Models for Urban Transformation: Green Community Schoolyards in New York City
Listen to Mary Alice Lee of Trust for Public Land (TPL) describe the sustained impacts of the Green Community Schoolyards program
Mary Alice Lee of Trust for Public Land (TPL) describes how the Green Community Schoolyards program has been able to achieve sustained impact. Since 2004, her team has transformed more than 200 asphalt schoolyards across all five New York City boroughs into green public spaces. These efforts have been successfully integrated into New York's heat remediation and extreme flooding response plans, inspiring similar projects nationwide.