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Greenspaces

Announcements

SPARK Announces 40th Year Celebration with $10 million Campaign to Build/“reSPARK” 40 School Parks in Four Years

To commemorate 40 years of building community parks, SPARK School Park Program today announced a $10 million campaign to build 40 school parks in four years in the Greater Houston area, including 20 new and 20 “reSPARK’ed” parks.
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Houston Endowment Grants $8M for Tree Planting, Green Space Effort Throughout Houston(external source, opens in a new tab)

Houston Endowment announced Aug. 22 an $8 million grant toward planting trees and enhancing green space in some of Houston's hottest neighborhoods. The grant is being provided to the Houston Parks Board and the nonprofit Trees for Houston.
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Houston Endowment Donates $8M to Local Organizations to Improve Parks, Fight Heat Islands(external source, opens in a new tab)

Houston Endowment is boosting its efforts when it comes to reducing Houston’s “urban heat islands” — a term used to describe strips of concrete and cement with no trees in sight — with $8 million in funding to two local partners.
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SPARK Parks Increase Park Access in Houston

Supported by lead grants from Houston Endowment and Kinder Foundation, SPARK, the Houston-based nonprofit organization that transforms public school playgrounds into community parks for out-of-school time use, has successfully introduced 25 new parks and updated, or ‘re-SPARKed,’ five at campuses across 12 independent school districts and three charter schools since 2016.