Darley Park Lighting Ceremony!
Parks & People’s Juneteenth Observation!
Celebrating Freedom: A Historical Narrative This year, Parks & People had its first official Juneteenth observation. Since this is a relatively young national holiday, our Diversity Equity Inclusion Justice Committee thought it would be beneficial to our staff and board to host a lecture on the background of [...]
Parks & People Health & Wellness Fair!
Parks & People invites you to free health screenings for dental health, diabetes, hypertension, HIV, and mental health awareness, free for the whole family! We also invite you to use this time to register for our free six-week summer academic and environmental camp. SuperKids Camp is open to all Baltimore City rising 1st through [...]
Salem St. Park Ribbon Cutting!
Ribbon cutting for the brand new Salem St. Community Park! Salem Street in Penn-North underwent a major revival. The new Salem Street Community Park replaces blighted vacant lots and breathes fresh life into the heart of this block. The new park includes: flat green space for gathering and recreation, flowering trees and landscaping, a [...]
Faith Lane Park Phase I Ribbon Cutting!
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 [...]
TouchPoint Empowerment Center Set to Open 2023!
Dr. Frank Lance emcees TouchPoint Empowerment Center press conference Parks & People's President and CEO Dr. Frank Lance had the exciting honor of emceeing TouchPoint Empowerment Center's first press conference this morning. In the vacant old box store filled in many community organizations, students, elected officials, nonprofit representatives, corporate executives, activated citizens, and [...]
Easter Egg Hunt at Parks & People!
Click here to register! Community partners--want a table? Email events@parksandpeople.org Volunteers--we need your help! Email volunteer@parksandpeople.org Questions? Email info@parksandpeople.org
FB LIVE: Everyone Deserves a Park
Happy Women's History Month! Join us March 16th at 7:00pm on the next "Everyone Deserves a Park" for this iconic convo with Dr. Joanne Martin founder of the National Great Blacks in Wax Museum! @NGBIWM Visit: www.facebook.com/parksandpeoplefoundation to watch live!
Picnic in the Park 2022!
Our Picnic is back! May 13th, 6-10PM Join us this spring to celebrate and support Parks & People. Mix and mingle throughout the evening and enjoy a variety of food truck cuisines, open bars, live music and dancing after dark — all outdoors. Purchase Now Can't attend? Donate instead! Purchase Now [...]
Faith Lane Park Groundbreaking!
New Park: Faith Lane Park Coming Spring 2022 Yesterday, we broke ground and laid fresh sod for Faith Lane Park! Faith Lane Park is in the Gay Street Neighborhood of East Baltimore. Now, what were vacant homes next to an old city water park is now the main entrance to the future park. Community [...]