In 2025, the AARP Community Challenge is accepting applications across three different grant opportunities. Applications are due by March 5, 2025, 5 p.m. ET | 2 p.m. PT, and all projects must be completed by December 15, 2025. Many Wisconsin communities have received these grants, which have big impact with few dollars! Go to the […]
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Thank you for your support in 2024. With your help, we will build on our successes in 2025! Please consider giving a gift so that we’re off to a great start in 2025, and thank you for being a friend we can count on.
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At 1000 Friends of Wisconsin, we advocate for sustainable land use and equitable transportation policy to support healthy communities. Watch our highlights from 2024 and consider making an end-of-year donation to support our work.
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Wishing you a healthy and happy holiday season! The Staff and Board of 1000 Friends
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The Kenosha Transportation Academy wrapped up last week with final project presentations held at Carthage College. I’ll be honest, when I started preparation for this Academy, I wasn’t sure how it was going to unfold. Kenosha is bigger and more spread out than any other location where we’ve run this program so far. The city’s […]
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We have joined a lawsuit filed by Midwest Environmental Advocates and Legal Action of Wisconsin challenging federal approval of a $1.75 billion plan to expand I-94 in Milwaukee. The lawsuit alleges transportation officials refused to consider an alternative plan that would have incorporated a public transportation element and fixed safety concerns without expanding the highway. […]
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