KC Parks News

  • Healthy Lungs at Play

    KC Parks Expands “Smoke-Free Parks” to Protect the Public’s Health

    As part of the effort to provide healthier, safer, environments for area residents, the City of Kansas City, Missouri Parks and Recreation recently implemented a smoke-free parks policy in all city owned parks where people, especially where children and youth play and congregate, including, but not limited to the playgrounds, athletic fields, pools, and community […]

  • “Watermelon Hill” Is A Landmark

    Once upon a time, in Kansas City, MO, blackness meant colored people (during the 30s and 40s) and Negros (during the 50s and 60s) cooling themselves, hanging-out, showing-off and having a good time on ‘Watermelon Hill in Swope Park. “Watermelon Hill.” That picnic place in Swope Park in Kansas City, MO is still there. The […]