Tree the Track, Saturday 1/22
From a City of Richmond press release:
Volunteers Needed to Help ‘Tree the Track’
Richmond, VA – Do you enjoy Byrd Park? Have you ever used the Byrd Park vita course? Are you looking for a way to help make our city a better place to live? Then join the city’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities and the Friends of Byrd Park on Saturday, January 22, from 9 a.m. to noon, in a Neighbor-to-Neighbor project that will help beautify the park.
Volunteers are needed to help plant 30 new trees around the Byrd Park vita course. The holes will be dug in advance, so volunteers are needed to mulch, water and shovel dirt around the new plantings. This Neighbor-to-Neighbor project is a great activity for families to enjoy together and all ages can help.
Neighbor-to-Neighbor is an initiative of Mayor Dwight C. Jones to encourage the residents of Richmond to get involved and become active architects in “Building a Better Richmond.”
For more information and to volunteer to help Tree the Track, call 355-2639 or 342-9005 or visit www.Richmondgov.com/Mayor and click on the Neighbor-to-Neighbor link.
This is the second year of tree planting on the Vita Course (aka Track). It went fast last year and all the trees survived the summer drought. A don’t miss community event!