greenways & public spaces

All over the country, neighborhood residents, nonprofit organizations, and local governments are working together to transform underutilized and contaminated properties into community assets such as affordable housing, community centers, maker […]

Fostering Community Connection and Collaboration Art—including mural painting, performance, film, and photography—can provide a direct pathway for people young and old to connect with their environment and feel responsible for […]

Published in August, 2024, the Trust for Public Land's new report Great Parks should not Uproot Communities: Green Gentrification Risk Factors and Anti-Displacement Options reviews literature on green gentrification to identify green gentrification risk factors and summarize strategies to limit displacement near new green spaces.

Bronx and Harlem River Watersheds Urban Waters Federal Partnership The Bronx and Harlem River Watersheds Urban Waters Federal Partnership was designed to reconnect marginalized communities in the Bronx to healthy […]

Snapshots from the Urban Waters Learning Network Building flood resilience—like water—can take many shapes. Members of the Urban Waters Learning Network (UWLN) are working on community solutions for urban flood resilience. […]

The white paper–created by the Passaic River Urban Waters Federal Partnership, NY/NJ Harbor and Estuary Program, and the USDA Forest Service–reports on findings from a public outreach project targeted at […]

Blue River (MO) Urban Waters Federal Partnership Since 2011, the EPA Urban Waters Federal Partnership program has expanded to 20 different locations nationwide. In June 2013, the Blue River in […]

The Middle Rio Grande faces unique urban challenges due to regional drought and competing water uses. To address these issues, the area was designated as an Urban Waters Federal Partnership location in 2013. From large redevelopment projects to smaller, unique projects—like the Mobile Pop-Up Park —the Partnership has worked together with the community to become a partnership of ‘yes’. As Mandy Griego, former Partnership co-lead, puts it: “We are stronger together.”

The guidelines in this toolkit created by The CREATE Initiative partners comes out of the question: “What does it look like to envision green spaces as sites through which to […]

Project Highlights of the Urban Waters Learning Network Read about how three Urban Waters Learning Network organizations–Groundwork Hudson Valley, The Conservation Fund, and Groundwork Richmond–are working to create more green […]