Project Backboard Giving Courts a New Look Around the Globe

Project Backboard Giving Courts a New Look Around the Globe

It all started with a simple yet striking realization. Parks across Memphis had backboards plastered with soda ads but lacked basic game lines. For Project Backboard co-founder Dan Peterson, that disconnect sparked a vision that has since evolved into a decade-long mission of restoring basketball courts as vibrant, artful community spaces. “In 2015, I was walking through parks in Memphis and noticing the lack of court lines,” Peterson recalls. “…