🌟Cecil Elementary Outdoor Classroom Groundbreaking! 🌟 In collaboration with our partners, we had the honor of breaking ground on Cecil Elementary's outdoor classroom! Led by Principal Aleesha Manning, Cecil Elementary School is a model public school in the Midway neighborhood, serving over 300 students each year. This outdoor classroom is the [...]
Grief doesn't end at a funeral. Most of us know what it means to mourn a loved one. Fewer of us knew that pain as a child. Parks & People had the honor to cut the ribbon on one of the most moving projects yet; Roberta's House Mediation Garden. Roberta's House is a family [...]
Parks & People is honored to manage the design and build of the meditation garden for Roberta's House in historic Midway! Roberta's House is a family grief support center that provides trauma-informed care and addresses grief as a public health service. Roberta's House offers programming for all ages in order to [...]
Faith Lane Park Ribbon Cutting! We held a small ribbon cutting to celebrate the completion of Phase I for Faith Lane Park. Through Project C.O.R.E. our partners were able to tear down 4 long abandoned vacant properties. In their place, we created an inviting usable entranceway for this future park. After removing the blighted [...]
We were thrilled to welcome Maryland's First Lady, Yumi Hogan, to our campus in March. She met with staff members to learn about our mission and programming while getting a chance to explore our 9-acre oasis in West Baltimore. Thank you for stopping by, Mrs. Hogan!
Over 35 volunteers from the Baltimore Ravens and M&T Bank joined Parks & People at Windsor Hills Elementary Middle School on April 20th for the school's day-long Earth Day celebration. Volunteers visited with students for a fun-filled day of scavenger hunts, composter and picnic table construction, tree mulching and planting, and pollinator garden maintenance. The [...]
Over 35 volunteers from the Baltimore Ravens and M&T Bank joined Parks & People at Windsor Hills Elementary Middle School on April 20th for the school's day-long Earth Day celebration. Volunteers visited with students for a fun-filled day of scavenger hunts, composter and picnic table construction, tree mulching and planting, and pollinator garden maintenance. The [...]
