Will Allen of Growing Power,
Was greatly inspired by a visit to the Pabst Buildings and Grounds.

Will Allen was quick in his vision of the transformation of Building #3:

• Aqua Farming

-In giant tanks that once stored the beer that made Milwaukee Famous

-Tilapia Fish of High Protein to replace Pabst Blew Ribbon

-“Loaves and Fishes from Milwaukee to the World”(there are some great bakers
to be located in the New Pabst City)

• Anarobic Digesters

-Giant portion of the cost of heating the water and the air through the new miracle of

-Urban food wastes for heating energy rather than landfills

• Greenhouses & Vermiculture Demonstrations

-Transformations of good waste, coffee ground, brewery yeast, and wood chipes to “Black Gold”

• Community Food System Demonstration Projects

-Local, healthy, tasty food production, distribution, and training Institutes in

• Market Basket Programs for the People of the Great Lakes Cities

• Hands on and distant learning programs in community organic food systems

• Experimental Project Partnerships

-Growing Power already has project partnerships in the works or planned with
Habitat for Humanity, WE Energies, Wisconsin State Fair, Urban Ecology Center, the City of Chicago, Michael Fields, Rural Coalition, Americore, Public Allies, Hefer Midwest, UWM’s Service Learning Center, Walnut Park, NOYES Foundation, and Fee For Service Projects in Toledo, Lynchburg, Ann Arbor, Baltimore, Boston, Montanna Black Feet, Wisconsin Oneida,

• New Pabst City Public Private Community Social Sector Partnerships for Growing Power in Building #3

-Milwaukee’s Local Educational Institutions,

-Environmental Organizations and Professionals

-Sustainable Development Organizations and Professionals

-Neighborhood Organizations and Professionals

-Medical Institutions and Professionals

-Senior and Children Serving Organizations Professionals

-Public Bodies and Agencies

-Foundations

-Private Investors, Social Enterprisers, Small Busineses, Entrepreneurs

• Solar heating experiments

• Rooftop Garden Experiments

• Hands On and Distant Training Programs in Urban Farming and Organic Food