Post from the Community: Valley Week highlights history, urban nature, and good jobs | Milwaukee Neighborhood News Service
Menomonee Valley Partners
September 17, 2019
Valley Week runs September 21 – 28 in Milwaukee’s Menomonee River Valley
Valley Week, the Menomonee River Valley’s annual fall festival, returns September 21-28 and showcases the Valley’s parks, history, trails, and companies. Valley Week is presented by Menomonee Valley Partners and Potawatomi Hotel & Casino.
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The week kicks off with a limited edition beer release, Menomonee River Valley Urban Escape.  The lager is collaboration between City Lights Brewing and Third Space Brewing, who, along with employees of a dozen Valley businesses, brainstormed a beer profile that would be representative of the Valley’s past and present. The lager was brewed with wild rice – “Menomonee” means wild rice – an ingredient neither brewery had experimented with in the past. Proceeds from beer sales will help fund continued work to revitalize the Valley.
Valley Week continues showcasing the Valley as a great place to visit and a great place to work.  Like the Menomonee River Valley itself, Valley Week offers something for everyone, from Campfire Stories featuring personal stories of transformation, the Ultimate Beer Run, kayak tours and pontoon cruises to enjoy the Menomonee River, a Job Fair to highlight career opportunities, and so much more.
All the week’s experiences are listed at TheValleyMKE.org, including:
All Week Long
Thursday, September 19
Saturday, September 21
Tuesday, September 24
Wednesday, September 25
Thursday, September 26
Friday, September 37
Valley Week Specials
For more information and to register for events, visit TheValleyMKE.org/ValleyWeek.
Menomonee Valley Partners is a nonprofit organization formed in 1999 with a mission to revitalize and sustain the Menomonee River Valley as a thriving urban district that advances economical, ecological, and social equity for the benefit of the greater Milwaukee community. Since then, 52 companies have moved to or expanded in the Valley, more than 5,200 jobs have been created, 60 acres of parks and trails have been established, and 10 million people visit the Valley’s recreation and entertainment destinations each year.