Dallas Greening Initiative

Living within 10 minutes of a greenspace can increase a person's mental and physical health and enhance quality of life. However, Trust for Public Land ParkScore Index revealed that over 300,000 Dallas residents lacked access to a nearby park.
In 2022, Mayor Eric Johnson requested an inventory of vacant city-owned land that could be redeveloped into public greenspaces across the city and appointed Garrett Boone as the city’s first Greening Czar to help come up with ways the city can increase access to the outdoors for Dallas residents. To help close that gap, Better Block partnered with Trust for Public Land, Dallas Park and Recreation, and the Mayor’s office in the Dallas Greening Initiative to transform unused city-owned land into new neighborhood parks across Dallas.
One of the steps in the initiative was using our Better Block in a Box to create a pop-up park in each of the hoses locations to bring to life the community's ideas. As part of the Better Block in a Box, we partnered with five Dallas-based artists who represented each of the districts; Alec DeJesus, Trey Wilder, Mari Pohlman, SM Sanz, and Khadafy “DAP” Branch.
Over the course of a few hours on five Saturdays, we activated alongside, learned from, and were inspired by neighbors in Dallas.
Video by: Adrian Cortes / ‪@ayecreator‬
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[@ayecreator]

This was such a delight to work on!

[@betterblock]

Likewise!