One of the many advantages of living here is the river and local watershed. What you might not realize is that there are volunteers educating and working to improve the area’s water assets. One organization is the Reedy Creek Coalition. The RCC has started a semi-regular educational series and are nice enough to let me share [...]
Eric Fulks has been a carpenter, RVA parks worker and now wants to become a local sustainable house builder using material that most of us would toss. Eric is building a model home somewhere in the area but unfortunately the Style Weekly article references Forest Hill in the photo and Westover Hills in the body [...]
Upcoming Holidays Will Not Impact Curbside Recycling No Delay in Curbside Recycling Collections Residential curbside recycling collection will continue on regularly scheduled collection days the weeks of December 26-30, 2011 and January 2-6, 2012. There will be no holiday delay for curbside recycling collection services on Monday, December 26, 2011 and on Monday, January 2, [...]
From the Friends of the James River ParksFacebook page; If you’re looking for something to do next weekend, stop by Pony Pasture Park on Saturday, Dec. 10, 9:30 to 1pm, to rip out some invasive vines and plant some native Virginia bluebells.
This Friday, Dec. 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Southside Community Services Center at 4100 Hull Street, the city of Richmond will be giving away starter home weatherization kits to Richmond seniors aged 65 and above.
One of the many advantages of living here is the river and local watershed. What you might not realize is that there are volunteers educating and working to improve the areas water assets. One organization is the Reedy Creek Coalition. The RCC has stared a semi-regular educational series and are nice enough to let me share [...]
The Westover Baptist Church and their Bhutanese-Nepali refugee neighbors are going to be coming out on Saturday in teams of 4 to offer raking leaves for $25. They have the support of the the church and a couple of friends from FBC Richmond will accompany them to show them how to do yard work. These [...]
From the Friends of James River Park Facebook we get a bit of good news. Congratulations Anne. Excited to announce that FOJRP board member and Assistant Professor of Biology and Coordinator of Life Sciences Outreach Education at VCU has received a $61,000 2 year grant from Altria to bring science education to the park! The 4 [...]
One of the best aspects of our neighborhoods are the trees. Now is your chance to give back. Registration is now open for the January session to become a Richmond Tree Steward. Our 10 week Tree Steward course includes tree biology, identification, and pathology and will give you the latest information on tree care, planting [...]
Electronic Recycling Day for City Residents WHO: Richmond Clean City Commission, Richmond Department of Public Works, and Central Virginia Waste Management Authority. WHAT: Drop off for all household electronic items, such as computers, monitors, radios, fax machines, microwaves, camcorders, etc. Fluorescent light bulbs and large appliances cannot be accepted. WHEN: Saturday, October 15, 9 a.m. [...]
Technically he is a a coordinator but I think Czar has a much better ring to it. RVA News broke the news in this post. Jakob C. Helmboldt is the name of the coordinator and he has an incredibly easy task. <sarcasm> The City’s new Pedestrian, Bicycle, and Trails Program has the goal of making Richmond [...]
We’ve been doing what we can by posting alerts, so its nice to see Richmond.com run an article about the new trees that have been planted. Last year 400 trees were planted and about 18% didn’t make it. This year 2,000 trees were planted to that much more help is needed.
From the Richmond Tree Stewards website; Has the hot weather been stressful for you? Imagine being a new tree next to hot pavement and without enough roots to find water. Now that is stress! In addition to the heat, less than normal rainfall is predicted for the next few weeks. Therefore, we are at Code [...]
Join Mayor Dwight C. Jones for a Community Workshop to help shape the Sustainability Plan for Richmond’s future! The Community Workshop will be on Thursday, June 9, 2011, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (registration and light refreshments begin at 5 p.m.) at the Carillon Tower in Byrd Park, 1300 Blanton Ave., Richmond, VA 23221.
The city could use your help watering new trees.
The incredibly popular DIY blog Young House Love checked out and bought one of those rain barrels that we all have noticed at the corner of Forest Hill Avenue and Cherokee Road. Then they even went as far to install the rainbarrel. Don’t forget you can also purchase a rain barrel at tomorrow’s Manchester Earth [...]
The rain prevented this event from happening last weekend. The weather forecast is looking good for Sunday so the tree planting is on for Sunday.
A reader had a question about the sudden appearance of a bulldozer in his neighborhood. We found out what was going down. Does anyone know about the construction on Sequoyah Road? Yesterday a crew came in and started working on the side of the road, taking down trees and digging. This morning there is a [...]
Take a look out your window this weekend or take a walk and keep track of the birds you see for this weekend’s Great Backyard Bird Count. The bird count starts on Friday and goes through Monday. The reason scientists need your help is as you would expect birds don’t stay in one spot so [...]
In case you haven’t noticed, Richmond has all the potential to be a great bike town. The ground work is laid. There have been studies such as the Richmond Green Infrastructure Assessment which show us exactly how close we are to having a fully connected system of trails. The Mayor even talks a good game with [...]
Tree Planting along Dunston Avenue Where: Grassy area between Dunston Avenue and Reedy Creek from Roanoke Avenue east to Bland St. Why: Planting trees along streams is one of the best ways to improve water quality. A buffer of trees along Reedy Creek will help prevent pollution from entering the creek, stabilize the stream banks [...]
It’s always amazing how many people are thoughtless enough to leave trash behind when visiting James River Parks. Don’t get me started on smokers who feel that they can throw cigarette butts out their car window. The Friends of James River Park are gathering on Sunday, February 10th at 1 p.m. to do a little clean-up of [...]
Is helping taking care of trees something you pine for? Now is your chance by signing up to become a Tree Steward. Classes will be held every Tuesday from February 15 through May 7, from 6:30-8:30PM, at the Round House in Byrd Park. There also are three Saturday hands-on planting and pruning sessions, March 12, [...]
On Sunday, October 24, the Reedy Creek Coalition offered a tour of the Reedy Creek watershed to the public. [slideshow id=71] link to flickr set (with comments) here
