Parks & People

Together with our partners, Parks & People is pleased to invite you to celebrate the opening of Stockton Street Park!

Stockton Street Park is an example of a post demolition project. We partner with community members, local artists, and city and state leaders to transform vacant lots into spaces of recreation, rest, and discovery. This park will add 3,050 sqft of green space to the Penn North neighborhood of West Baltimore.

Project highlights include a decorative gate designed by Nick Ireys with the help of community members and a mural by Jordan Lawson , as featured in the Baltimore Sun.

Together we are reimagining communities, removing blight, and creating spaces where wonder grows in Baltimore City.

City life thrives where green grows 🌳

✅ Cleaner air
✅ Cooler streets
✅ Improved water quality
✅ Thriving ecosystems

Green spaces aren’t just nice to have—they’re essential to a healthy, sustainable city.

Parks & People partners with communities, city leaders, and local organizations to reimagine our backyards in the city.

Visit our website to discover our park projects and programming that are transforming green spaces and empowering environmental stewards throughout the city.

Spring 2026 has come to a close, these Branches Interns have been a delight to have! From climbing ropes courses at Outward Bound to graphing sound pollution points on our campus, each day gave a new adventure. To see this city through the eyes of our interns is so special, and to have the opportunity to connect these interns to the nature that is around them is a gift that is not taken for granted. Spring 2026 interns, thank you for bringing this cohort to life and experiencing wonder with me everyday in Branches. I truly cannot wait and see what this group of students will accomplish, I know each of their futures will be bright and fruitful. - Sophie

To learn more about the Branches Internship visit our website parksandpeople.org/branches