“A site in Varina that served as an encampment for U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War has been gifted to an area nonprofit to provide fledgling farmers of color with a place to live and provide much-needed fresh food…
“The Capital Region Land Conservancy has just made two more moves in its bid to preserve land in eastern Henrico. The local nonprofit last month launched a roughly $1.5 million capital campaign to build a war chest toward its ongoing plan…
“In a fallow field off the Virginia Capital Trail in Henrico County Tuesday morning, urban agriculture expert Duron Chavis walked through the grass alongside Parker Agelasto, a former Richmond City councilman who now leads the Capital Region Land Conservancy. Chavis…
“An area land-conservation group has purchased 42 acres of property along the Appomattox River, and part of that land will be used to extend the development of the long-planned Appomattox River Trail linking Hopewell with Chesterfield and Dinwiddie counties. Capital…
“Growing up in Varina in the 1940s and ‘50s, Howard Eberly played on his family’s farm, swam in the creek and found “treasures” on the land. Turns out, some of those treasures are significant historic artifacts. The Eberly family moved…
In an interview with Greg McQuade at WTVR, CRLC Executive Director Parker Agelasto shared why the pristine view and historic significance of New Market Heights Battlefield should be preserved. “Preservationists like Parker Agelasto, Executive Director of the Capital Region Land…
“The “power of place” is a big part of what makes a national park, said Doyle Sapp, superintendent of Richmond National Battlefield Park. “Whether it’s a historical site or a natural area,” Sapp said, “the place where something happened or…
CRLC’s Executive Director Parker Agelasto spoke with Surekha Carpenter, a research analyst at the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond on her podcast “Speaking of the Economy,” along with Ebonie Alexander, the executive director of the Black Family Land Trust. They…
Capital Region Land Conservancy was able to open Dock Street to the public for the first time on November 12th and 13th for 1708 Gallery’s annual InLight 2021 event. The yearly Inlight outdoor exhibition of artwork embraces light and sound,…
