Ep. 90 Dan Peterson - Founder of Project Backboard

Ep.90 Dan Peterson, founder of the non-profit Project Backboard, joins Will Gates and Arthur Agee on the Agee & Gates Hoop Dreams Podcast. The guys dive into his origin story and the founding of Project Backboard in Memphis in 2014. Project Backboard refurbishes playground courts in collaboration with artists. They install large scale works of site-specific art on the surface of the courts. Their mission is to strengthen communities, improve safety in the community and encourage multi-generational play. Project Backboard's goal is to inspire people to think more critically and creatively about their environment. Dan reflects on the court that was refurbished in his hometown that ended up changing the course of his community's high school basketball program and was the unknown precursor to his future endeavours. He shares some of his early influences, the first artists he worked with and how things have evolved. Since launching in 2015, Project Backboard has renovated over 100 courts in more than twenty-five States, and internationally in Puerto Rico, Canada, Mexico, Japan and Portugal. Dan also shares their initiative Every Court Has a Story which holds contests where people can submit stories about the courts in their communities for refurbishment consideration. Check out Project Backboard at https://projectbackboard.org/ and https://www.everycourthasastory.com/ Subscribe to the Agee & Gates Hoop Dreams Podcast on Spotify, Apple, YouTube or wherever you get your podcasts for new episodes and The Hoop Dreams Basketball Update covering all things basketball from the NBA, to WNBA, College and High School Basketball. Hosted by Will Gates and Arthur Agee, the stars of the original Hoop Dreams Documentary. Check us out on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/oghoopdreams/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@oghoopdreams YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@OGHoopDreams X: https://x.com/OGHoopDreams/ Hosted by Will Gates & Arthur Agee Produced by Matt Hoffar Created by Matt Hoffar, Will Gates and Arthur Agee www.oghoopdreams.com REVOLT Podcast Network Brickhouse Ventures Productions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices