- March Minutes Corrections
- Tyvek map donation final is $1,066
- minutes approved
- Treasurer Report
- $5k from 20 for 20 match
- $22,654 available funds
- approved
- Projects
- Christian Wood Donation
- we will pass the hat and donation will be on behalf of JROC membership
- not using JROC member funds
- Volunteer Insurance
- $240 renewal
- JROC Scholarship Ideas
- Ask Penelope about programs that could benefit from a scholarship
- Potential tie-in with GroundWorksRva
- Project Funding Process
- consider approving blanket $1k for each monthly work project
- Huguenot Flatwater Report Back
- New rails on stairs and bridge
- Possibly the most solid bridge in the park
- National Trail Day
- Poster and Brochures
- Motion Approved for $200 to reimburse printing costs
- Upcoming Projects
- April 21st Gear Swap
- May 19th – 21st Riverrock
- Should have a table
- raise funds for the huguenot ramp projects
- June 2nd
- National Trails Day
- June 9th
- James River cleanup for festival of the river
- Christian Wood Donation
- Earth Day Gear Swap
- Volunteers
- Should arrive at 8:30am
- Martha
- Brining tent
- Brian –
- bringing tent
- Matt
- Brining extra squares and iPads
- bringing table
- Riley –
- bringing tent
- Three tents
- One for checkin
- one for checkout
- one general
- Extra KOTJ shirts
- Goatacado
- Handing out flyers to promote event at their location
- We are the beneficiary of some amount of sales
- Volunteers
- KOTJ
- still nov 11th
- Will hear back in two weeks from a local brewery about sponsorship
- Starting registration earlier this year
- Katie can get flyers for Riverrock to promote the race
- $150 approved for new promotional art
- Possible happy hour for sponsors
- Subcommittees
- Access
- Plans are moving along for construction
- Permits cost estimate $17,150
- Possibly get some art work to promote at events
- Small handouts explaining the project
- Projects
- Get more info from park users
- Sept: Huguenot flatware port o john rebuild for accessibility
- Oct: Turn bottom steps into stone texas beach tower steps
- Nov: Continuation of Oct project
- Dec: Possible vauxhall island cleanup
- How to partner with other groups?
- Joint quarterly meeting with other friends groups.
- Better promotion on FB page before projects
- Possibly setup invites
- Fund Approval Process for park projects
- Budget for $7k a year for projects as restricted funds
- That equates to roughly $1,000 per project
- Estimates for projects must be in the month prior to project date
- Projects and project funding are contingent on board approval
- Motion approved
- Query park users of where they live on national trail day
- Possibility of week day projects
- Promotions
- Events
- Access
- Tredegar Fountains
- Trail Report
- Belle isle Skills park work day
- Work on buttermilk by 22nd st
- This coming Saturday new access trail near 26th st
- Dogwood dell work on 28th of April
- One Direction
- National Trails Day
- JROC will be at Reedy Creek
- 8 – 12
- Party at pump house trail head parking lot
- Visitation Numbers
- 129k people in park
- down slightly YOY
- March was pretty cold
- Possibly chart user data on website
- 129k people in park
- Nathan Report
- TPot
- 97 lights damaged
- 20k for replacement lights
- Hopefully reinstalled by june 9th
- Tyvek maps are in production
- Invasive Species Task Force
- 20k in grants for management plan
- ~10k for replanting
- ~10k for mitigation
- Focusing on seed bearing trees that broadcast seeds
- 20k in grants for management plan
- Machester Wall
- 14k grant through GroundWorkRVA for improvements
- Dedicated path for people to get to flood wall
- Kiosk
- benches
- will happen over the summer
- Peter from peak experience hosting an event there this weekend
- Conservation Easement
- Vauxhall Island
- Finally being turned over to JRPS
- Goat Island also coming into easement
- Vauxhall Island
- Master plan
- Community Foundation donated 20k
- at 75k of 250k funding goal
- working to create connection between health, wellness and park
- Programs
- Program brochures are printed
- All SOL correlated
- TPot
- Zeke Report
- The cookies were delicious
- Attendance
- Will Isenberg: 2 hours
- Matthew Rosenberg
- Michael Burton
- Weston Spivey
- Michael Gee
- Riley Gorman
- Brian Mulcher
- Greg Velzy
- Garett Sabotka
- Jen Skryzpek
- Katie Lemmert
- Martha James
- Margaret Maslak: 2 hours
- Zeke Zebrowski
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