The East Park Revitalization Alliance (EPRA), is a community-based nonprofit that aims to empower residents to revitalize the Strawberry Mansion neighborhood through the arts, environment and education. Over the past six years, the organization has planted over 700 trees, built community gardens, facilitated numerous murals throughout the neighborhood, and created and maintained over 13 acres of community-friendly open green space in the site of formerly abandoned vacant lots. EPRA operates an after-school and summer program that focuses on teaching neighborhood youth about the importance of environmental stewardship, physical activity and nutrition.