Communicating and evaluating the impact of greenspace interventions on health and health equity in marginalized communities

This project will address the deficit of safe and well-maintained parks and green infrastructure in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color by exploring and lifting up local investments, policies and practices that empower local residents, strengthen civic infrastructure and civic engagement, promote resilience, advance health equity, and improve population health outcomes. In addition to a final report making a case for investment in green spaces, deliverables will include a theory of change and logic model that will capture multiple impacts and health impacts and a story bank that will include personal narratives from young people involved in Groundwork USA projects. This work will help Groundwork USA to select the best opportunities in its network of local trusts for evaluating neighborhood-level interventions.