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First Annual Bookmark Contest!
2025 Summer Park Programming Support
Bring resources to your neighborhood park in summer 2025! Partner with the Detroit Parks Coalition to host the Pistons Neighbors Program or receive programming grants for youth, family, and fitness park programs.
Butterflies of Detroit
Summer in the Parks 2024
Share Your Feelings on Park Safety
Summer Park Programming Support
2024 Parks Summit
Summer in the Parks
Parks & Resilient Neighborhoods Tour
Funders, Community Partners Collaborate on Summer Programming in Detroit’s Parks
Detroit Parks Coalition Announces Grants, Parks Fellow
Freedom Arts Festival Returns for 2023!
Thanks for a great Earth Day!
Yoga in the Parks Returns
Pistons Neighbors Program: 2023 Launch
Attention Park Stewards! Application for the 2023 Pistons Neighbors Program are now open.
2023 “Let’s Play!” Parks Summit
On Tuesday, January 10, the Detroit Parks Coalition, Detroit Pistons Foundation, Project Play, and the City of Detroit hosted the first Let’s Play: Parks Summit.
Detroit Parks Coalition Awarded $2.6 million from Ralph C. Wilson Jr. Foundation
The Detroit Parks Coalition, a startup nonprofit helping to support healthy, equitable & vibrant parks in Detroit, has been awarded $2.6 million to expand programming, provide matching grants for capital improvements and sustainability to its member organizations, and strengthen its relationship with the City of Detroit Parks & Recreation Division over the next 3 years.
Fall in the Parks
Happy first day of fall! The Detroit Parks Coalition compiled this guide on how to make the most of the season in the city’s green spaces.
Just Place: Race, Parks & Public Space in Detroit
On October 1, join the Detroit Parks Coalition and New Detroit for a panel discussion and facilitated conversation on racial equity in Detroit's parks.
First Annual Citywide Tennis Tournament
On August 20, 2022, DPC partnered with the Detroit Pistons and Palmer Park Tennis Academy to host Detroit's first annual citywide tennis tournament!
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