Park in a Truck transforms Philly's vacant lots into beautiful parks

The idea is to give communities the opportunity to design and maintain and build their own park and empower residents to build the Philly they can truly enjoy.

"The ground that we're standing on right now, it was a vacant lot," said De'Wayne Drummond. "Now, it's beautified by community members and the youth."

The corner of 38th and Melon Streets is the subject of Thomas Jefferson University's "Park in a Truck" program, which enables community leaders like Drummond to organize and build green gathering spaces on previously empty land. Read More