Northfield Promise Selected for Community-led Playground Project to Give Local Kids More Opportunities to Play

Northfield Promise, a member of the StriveTogether Cradle to Career Network, has been selected to lead a playground project with KaBOOM!, the national nonprofit that works to ensure every kid and all communities have equitable access to quality, imaginative play spaces. 

Northfield Promise is one of the three StriveTogether communities that will work with
KaBOOM! to design a community playground to help close racial and socioeconomic
gaps in kids’ access to great places to play and build civic infrastructure through a
project model that brings diverse residents and organizations together for youth.

Read the full press release below:

KaBOOM Northfield Promise Press release (1)

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