SPARK — News and Press Releases

Date	Title/Source	Organization	Category
09-20-2023	SPARK announces 40th year celebration with $10 million campaign to build/ “reSPARK” 40 school parks in four years in the Greater Houston area	SPARK	Urban Green Space
09-23-2022	Meet the couple behind Houston’s $281M transformation through new park amenities and green spaces — Houston Chronicle	Buffalo Bayou Partnership, Emancipation Park Conservancy, Houston Parks Board, Memorial Park, SPARK, Trees for Houston, Willow Waterhole	Urban Green Space
02-01-2021	Houston philanthropists donate $5 million to SPARK Park effort — Houston Chronicle	SPARK	Urban Green Space
01-13-2021	SPARK PARKS INCREASE PARK ACCESS IN HOUSTON: Houston Endowment and Kinder Foundation lead support to expand park equity	SPARK	Urban Green Space
03-09-2020	SPARK receives $5 million from Houston Endowment and Kinder Foundation to build and improve parks at 30 Houston-area schools	SPARK	Education, Urban Green Space
06-10-2019	SPARKing Change in Houston’s Park Deserts	SPARK, The Lawson Academy	Education, Urban Green Space
09-23-2018	How Greening Strategies Are Displacing Minorities in Post-Harvey Houston — The Nature of Cities	Bayou Greenways 2020, Emancipation Economic Development Council, Emancipation Park, Project Row House, SPARK	Quality of Life, Urban Green Space
09-12-2018	A Tour on the Red Line to the Near Northside: A National Model for Community-Based, Comprehensive Planning — OffCite	Museum of Fine Arts, SPARK	Quality of Life, Urban Green Space
07-02-2018	Houston needs more parks. Are school playgrounds the answer? — Houston Chronicle	SPARK	Urban Green Space
06-12-2018	The end of the school year includes the dedication of five new SPARK parks	SPARK	Urban Green Space
01-08-2018	Katy ISD Briefs — Houston Chronicle Neighborhood (Katy)	SPARK	Urban Green Space
12-19-2017	Planting roots: a SPARK Park Desert Initiative update	SPARK	Urban Green Space
12-14-2017	Katy ISD Franz Elementary celebrates new SPARK park — Katy News	SPARK	Urban Green Space
12-11-2017	School park now open to community at Memorial Parkway — Houston Chronicle	SPARK
11-27-2017	SPARK parks open at Pasadena schools — Houston Chronicle	SPARK	Urban Green Space
10-09-2017	U.S. Mayors Agree: Everyone Needs a Great Park Within a 10-Minute Walk — Huffington Post	SPARK	Urban Green Space
09-19-2017	SPARK park improvements slated for west side school — Houston Chronicle	SPARK	Urban Green Space
06-19-2017	Gray Matters: Does Houston have enough parks to go around? — Houston Chronicle	Bayou Greenways 2020, Buffalo Bayou Partnership, Discovery Green, SPARK	Urban Green Space
11-14-2016	Groups provide ‘spark’ to create park — Houston Chronicle	SPARK	Urban Green Space
10-13-2016	New park gives Westchase families reason to cheer — Houston Chronicle	SPARK	Urban Green Space
09-21-2016	$5 million gift to fund 30 SPARK parks around Houston — Houston Chronicle	SPARK	Urban Green Space
09-21-2016	SPARK receives record donation of $5 million to invest in ‘park deserts’ throughout the Houston region	SPARK	Urban Green Space