Sixteenth Street's Department of Environmental Health hosted a summer series of free environmental workshops on the changes happening in the Kinnickinnic (KK) River neighborhood. These family friendly workshops helped residents better understand the impact of the neighborhood changes and how they can use these new spaces.  Residents learned through hands-on activities such as fishing, biking, canoeing and outdoor science! Many of these were first time experiences for residents. For example, residents were overwhelmingly excited about the canoeing workshop, as not one of them had been on a canoe or out on the river before. Young participants commented, "this is better than watching TV," while another exclaimed, "this is the best day of my life!" Experiential learning is one of the best ways for residents to build a connection to our community and our KK River.