Clean Air Council is again partnering with community stakeholders, Tiny WPA, Amber Art and Design, and Parks and Recreation to create Little Nature Playgrounds at Cobbs Creek Park entrances. In 2025, Cobbs Creek Park received four Little Nature Playgrounds installations along Cobbs Creek Trail – at Cedar Ave, 61st St, Thomas Ave, and Florence Ave – and this new project will add three more locations.

Years of community concerns and advocacy surrounding road safety and barriers to park access have inspired the project. Family friendly entrances will include both an asphalt mural, a little playground, and park maps to draw residents into the park at safe crossing locations. The goal is to provide learning, wellness, and play spaces that connect residents to the physical, social, and mental health benefits of green space.

Several community dinners and design workshops provide opportunities for community members to inform the future design and locations over the first four months of 2026. The next dinner and workshop will take place Tuesday, March 10, 4-6:30 p.m., at the Cobbs Creek Library (5800 Cobbs Creek Pkwy) and two more will be held in April (see the flyer below for more details). If you live near or use Cobbs Creek Park and interested in helping create opportunities for children to play and learn, please come to one of these events and share your ideas. And bring your kids!

Check out Cobbs Creek Watershed Coalition’s Facebook or Instagram, @cobbscreekwatershedcoalition, to stay up to date with the project. The project team also created a short survey to learn what neighbors would like to see in the design and location of the future installations.