This story was originally published by Richmond Times Dispatch by author Eric Kolenich; June 24, 2026 $16M renovations will add trails, river access, green space The city of Richmond can now convert all of Mayo Island into a park. Earlier…
This story was originally published by WWBT-12 by anchor Joel Vazquez-Juarbe; June 23, 2026 Watch the video For many Richmonders, Mayo Island is a place they drive through on the way downtown, but now it will become a park where…
This article was originally published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch by author Michael Paul Williams; May 14, 2026. “A site in Varina that served as an encampment for U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War has been gifted to an area…
This article was originally published in Richmond BizSense on May 13, 2026, by author Jackie DiBartolomeo. “The Capital Region Land Conservancy has just made two more moves in its bid to preserve land in eastern Henrico. The local nonprofit last…
This article was originally published in the Virginia Mercury by author Shannon Hecht; May 13, 2026. “In a fallow field off the Virginia Capital Trail in Henrico County Tuesday morning, urban agriculture expert Duron Chavis walked through the grass alongside…
“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…
