The mission of Community Greens is to catalyze the development of shared green spaces inside residential blocks in cities across the United States. We call these green spaces community greens. We believe that the Community Greens approach presents the best opportunity to add usable green space to our cities by converting underutilized backyards and dysfunctional alleys into functional and beautiful shared green spaces that are owned, managed, and enjoyed by the people who live around them.



Community greens can be developed in a few different ways: residents of existing blocks can merge portions of their backyards to create a shared green space; community greens can be incorporated into new developments; or dysfunctional alleys can be transformed into verdant green pathways