At the intersection of Renton Avenue and 75th Avenue in Skyway is the official home of Black Panther Park, a small community park and foraging forest dedicated to the legacy of the Black Panther Party’s People’s Free Food Program and other community programs.
The park was constructed in partnership with Nurturing Roots, King County Parks and Stone Soup Gardens. According to Nurturing Roots founder Nyema Clark, this park is the first of its kind.
“The Black Panthers have been so pivotal in so many aspects of history, not just Seattle, but American history, like their free feeding program, their free clinic, the Odessa Brown Clinic, which is still open in Seattle,” said Clark. “When we started this project over 10 years ago, COVID slowed us down, but it is profound that this is the first one and we are so honored to do it.”…