Note: As of January 1, 2008, the Active Living Network is no longer operational. To stay connected to the active living movement, visit RWJF's related national programs: http://www.rwjf.org/programareas/npolist.jsp?pid=1138.
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Project Activities: Parks, Recreational Facilities and Playgrounds

The Active Living Partnership at Stapleton (ALPS) promotes and studies the benefits of healthy community design in Stapleton and the surrounding neighborhoods. Over the next 15 to 20 years, the cit ...

This East New York park was created through a partnership of the nonprofit organizations the Trust for Public Land (TPL) and Groundwork, Inc. Students and staff from P.S. 328 participated in the pa ...

The Schuylkill River Skatepark project represents a new way of thinking about the relationship of public space to skateboarding. The project is located in downtown Philadelphia, at the terminus of ...

The expansive and scenic trail provides proximity to many historical monuments such as Mount Rushmore and the Crazy Horse Monument. It cuts through steep hillsides, granite slab cliffs, Ponderosa p ...

Two dilapidated basketball hoops . the only recreational equipment formerly on the one-half-block asphalt lot in the Brooklyn neighborhood of East New York . were replaced with a new community park ...

Completed in 2003, this two-acre park includes a track, basketball court, grass playing field, swings and play equipment that is available to students and the community. Parks for People Program ...

The East Coast Greenway Alliance is striving to complete the nation.s first long distance city-to-city transportation corridor for cyclists, hikers and non-motorized users. The project will connect ...

Elementary school students joined community residents in Brooklyn, New York, to transform a trash-filled lot into a vibrant play space. The result is Carter G. Woodson Children's Park, which fe ...

With critical private support, Trust for Public Land (TPL) has leveraged public participation to successfully create this new 8,500 square-foot playground at Spencer School. It is utilized by the 1 ...

June, 2004: A dedicated and enthusiastic group of village volunteers from Southern High School, F.Q. Sanchez, Oceanview Middle School, Youth Crime Watch and Department of Youth Affairs joined toget ...

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