PLACES TO GROW

We helped Granger Housing Authority apply for and receive the first Texas Parks and Wildlife COOP grant awarded to a housing authority. The adventures have grown, with 2024 COOP grants for housing authorities in the cities of Caldwell and Rockdale.

We engage public housing residents in planning the trips to Texas State Parks, developing new leaders.

We engage staff and residents in improving their surroundings and building neighborly places.

Simple things like patio gardens and brighter front doors can make a difference in how people feel about where they live.

From 2022-2023 our team wrote grants awarding $2.25 million to rural public housing authorities.

We recruit people to share their skills and broaden neighborhood activities. We have introduced cooking and nutrition classes, pottery workshops, and music using local talent. In Rockdale, Texas we recruited neighbors to complete TPWD Angler Education Instructor training. These volunteers will teach fishing skills to families in their neighborhood and beyond.

We brought neighbors together to design a natural park in Thrall, Texas.

Places To Grow coordinated the build, using local talent.

Park donations increased by 30% as carpenters, dirt haulers, garden center owners, lumber yards and sign builders saw that their products and skills fit into the design.

"It brought life to this little community.
Before, we were all going our own way,
and this made us want to do something together."
–a housing director