Remembering Jonna Lazarus
Jonna was a friend of Parks & People and a landscape designer who created dozens of spectacular gardens throughout the Baltimore Region.
40 Years of Transforming Communities
A nonprofit located on 9-acres of green space in West Baltimore, open to the public from sunrise to sunset.
2100 Liberty Heights Ave, Baltimore, MD 21217
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Why are city green spaces important?
100 Million
Nearly 100 million people in the U.S. do not live within a walkable distance of at least one local park or other recreation amenity.
Transforming Baltimore’s Black Butterfly
In Baltimore city, majority-Black neighborhoods have no access to healthy green spaces.
Parks & People’s mission is simple:
to improve Baltimore through green space and education. We develop parks & green space to revitalize Baltimore City and host youth programming to guide the next generation of green leaders.
GO GREEN.
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Our signature fundraising event, activating our 9-acre campus with live music, vendors, and entertainment.
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Empowering green & heathy communities
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Preparing green stewards. Branches is an after-school internship and workforce development program for Baltimore City high-schoolers.
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Superkids Camp is a free six-week STEAM enrichment program with a focus on helping elementary school students improve their scholastic skills during the summer
A Park With Purpose
9-acres of green space located in West Baltimore, open to the public from sunrise to sunset.
2100 Liberty Heights Ave, Baltimore, MD 21217
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Darley Park
2301-27 Harford Rd.
Parks transform people.
The act of reclaiming a vacant lot or beautifying a neglected open space, even by a few residents on a single block, can serve as a catalyst for positive change and growth throughout a community.
Our city’s youth inherit the future.
Every year, Parks & People makes it possible for over 1,000 city 1st – 12th graders to be engaged in meaningful programs emphasizing physical activity, environmental education, college and career readiness and character development.
Parks & People is an environmental non-profit and community park.
We connect communities through healthy green spaces.
2100 Liberty Heights Ave, Baltimore, MD 21217
“In a time when health and wellness have been at the forefront of the world’s mind, parks and green spaces have always been there to help improve the lives of urban residents.”
A Nonprofit With Roots
Located on 9 acres of green space located in West Baltimore, open to the public from sunrise to sunset.
2100 Liberty Heights Ave, Baltimore, MD 21217
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Great parks.
Clean Streams.
Green Communities.
Explore Current Green Initiatives in Baltimore City.
“We don’t want to ask you to come out and find less than ideal conditions; we want you to come out and see that Baltimore has state-of-the art parks and trails, and then that leads to more people coming out, and then it’ll take care of itself.”
“I still remember the parks I grew up in.”
“Access to parks and green spaces impacts our lives well beyond the moment outside. With an active outdoor life comes more confidence, resilience, adaptability, community, determination and purpose—benefits that enrich us as human beings and as a society.”
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Parks & People
9-acres of green space located in West Baltimore, open to the public from sunrise to sunset.
2100 Liberty Heights Ave, Baltimore, MD 21217
Visit our Green Campus