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Kids at Boone elementary in San Antonio, TX celebrated the grand opening of a new community SPARK park on Friday October 3, 2014.
What are SPARK parks?
These are school playgrounds that are available to the public during after school hours. Parks such as these, are a great asset to the Latino community and can be especially useful for promoting physical activity in neighborhoods that lack green space or safe places to play.
The SPARK park at Boone marks the third SPARK park at the Northside Independent School District (NISD).
“The reaction that we’ve gotten is so positive from parents, from grandparents, from folks who just live around the school and have been able to use the facility,” NISD Superintendent Brian Woods said in a TWC news story.
Learn more about SPARK parks by watching the Salud Hero story/ video below:
A Shared Use Agreement Transforms a Schoolyard into a Publicly Available Neighborhood ‘SPARK Park’
Find out what you can do to help bring similar changes to your neighborhood by visiting The Growing Healthy Change resource page.
By The Numbers
33
percent
of Latinos live within walking distance (<1 mile) of a park
