East Side Park News
Welcome to our East Side Park news hub, where we share stories and updates about our work to create a universally accessible nature space for everyone to enjoy.
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October 22, 2025
October 22, 2025
Nature for Everyone: Why Accessible Greenspaces are Vital to Our Health
It’s beautiful outside, and you say to yourself, “It’s a perfect day to go for a hike.” You think nothing of hopping in the car to drive to your favorite green space to get on a trail. Soon, you are immersed in trees, hearing birdsong, feeling the breeze on your skin, smelling the sweet, damp smells of the earth beneath your feet.
October 22, 2025
Nature for Everyone: Why Accessible Greenspaces are Vital to Our Health
It’s beautiful outside, and you say to yourself, “It’s a perfect day to go for a hike.” You think nothing of hopping in the car to drive to your favorite green space to get on a trail. Soon, you are immersed in trees, hearing birdsong, feeling the breeze on your skin, smelling the sweet, damp smells of the earth beneath your feet.
August 28, 2025
August 28, 2025
UAB Students Help Salvage Native Plants for New Universally Designed Park
On August 21, 2025, first-year students from the UAB Honors College rolled up their sleeves to help transform East Side Park into a universally designed nature sanctuary for the Birmingham community and the surrounding region. The students worked alongside Jefferson County Greenways (JCG) staff and volunteers to salvage native plants from Red Mountain Park’s improvement zone to give them a second life at East Side Park.
August 28, 2025
UAB Students Help Salvage Native Plants for New Universally Designed Park
On August 21, 2025, first-year students from the UAB Honors College rolled up their sleeves to help transform East Side Park into a universally designed nature sanctuary for the Birmingham community and the surrounding region. The students worked alongside Jefferson County Greenways (JCG) staff and volunteers to salvage native plants from Red Mountain Park’s improvement zone to give them a second life at East Side Park.
May 8, 2025
May 8, 2025
East Side Park Design Honored with Award of Excellence
We’re proud to share that the design for East Side Park has received the Award of Excellence from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Central States. This was the highest honor presented at this year’s awards ceremony.
May 8, 2025
East Side Park Design Honored with Award of Excellence
We’re proud to share that the design for East Side Park has received the Award of Excellence from the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA) Central States. This was the highest honor presented at this year’s awards ceremony.