Working with Corporate Partners Biogreen USA, Holistic Pet Solutions, and others, the Natural Capital Association, a 501 c-6 trade organization, will create a pilot Central Virginia Trade Association for Vendors of “River Friendly” products and services. The River Friendly Council will exist to promote the need for River Friendly Yards to restore local streams and rivers and [...]
The landscape designers and engineers and marketing folks have completed a first draft of their work. Designs will be reviewed - environmental lift will be debated - and ways to incentivize conversions will be discussed. A pre-charette team meeting will be held in Charlottesville on Monday - following that meeting, an agenda for the day [...]
The Rappahannock River Friendly Yard Initiative is moving forward.
What makes this project unique is the attempt to incentivize river friendly suburban river friendly retrofits through a suite of property owner rewards, rather than through direct government/grant payments and/or through exclusive public education. It is hoped that recognition of the economic impediments to river friendly landscaping, [...]
Last week, the Virginia Urban and Community Forestry Partnership (VDOF) and the Tri-County/City Soil and Water Conservation District generously awarded funds for Phase I of the River Friendly Yard program. The program is a growing grassroots multi-year partnership between the City of Fredericksburg, the National Wildlife Federation, the Tri-County Soil and Water Conservation District, the [...]
Meeting Announcement and Agenda
River Friendly Yard - Rappahannock
Tuesday, April 26
10 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Fredericksburg City Hall
715 Princess Anne Street
1. Review Pre-Scope of Work
2. Revise Scope of Work
3. Discuss Completion of Budget
Dial-in Number: 1-218-936-4700
Participant Access Code: 567004
Yesterday, an exploratory committee composed of for-profit businesses, non-profit organizations, and local governments enthusiastically agreed to move forward with a 24 month project to explore the efficiency of “river friendly” yards to help reduce pollution to the Chesapeake Bay. In the coming weeks, a Steering Committee composed of Gentle Gardener Green Design, The National Wildlife [...]