At Currie Park, "nearly every hole was affected by the flooding, including fallen trees and tree limbs on many holes," and Hansen Park faced a similar scenario.
The FEMA teams are working in collaboration with state and county emergency management officials to assess the damage from the flooding to determine whether it merits a presidential disaster declaration.
The California-based TOSA Foundation was founded by Wauwatosa natives John and Tashia Morgridge, who previously have given generously to community projects in their hometown.
Metro Mountain Bikers maintains a network of trails in Milwaukee County, and the trails at Hoyt Park sustained some of the "worst damage we had in our system."
The building and the ice arena at Hart Park date to the 1940s, but on Aug. 10, "in just a few hours, the Menomonee River stole what took us decades to build."
Numerous businesses and organizations, both along the Menomonee River and in higher-ground neighborhoods, have temporarily closed for cleanup, repairs and renovations.
The dramatic filling of Tosa Village's flood plain on Aug. 10 may have demonstrated what flood mitigation projects were designed to do - minimize the damage to homes and businesses.
