Posts Tagged ‘watershed project’
Point of Contention: Despite approved housing plan, the fight over Point Molate rages on
Despite approved housing plan, the fight over Point Molate rages on.
Read MorePoint Molate Beach Park reopens to fanfare
Point Molate Beach Park reopens more than a decade after budgetary woes forced city officials to close its gates. The city spent $115,000 on minor improvements to the park to meet public safety and ADA requirements.
Read More10th Annual North Richmond Shoreline Festival
Richmond families headed out to Point Pinole on Saturday for a day of learning and fun in the sun. The East Bay Regional Parks District hosted the 10th Annual North Richmond Shoreline Festival. Kids with painted faces rode ponies and a “choo-choo” train around the park overlooking the bay. Festival-goers enjoyed performances and free Latin…
Read MoreReduce, recycle, reuse and rot in El Cerrito and Richmond schools
A new project aims to usher in a waste management transformation. This month, the Environmental Protection Agency awarded the Watershed Project, a nonprofit dedicated to protecting East Bay watersheds and ecosystems, a $30,000 grant to educate children and their community about recycling, reusing and composting.
Read MoreResidents come together to clean Point Molate Beach
For eight years, a jewel in Richmond has been kept from public view. It’s a stretch of sandy beach, where gentle swells lap against the shore and each day closes with a brilliant sunset framed by the San Rafael Bridge. But Point Molate Beach has been closed since 2004, when the city’s fiscal troubles forced…
Read MorePhoto Essay: Greening up Richmond
A diverse crowd packs the Greenway to mulch, weed, beautify, and clean up.
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