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SPARK Parks, a Houston based non-profit group that works to turn school playgrounds into community parks, will soon learn more about the use of 150 parks it’s worked to establish, throughout Harris County.
With support from a Houston Endowment grant, experts from The Trust For Public Land (TPL) will evaluate SPARK park usage starting in Summer 2014 and running through Fall 2014.
By conducting a local evaluation to better understand how parks are being used, the non-profit will have a better idea of what factors make SPARK parks successful. TPL evaluators will tract park usage during non-school hours and conduct interviews among park users.
Studies like this are important for providing evidence to support the need for shared use of public space in underserved, Latino communities.
Read more about this change here.
By The Numbers
33
percent
of Latinos live within walking distance (<1 mile) of a park
