Los Angeles Unified School District is working with Abode Communities of Los Angeles to build affordable housing units which will include a preschool building and a 10,000 square-foot “outdoor learning classroom.” The playground is expected to be open for apartment residents after school hours. This project is an example of how two different organizations can create safe places for children to play by combining projects and sharing otherwise prohibitive costs.

Community participation and a willingness to take action are interrelated in their impact on health and safety outcomes. In Knoxville, an article in the local newspaper about a playground fire inspired one community resident to engage community  members in the rebuilding of Lonsdale Park.  So Gheen, president of Realty Trust Group,  gathered together Realty Trust volunteers and community residents to buy supplies and repair the playground. The project has brought about a sea of change and led to other projects to utilize open space and promote physical activity.

Join the National Recreation and Park Association, California Department of Public Health, and the City of Los Angeles for a free webinar on joint use. Speakers will discuss trends in joint use, the CDPH’s joint use mini-grant program, and present Los Angeles’s joint use aggreements as examples for developing successful joint use aggreements.

Speakers Include: