An A-Z visitors guide to Milwaukee Wisconsin. Sponsored by Key Magazine Milwaukee, Wisconsin
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Welcome to Milwaukee County. As Milwaukee County Executive, I invite you to share the unequaled opportunities our county offers this and every winter for family activities and music, especially in our National Gold Medal Winning Park System. The county offers many family-friendly winter activities such as tobogganing and sledding. There are also several places to ice skate in the county, including downtown's Red Arrow Park, which is open to the public seven days a week, and indoors at the Pettit National Ice Center. The Mitchell Park Domes have a lot to offer this winter season, including the popular Music Under Glass series, which continues every Thursday. KEY Milwaukee is an excellent resource for planning your time here. Please make sure to enjoy what Milwaukee County has to offer. You, your family and friends will be glad you did. Sincerely, While ice accumulates along Milwaukee's lakefront, the Port of Milwaukee remains active in cold weather months. Cargo still moves by water. Vast amounts of deicing salt transit the Port, and supplies are replenished in January and February. Barge traffic continues year-round, carrying cargo into the Mississippi River system. Oceangoing ships rely on the St. Lawrence Seaway, but for several months that passage closes. Those vessels return in spring, carrying raw materials to Milwaukee and finished products to overseas markets.Trucks come and go from the Port, and two rail lines continue service too. Huge ore carriers winter in Milwaukee's inner harbor. Extensive work is completed on those ships, readying them for another season on the Great Lakes. Milwaukee's Port rarely slows down, even in the coldest times of the year. Sincerely, Chris Abele, Milwaukee County Executive Tom Barrett, Mayor "Best Place for Skating" Shepherd Express Best of Milwaukee 2012 & 2013 Winner "Milwaukee's 'Rockefeller Center' is in Red Arrow Park" Skate for FREE when you bring your own skates! 5