Seattle Parks Foundation - Neighborhood Parks

Seattle Parks Foundation works to improve and expand parks and green spaces throughout Seattle's diverse neighborhoods. Since 2001 the Parks Foundation has completed 26 projects with a focus on underserved neighborhoods. Our goal is that each resident of Seattle will have a park within walking distance of their home.


	Play Areas Schools and playgrounds offer an opportunity to provide neighborhood green space where little currently exists. Working with local schools and Parks and Recreation, the Parks Foundation improves play areas as a recreational resource for the entire community. Bailey Gatzert Elementary School > Beer Sheva Park* Benefit Park* > Graham Hill Elementary School > Maple Elementary School > Powell Barnett Park* Whitworth Elementary School* >

	Habitat Restorations In urban areas, natural landscapes are increasingly rare, and important, to preserve and create. Seattle Parks Foundation works with community groups to identify habitat restoration projects in neighborhoods with few places to reconnect with local nature. Andover Park* Discovery Park Habitat Garden* > Frink Park* Hitt's Hill Park* Lake People (Xacua'bs) Park > Marshall Park* Volunteer Park, Tree Grove* Waterway 18 > Yester Terrace P-Patch* York Park*

	Historic RestorationsSeattle has a rich history of parks, beginning with the Olmsted Plan in 1903. The Parks Foundation works to restore historic features in our oldest parks so they retain their original grandeur and features. Camp Long, Shurman Rock > Volunteer Park Entrance* Volunteer Park Lily Ponds* > Volunteer Park Play Sculpture* Woodland Park Rose Garden >

	Legacy ParksThe Parks Foundation works with Parks and Recreation and major donors to create new parks in underserved areas throughout Seattle. These new parks leave a legacy of expanded green space for generations to come. Counterbalance Park > Homer Harris Park > Lakewood Triangle Park

	Fiscal Sponsorships Seattle Parks Foundation provides assistance to community groups working to improve their neighborhood parks and green spaces. As a respected leader in parks advocacy and improvement, the Parks Foundation offers fundraising, project management, and oversight help to enable even more improvements to parks in Seattle. Parks indicated with an asterisk* above, are fiscal sponsorships. Learn more about fiscal sponsorships >
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