If you walk or bine along the maintenance trail past park HQ towards Belle Isle, there is a low bridge over a stream. The island on the other side is Sawmill Island and once was home to a …
JROC helps build outdoor classroom in JRPS
JROC volunteers, along with Richmond Toolbank, Wounded Warrior Project, and a group of students from Maggie Walker Governor's School made a team effort to assist in the construction of a new learning …
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Slave Trail project day
JROC volunteers partnered with JRPS Staff and a volunteer group from the Army to make significant early season upgrades to the Slave Trail. Volunteers filled wheelbarrows with mulch and covered over …
Tredegar St Cleanup
A few years ago, JROC worked with the Invasive Species Task Force to rejuvenate the view shed along Tredegar St. invasive plants had overrun natives and mostly blocked the view of the James River from …
Huguenot Flatwater graffiti removal
Richmond is an art town. Murals decorate dozens of buildings around the city and there are several in JRPS as well. I remember growing up in Philadelphia how transformative the Wyland Whale mural …
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Flood Wall Graffiti Removal
Some graffiti can transcend the simple tag and become art. Keith Haring is probably the most famous example. Then there is what JROC painted over on the Floodwall in Manchester. A couple members spent …