Red Arrow Park, one of Downtown’s centrally located and most important parks, was identified as a priority project in the recently adopted Connec+ing MKE: Downtown Plan 2040. Public commentary gathered during the Plan update process led to the following goal statement regarding Downtown’s public realm: Invest in the public realm by improving streets, parks, and other public spaces in ways that encourage a more vibrant, inclusive and resilient Milwaukee.

Milwaukee Downtown, BID #21, with its project partners, the City of Milwaukee and Milwaukee County, are now seeking to bring this goal statement and recommendations to fruition in this key public space by issuing a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for the redesign of Red Arrow Park.

Through this RFQ, the project team invites consultants to submit their qualifications for the potential to be selected to lead the redesign process for future improvements to Red Arrow Park. The redesign process will include extensive public engagement and stakeholder outreach.

Following are the general time timelines for the Red Arrow Park RFQ submittal process (see Document links below for more details):

• RFQ for Design Services is now open
• Written questions from potential consultants pertaining to the RFQ are due by Friday, September 20th by 5:00PM CST
• If necessary, an Addendum with responses to relevant questions will be published to this website by Friday, September 27th by 5:00PM CST
• Qualifying RFQ submittal packages must be submitted by Friday, October 18th by 11:00am CST

All details pertaining to this RFQ can be found at the following link(s):