CSX-City Year Service Day in Downtown Norfolk

On November 12, volunteers from CSX, the community and City Year came together to improve downtown Norfolk. Volunteers were able to plant 20 trees, hundreds of shrubs & plants, install sod, and mulch garden areas.
Date: 11/12/2011 | City of Norfolk Spotlight | Read More

Norfolk Partners with GEICO to Dedicate Third Living Legacy Grove

The City of Norfolk, in partnership with GEICO, dedicated a living legacy grove at Poplar Hall Park at 11 am on Wednesday, April 20, 2011. Residents joined Councilman Paul R. Riddick, Councilman Barclay Winn and Councilwoman Angelia Williams along with GEICO Management, members of the GEICO Green Team and the GEICO Gecko to dedicate the grove as part of the City’s “Celebrate! Trees”. . .
Date: 4/20/2011 | City of Norfolk Spotlight | Read More

Tree Donations Help Increase Green Canopys

Two donations of bare root trees and seedlings are helping Norfolk realize its goal of a full, healthy tree canopy. Earlier this month, the Virginia Senior Lawyers Association donated 275 Virginia-grown bare root trees to “Celebrate Trees.” News of Norfolk’s trees initiative traveled across the state to Marion, Virginia and . . .
Date: April 2011 | City of Norfolk Spotlight | Read More

Teams Join Forces To Restore Wetland Buffer

Just in time for spring, work crews from the Norfolk Sheriff’s Office, Mideastern Builders, the Lafayette Wetlands Partnership and the City of Norfolk joined forces to help restore the wetland buffer area adjacent to the Living Legacy Tree . . .
Date: April 2011 | City of Norfolk Spotlight | Read More

The City of Norfolk is Celebrating Trees

That’s right, you read correctly.And it’s not planned by a hippie-loving, tree-hugging non-profit for this spring, but by our very own Mayor, going on right now. Trees! Inspired by a tree-planting program in Norfolk’s sister city of Kitakyushu, Japan, Mayor Fraim has a new community partnership designed to honor Norfolk’s trees and the benefits we receive from them. Many will remember some of the . . .
Date: 1/11/2011 | AltDaily | Read More

Elizabeth River Project will Honor Tree-Planting Initiative

Norfolk has earned a star for helping the environment. Celebrate Trees, an initiative of Mayor Paul Fraim unveiled last spring, will be honored by the Elizabeth River Project at its annual River Star Recognition Luncheon on Jan. 27. The River Stars program, launched in 1997, recognizes environmental stewards. Celebrate Trees was designed as a community partnership. Residents and businesses . . .
Date: 1/09/2011 | Compass | The Virginian Pilot | Read More