Celebrate 5 years of Southside ReLeaf by helping make a new city park

Kendall Taylor at The Richmonder has a great look at the origin and impact of Southside Releaf as they celebrate 5 years:

Wentz co-founded the organization with Sheri Shannon. The two joined forces through Richmond 300, a master plan for equitable and sustainable growth in the city. Wentz served on the economic development team and Shannon on the environmental committee.

While observing environmental reports, the pair were stunned to see that Richmond’s Southside was disproportionately worse off than its counterparts in many categories.

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They are now celebrating their fifth year of advocating for the Southside through environmental justice efforts, with their work leading to the planting of over 1,000 trees.

Want to get involved? Southside Releaf has a Community Workday at Ernest Road this Saturday as part of helping bring 5 new city parks to South Richmond.