Listen: Sometimes all the ingredients are there and it just takes the recipe to bring it all together. Two summers ago in Martin Drive, Pat Mueller was looking for a way to get kids from the neighborhood involved in a project that would enrich both their summer, as well as the community. So, she combined some old concrete planters she'd procured from the city, a wonderful community artist, and a little elbow grease from the Martin Drive youth, to create a new symbol of neighborhood pride.
In this piece, Martin Drive superstar Pat Mueller, fantastic mosaic artist Muneer Bahauddeen ( we last crossed paths with him during our 2009 Make Milwaukee campaign), and Martin Drive youth Zoey tell us how it all came together:
Interested in Martin Drive? You can learn more about them on their Facebook neighborhood profile , and of course, you can always go and check it out for yourself !