Last Friday, I had the privilege of visiting the NYRR’s Mighty Milers youth running program in action at  PS 137 in Washington Heights. This *free* program is serving more than 80,000 NYC youth this school year in almost 500 schools and community centers.  The program’s popularity is due to its impact, easy implementation, and the 250,000+…

Every year, the NYC Playgrounds Program sends out a survey to our playground sites offering seeds, bulbs, and springtime transplants. Spring is finally upon us, and I love feeling like the Santa Clause of Springtime as we load up the car with trays of fresh herbs and flowers from the farmer’s market and head out…

Due to our impending 20 year anniversary, Land + People, the Trust for Public Land’s biannual magazine, features The NYC Playgrounds Program! Check it out here. There’s also a great interview with Rue Mapp of Outdoor Afro. Here she is on identifying environmental heroes in the black community: “Think about Harriet Tubman. She was every…