If we were to run a poll asking what your favorite school memories were, we bet a lot of them would be from the schoolyard. Thanks to The Trust for Public Land (TPL), you can relive those memories as Chattanooga will soon have its first-ever community schoolyard.
Think: A park on school grounds for students and the general public outside of school hours.
This $400,000 community schoolyard will be developed at East Side Elementary School, notably opening up the playground currently along East Main Street to be more accessible to the public. Expect a basketball court, pavilion, and more.
Playing around with the numbers — this development is funded by a public-private partnership with the city and TPL + $200,000 in matched funds from The Howard Fund and Lyndhurst, Bobby Stone, and Schillhahn-Huskey Foundations.
The schoolyard is expected to be open by early 2025 + TPL is already assessing future developments at other schools.
