¡Sombra! Experiments in Shade is introducing artistic and functional shade structures across nine parks to combat extreme summer heat. The project helps spruce up some community parks that needed to ...

AUSTIN (KXAN) — A city ordinance passed in 2022 focusing on park shade structures in Austin has spent $760,000 on shade installations and other projects, according to a city memo. In that city of ...

PHOENIX — The city of Phoenix is taking action in its fight against relentless heat by updating an existing plan to cool the streets with trees and shade structures. The City Council voted Wednesday ...

PHOENIX — More shade cover is coming to Phoenix after a unanimous City Council vote to pass the Shade Phoenix Plan on Wednesday. It is an update to the to the city’s 2010 plan to provide protections ...

This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. In November, the city approved a new plan, Shade Phoenix, to ...

Phoenix says more trees and shade are coming over the next five years. The City Council approved the "Shade Phoenix Plan" on Nov. 13 to plant 27,000 trees and build 550 shade structures. The vote ...

Previous local park coverage above. DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – Dayton and Montgomery County’s Chronic Disease Prevention program, Public Health, has been granted over $15k to enhance Liberation Park.

The city of Phoenix is moving forward with an ambitious public art project, with artists beginning to plan nine shade structures that will provide artistic relief from Arizona’s searing summer. The ...

Public Square Group board member Vince Frantz, an avid skateboarder and Lakewood resident, played a key role in researching and identifying the RCP Shelters amenity. “We kind of knew this might be ...