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Promoting Play: Why neighborhood playgrounds are an oasis and a necessity

By Maureen McDonald on 08/05/2016 Healthy Cities

Our parks and playgrounds are our backyards, community fitness centers and nature preserves. Running, jumping and climbing gets the legs moving and the heart pumping. Kids who participate in physically active play at least two or three times a week are twice as likely to be fit than those who stay in the house watching […]

City of Detroit earmarks $11.7 million to make over 40 neighborhood parks, playgrounds

By Marge Sorge on 03/17/2016 Healthy Cities

Detroit’s neighborhoods are the window into the city. Now that window will be filled with more green parks and views of children playing on playgrounds. It’s all made possible under an $11.7 million plan just laid out by Mayor Mike Duggan and City Parks & Recreation Department officials. It’s found money. In his budget address earlier […]