Location: Virginia

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The Swansboro West Civic Association envisions a new green space for their community

Swansboro West Civic Association engaged the community in a visioning process to design a park space that meets the needs of the community, as well as the elementary school.

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The Chickahominy Indian Tribe- Eastern Division (CIT-ED) Builds a Tribal Food Forest

With awarded funds, CIT-ED implemented a Tribal food forest. The food forest has local and culturally significant plant species to the Tribe, and utilizes permaculture and traditional methods for planting, maintenance, and harvesting.

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Wandering Waterways: Connecting Virginia’s Tri-Cities

Over the course of two cool spring days, 19 local government leaders representing 12 municipalities joined the Wandering Virginia’s Waterways tour to explore enterprising examples of clean and green growth across Virginia’s Tri-Cities and Hampton Roads regions.

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Seeking Contractors For Accessible Trail on School Grounds – Richmond, VA

The Alliance is seeking bids for a professional contractor to collaborate on and install an ADA accessible nature trail at Amelia Street School in Richmond, VA.

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Thank you for another successful Taste!

This year’s Taste events were great successes once again! We had our biggest turnout in recent years with 400 guests.

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Revitalized Greenspace and public Art in Historic Richmond

Greening Greater Fulton is complete! The Alliance worked closely with partners to implement a green street on Richmond’s Government Road, bringing the Greater Fulton community’s vision of a vibrant, safer, green business district to life.

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Fall 2025 Project Clean Stream Kick-Off: Virginia

Join us in September for Virginia’s Project Clean Stream Fall Kickoff!

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Blackwell Park Tree Planting

Come plant trees with us at Blackwell Park in Richmond, VA!

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Blackwell Park Tree Planting

Come plant trees with us at Blackwell Park in Richmond, VA!

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Celebrating 40 Years of RiverTrends!

In 1985, a small group of passionate community members gathered along the shores of Chesapeake Bay tributaries, monitoring kits and clipboards in hand, ready to collect powerful scientific data. With over 100,000 stream miles throughout Virginia, the Alliance recognized major gaps in where agencies were able to collect data.

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