Coronado Heights KidsCorridor

The KidsCorridors in Coronado Heights neighborhood is part of a successful ongoing relationship with the Coronado Heights neighborhood and community liason and all around go getter Bernadette Jilka. The Kids Corridor partnership is working to develop routes through urban neighborhoods that are transformed by teens and adult leaders into attractive, naturally diverse, and functional pathways for kids, families, and wildlife.

KidsCorridors hold value as living neighborhood classrooms or community causeways where neighbors, young and old, can interact with one another through nature, culture, and art. KidsCorridors become community assets where kids can walk or bike to school or where they can play, learn, or simply gather in the neighborhood.

The design of KidsCorridors are inspired by the teens’ EcoProgram experiences in urban neighborhoods and wildenvironments throughout the Sonoran Desert. These projects involve teen participants as community leaders and unites them with community members of all ages—very young children, college students, adult professionals and volunteers, and other interested community members.

To date, ITE teens, with the assistance of adult mentors, have successfully identified, designed, planned, implemented, and promoted two GreenLots in the city center. The first KidsCorridor is now in the design phase in the Coronado Heights Neighborhood of Ward 3.

The ITE youth EcoPrograms, GreenLots, and KidsCorridor offer opportunities for youth, and their families, to enhance their physical fitness, learn about nutrition, contribute to community improvements, and connect with the natural world.