This Saturday 10/29, join 🌳Sierra Club Virginia Falls of the James Group🛶 and Capital Region Land Conservancy in planting more 🌳 trees 🌲 along Warwick Rd in Southside!! Sign up here: signupgenius.com/go/30e0544aaaa…

“No one among us will live to see climate change “fixed” at a global level. But for people who live in neighborhoods already hit hard by global warming, hyperlocal action can yield real results.” theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

Happy birthday to our co-founder, Amy C. Wentz! Amy has positively impacted countless other lives through the causes she invests in. Her commitment to building toward a healthier, cleaner, & greener South Richmond that enables all residents to flourish inspires us everyday!🥳

one of those strategies is to 🌳 PLANT 🌳 MORE 🌳 TREES 🌳 we communally set a goal of planting 24,000 trees on public property within five years. but a goal without a plan is just a wish. and our stakeholders had goals and wishes, but they also had plans and so did we. 3/

our RVAH2O stakeholders and partners blew this goal out of the water, and well in advance of our ideal timeline. to-date, we've planted 35,870 trees across Richmond. we achieved our goal by 149.5% 👏🎉🌳 these trees bring an additional 120.3 acres of tree canopy. 4/

tracking all these trees is detailed, and we are grateful to so many amazing partners for helping us to track this data. thank you, thank you, thank you Reforest Richmond, Southside ReLeaf, Richmond VA DPW, RVA Parks & Recreation, James River Assoc, Chesapeake Bay Foundation, and so, so many more. 5/5

📁documents └📁trees └📁urban trees └📁benefits └📁why we need them └📁folder is too large open

If anything, more trees are needed in Mosby Court & nearby areas to help combat the heat island effect--a legacy of red-lining that creates hotter temperatures that threaten residents' health & raises the flood risk because there's too much asphalt & too little vegetation. (2/2)

We're Hiring! We are looking for dedicated transit ambassadors to conduct community outreach, amplify rider voices, and help build our coalition of transit advocates. 10-20 (or more) hours a week, 3 month duration Read here & Apply: buff.ly/3wdoxqL

Update! Passed w/ an amendment to strike gross receipts. More on this soon. #hb1510

Super excited for Richmond’s first urban forester! Let’s reforest some city y’all!

The movement for a #CarFreeCarytown has made it into Richmond Connects—the city’s transportation planning process. If you support a pedestrian promenade in Carytown, then fill out the survey: survey123.arcgis.com/share/bf087fda…