#452 Creating Community Schoolyards with Danielle Denk, Trust for Public Land
#452 Creating Community Schoolyards with Danielle Denk, Trust for Public Land  
Podcast: GovLove - A Podcast About Local Government
Published On: Fri Sep 24 2021
Description: Addressing park equity. Danielle Denk, Community Schoolyard Initiative Director for the Trust for Public Land, joined the podcast to discuss the initiative to turn schoolyards into community parks that are more welcoming, sustainable, and accessible. She talked about the problem with current schoolyards that are often not open to the community after school hours and made up of asphalt. She also shared how opening schoolyards can provide public space to more families and how creating greener schoolyards can address heat islands. Host: Kirsten Wyatt