Parks for People Projects - The Trust for Public Land

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Parks for People Projects

Explore some of our parks projects. Choose a state to get started.

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17-Mile House

The 17-Mile House, a historic stagecoach stop in rapidly growing Arapahoe County was zoned for commercial development until TPL helped the county acquire the site and historic buildings in 2001. read more »

37th and Mt. Vernon Playground

The Trust for Public Land is working with various community groups to transform the aging recreation center at 37 th and Mt. Vernon streets in Philadelphia's Mantua neighborhood into a vibrant new park. read more »

Adams and Sangamon Park, Chicago

In 2007, TPL acquired a property and held it until it could become part of this new 2.6-acre neighborhood park in Chicago's West Loop neighborhood. read more »

African American Meeting House

The heart of Boston's Museum of African American History is the African Meeting House, the oldest remaining black church structure in the United States. read more »

Allentown Greenbelt

In 2007, concerned residents asked TPL to help protect more than 140 acres on the borough's border, adjacent to the local Heritage Park and a new elementary school site. read more »

Altamaha Town Preserve

Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the 100-acre Altamaha Town Preserve site was the hometown of the Yemassee tribe chief and also contains two burial mounds and other buried artifacts buried. read more »

American Beach

In 2004, TPL purchased the historic Evans' Rendezvous nightclub at American Beach on Amelia Island and held it until Nassau County could acquire funds to protect it as a cultural center and historic park. read more »

Aydelott Farm

In 1998, TPL protected 20-acres of waterfront property near Louisville, the missing link in a 2-mile open space corridor along the Ohio River. read more »

Balboa Park

The 25-acre Balboa Park is located in the Excelsior neighborhood, a community with the highest concentration of children in San Francisco. read more »

Ballona Wetlands

In Los Angeles County, where 98 percent of coastal wetlands have been filled in and developed, conservationists worked for three decades to protect the last remnant of the historic Ballona Wetlands near the Los Angeles International Airport. read more »