Click here to listen to the recent KQED program on youth and Adventure Education.
California Community Builders was awarded $193,000 for their Milagro Park project. This park will provide much needed open space that will model a “green” community park, serve as a community eco-learning center, highlight innovative play areas and provide gathering space (micro-amphitheater) for instruction, celebrations and social gatherings. The community garden, in collaboration with other community initiatives, will promote health and nutrition in a culturally sensitive manner. Milagro Park will, by design and the physical infrastructure, serve as the “heart of the community”.
Chabot Space and Science Center
Chabot Space and Science Center was awarded $200,000 for their outdoor, overnight environmental education center called The Redwoods. This center is located in the hilltop East Bay Regional Park land adjacent to Chabot Space & Science Center in Oakland, California. Programming will focus on hands-on, overnight activities and education about the East Bay Regional Park’s unique natural resource - the redwood forest - within which the site’s 9 cabins will be situated.
City of Kerman was awarded $200,000 for their Katie’s Kids Play Park project. The City of Kerman is partnering with Kerman Unified School District, KaBOOM!, and Tree Fresno to develop a park using the “NatureGrounds” design system. NatureGrounds creates parks that integrate manufactured infrastructure with living landscape. This project will connect nature and residents, helping to create a more vibrant community. Kerman has significant financial support from local and regional businesses, and enthusiastic community support, furthering their goal of providing parks within walking distance for residents.
East Bay Asian Youth Center was awarded $200,000 for their work with the Oakland Schoolyard Initiative which seeks to transform two large, hazardous, and grossly under-utilized asphalt schoolyards at Sankofa Academy in North Oakland and Sobrante Park Elementary School in East Oakland into safe, accessible, and usable outdoor playgrounds for children, youth, and families.
Mid Klamath Watershed Council was awarded $18,000 for their Outdoor Park and Educational Facility project. This project will build an outdoor learning, meeting and performance space located on a riverside lot along the Klamath River in Orleans, California. This project will consist of a covered outdoor stage and tiered outdoor seating for about 100 people. Plus, the site will be carefully graded to preserve the natural setting and will be landscaped with native plants.