Space to Grow: A Decade of Transforming Chicago Schoolyards and Communities
April 22, 2025 | Written By: Healthy Schools Campaign
Healthy Schools Campaign is pleased to announce the release of Space to Grow: A Decade of Transforming Chicago Schoolyards and Communities.
This new report documents 10 years of Space to Grow, celebrating this dynamic program’s significant impact on Chicago schools, neighborhoods and the environment. From transforming schoolyards into vibrant, multifunctional spaces that foster learning, play, connection to nature, and community engagement, to helping mitigate flooding, Space to Grow has created lasting co-benefits. The report offers a variety of perspectives, showcasing how these schoolyards have become valuable shared spaces for local communities and an important model for green schoolyards across the country and internationally.
The report also highlights the unique partnership between public agencies and nonprofit organizations that make this program possible and sustainable—offering a model for others to learn and draw inspiration from.
