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Critical Meeting Milwaukee County Board of Supervisors Annual Budget Meeting

Happy Friday, Community Friends, I hope you are doing well. I’m writing to ask you to please consider making your voice heard and encouraging Milwaukee County Supervisors to open Hales Corners Pool next summer. Hales Corners Pool has been closed for five straight summer seasons after approximately $500,000 worth of improvements were made eight years…

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Veterans Day Ceremony – Sunday, November 10, 2024

The Hales Corners Veterans Memorial Committee the American Legion Post # 299 in Hales Corners the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post #10394 for Hales Corners and Franklin You are cordially invited to a Veterans Day Ceremony Sunday, November 10, 2024 beginning at 11:00am at Veterans Memorial in Hales Corners Park

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The Power of Public-Private Partnerships: Hales Corners Park Sand Volleyball Court

Good Afternoon, Milwaukee County Parks, I hope you are doing well. A remarkable collaboration between the Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool and Milwaukee County Parks has transformed the volleyball sand court at Hales Corners Park, showcasing the power of public-private partnerships. Please see the pictures below. On Friday, September 6, 2024, this dynamic…

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Memorial Day Ceremonies 2024

The Memorial Day ceremony in Hales Corners Park at the Veterans Memorial went perfectly this morning as did the flag retirement did later at the VFW in Franklin with Boy Scout Troop 531 heading this effort. Approximately 50 folks showed up at both events and I’m grateful to the Veterans for allowing me to give…

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Earth Day Cleanup 2024

The Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool’s 21st Annual Earth Day cleanup was a shining example of what can be accomplished when a community comes together for a common goal – a cleaner, greener future for all! I’m very proud of all of you. Thank you!

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Refurbished Sand Volleyball Court

Even though the Hales Corners Pool isn’t open this summer, at least there’s now a refurbished sand volleyball court for all to enjoy at Hales Corners Park. A contractor spent the past two days at the park sifting through and removing the weeds, laying down new sand, and touching up the poles by giving them…

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Memorial Day Ceremony 2023

The Veterans Memorial Committee, Hales Corners American Legion Post #299, and Hales Corners Franklin VFW Post # 10394 had a beautiful Memorial Day ceremony in sunny Hales Corners Park this morning. The American flag, which has flown at the Veterans Memorial since Veterans Day 2022, was presented to Caleb Meyer, veteran of Afghanistan and a…

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Halfway to Our Fundraising Goal

With Steve Silverstein, Vice President, The Park People, in Hales Corners Park congratulating the Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool on our latest donation which will be put toward the Alyson Dudek International Ice Center, Reiman Rink & Veterans Family Pavilion projects. We are halfway to our fundraising goal of $400.000.00 and then we…

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Veterans Day Ceremony 2022

On behalf of the Veterans Memorial Committee, the Hales Corners American Legion Post #299, the Veterans of Foreign Wars in Hales Corners and Franklin #10394, I was honored and privileged to give my 11th consecutive Veterans Day ceremony speech this morning in Hales Corners Park since this Veterans Memorial was dedicated on Memorial Day in…

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Bring Your Aluminum Cans

Another public- private partnership begins today (bring and deposit your aluminum cans) in Milwaukee County District 9 between Eagle Disposal, Inc. the Milwaukee County Parks Department, and the Friends of Hales Corners Park & Pool in the Hales Corners Park & Pool parking lot located at 5765 S. New Berlin Road. Kudos to my friend,…

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