This webinar opens a three-part series bringing together national practitioners for practical discussions on green schoolyards as a high-impact strategy for climate resilience, public health and stormwater compliance. In this webinar, Danielle Denk (Trust for Public Land (TPL)), sets the national stage with a holistic vision for green schoolyards and TPL’s long-term community schoolyard model – illustrated by a rural/Tribal project example – along with the How to Create a Community Schoolyard toolkit and its practical tips and tools for implementation. Jim Sparber (Greenprint Partners) follows with a practitioner’s view of utility grant funding as a key opportunity for green schoolyard development.

Participants will leave understanding how to build buy-around the many community benefits of green schoolyards as well as how they are being prioritized by communities across the country, gain insights on how to successfully plan for, implement and sustain them, and learn how utilities can meet their goals through green schoolyard projects.

Presenters:

• Danielle Denk, Community Schoolyard Initiative Director, Trust for Public Lands (TPL)

• Jim Sparber, PE, Vice President of Engineering, Greenprint Partners

• Anna Jentz, Senior Planner, Greenprint Partners (moderator)