2023 Annual Report

Take a look at the Play Streets Kauai Annual Report. Click on the image to open it in a new tab.

Connecting Communities Through Active Play

What are Play Streets?

Play Streets refer to the temporary closure of streets, that for a specified time period (around 3-5 hours) create a safe, publicly accessible space for [keiki, ʻōpio, and/or their ʻohana] to engage in active play (closures can be recurring or episodic).

-Guide to Implementing Play Streets in Rural Communities. 2019. Physical Activity Research Center (p. 8)

What is the Kauaʻi Play Streets Pilot Program?

The Kauaʻi Play Streets Program is in the pilot stage with the goal of becoming a long-term island-wide program. Launching in Fall 2022, Kauaʻi Play Streets Program creates a uniquely-Kauaʻi version of play streets by directly engaging our play “experts”—the keiki and ʻohana of Kauaʻi— in design and implementation while streamlining the application and approval process. The Kauaʻi Play Streets Pilot Program is community driven, allowing residents the opportunity to choose how streets or non-active spaces can be used as public spaces, temporarily, periodically, or long-term.