Community speaks out against County Grounds land sale
May 11, 2009
The Journal Sentinel covered today's County Board meeting concerning the proposed sale of 72 acres of County Grounds land to UWM for a new engineering campus.
Many commmunity members attended the meeting to speak out against the sale of land, which would encroach on protected natural area.
Erika Voss, long-time Riverkeeper member and volunteer, and participant in our Senior Water Advocate Network, was quoted in the article:
"Nature needs that land. We don't need to build there," said Erica Voss.
Despite concerns about the land sale, the panel voted 4-2 to recommend the land sale to the full county board.
