Adopt a Park

Could your favorite park use some love? You can help keep it looking beautiful for everyone in our community to enjoy by adopting it with a group or organization.

Enjoy spending time outside with friends or colleagues and help our Kzoo Parks team keep our parks welcoming and beautiful. 

 

Online

Step 1.Find a Park

Review the parks and green spaces available for adoption and select a park or space that you would like to adopt. Go to the Parks Directory and search for parks with the feature "Available to Adopt".

Parks Directory

Step 2.Complete the Sign-Up Form

Complete the quick online form to apply. We'll just ask for your contact information and a few short questions about why you would like to adopt the park. Someone from the Kzoo Parks team will contact you about your application. 

Sign Up to Adopt a Park

Step 3.Help Keep Kalamazoo's Parks Beautiful for Everyone! 

After you adopt a park, we'll provide supplies to help! Kzoo Parks provides trash bags for cleaning up and can also help purchase flowers or plants. Our Landscape Coordinator will help pick out plants and we will reimburse up to $100 for plants and planting materials. We'll also provide up to 10 t-shirts for volunteers. 

In Person

Step 1.Find a Park

Review the parks and green spaces available for adoption and select a park or space that you would like to adopt. Go to the Parks Directory and search for parks with the feature "Available to Adopt". Our team is also happy to help you find a park when you visit the Kzoo Parks Office.

Parks Directory

Step 2.Visit the Kzoo Parks Office

Stop by the Kzoo Parks Office at 251 Mills Street to sign up! Our team will be happy to help you and answer any questions you may have.

By Phone

We are happy to answer questions about adopting a park, but our team cannot accept or process applications over the phone. 

If you have questions about the adopt a park program, please call 311 or (269) 337-8000 for help. 

Anyone and everyone! Families, groups, organizations, and individuals are all welcome to adopt a park. Some of our larger parks like Spring Valley Park or Milham Park might be better suited for a large group while our smaller parks like Sherwood Park or Springmont Tot Lot would be perfect for a family or individual.

  • Potential Tasks: Tasks could include planting flowers, picking up branches, picking up and disposing of litter, weeding landscape beds (if applicable), and edging sidewalks.
  • General Expectations: Willingness to clean up the adopted park twice a year and to fill out a report with each clean up. Interest in adoption for a minimum of one year.
  • Park Clean Ups: Hosting a minimum of two clean ups per year. A survey will be emailed to you after your park clean up to report how it went. Please also take photos of your clean up and share them with us, either by tagging Kzoo Parks on social media or submitting them through the survey report. 
  • What We Don’t Expect: We do not expect you to pick up suspicious materials, clean up graffiti, trim trees, mow, water, or fix broken or damaged amenities, etc. If you have a question about a particular item, please reach out to us.
  • Communication: Communication is key! If there are any broken park amenities or areas that need maintenance (trail mowing, tree removal, etc.), please take pictures (if possible) and send them to us. Please also let us know if you are no longer able to adopt your park. We can be reached by phone at 311 or by email at kzooparks@kalamazoocity.org.
  • T-Shirts: 10 free Adopt a Park t-shirts
  • Supplies: Trash bags for clean up work
  • Plants & Flowers: If park adopters would like to plant flowers or other plants in the park, our Landscape Coordinator will help with picking out plants and we will provide a reimbursement of up to $100 for flowers and materials.
  • Recognition Signage: An optional sign at the park entrance noting that you or your organization has adopted the park can also be installed. If you would like to have a recognition sign, please let us know exactly what you would like it to say. 

By adopting a park, you can enjoy spending more time outside and feel good knowing that you help make the park more welcoming for your community and neighbors to enjoy.

Visit the park directory and search for parks with the feature "Available to Adopt". You can also search for "Adopted" to see which ones have already been adopted.

We always need volunteers! If you are interested in additional volunteer opportunities please reach out to us by phone at 311 or by email at kzooparks@kalamazoocity.org.

Contact Us

Phone

311

Alternate Phone

(269) 337-8000

Email

kzooparks@kalamazoocity.org

Location

251 Mills Street
Kalamazoo
49048
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