Now Available: Indicator Tracking Plan Year 1 Evaluation Report
The UC Berkeley Center for Global Healthy Cities team has published its Year 1 Evaluation Report, documenting progress from August 2023 to July 2024 across transformative climate and community resilience projects in Richmond’s Iron Triangle, Santa Fe, and Coronado neighborhoods. Led by UC Berkeley’s Center for Global Healthy Cities, this report tracks the first year […]
Now Available: Place-Based Workforce Development Strategy and Implementation Plan
As part of the Richmond Rising Initiative, the City of Richmond is developing a Place-Based Workforce Development Strategy and Implementation Plan. A place-based strategy is important to address the unique barriers and challenges that residents of a particular place face to having good jobs that pay well. Challenges can include transportation, language barriers, education and […]
Apply Now to be a Youth Fellow!
Apply now to be a Youth Fellow with Richmond Rising. Young leaders ages 16-24 who work, live, or study in the Iron Triangle, Santa Fe, or Coronado Neighborhoods can apply via the application form. The program offers a paid internship and work experience with training on climate equity, community engagement, and green jobs. Submit applications […]
Complete Streets Project Wins $9.5 Million in Grant Funding
As part of the Reconnecting Communities Pilot (RCP) Program from the US Department of Transportation, the City of Richmond was recently awarded over $9.5 million in order to support a complete streets project in the Iron Triangle, Santa Fe, and Coronado neighborhoods to meet community needs. The funds will be matched with California’s Transformative Climate […]
Groundwork Richmond in the News! / ¡Groundwork Richmond en las Noticias!
[Texto en español a continuación] Richmond Rising is proud to include Groundwork Richmond as a partner in implementation of the Transformative Climate Communities Grant. As the leader of the ‘Bosque del Barrio’ project, Groundwork is working to plant 1,000 drought tolerant/resistant trees in public and private properties in the neighborhoods of Iron Triangle, Santa Fe, […]
