NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – A trailblazing project along North Colley Avenue in Norfolk is getting national attention. The Ryan Resilience Lab at the Elizabeth River Project was created as a model for
The Elizabeth River Project is bringing 200+ year old wetlands back to the river Each Seed Keeper outing begins with a song. As volunteers gather along a shoreline of the
The Elizabeth River Project will unveil the community resource as part of its Seed Keepers Initiative, which also emphasizes Indigenous traditions. There’s a new library in town, home to thousands
(WTKR) NORFOLK, Va. — Access to healthy food remains a challenge in certain areas of Hampton Roads. To tackle this issue, the Elizabeth River Project has partnered with local businesses
The Elizabeth River Project announced a new leader after director Marjorie Mayfield Jackson announced her retirement last fall. Starting Feb. 24, Lacy Shirey will take on the group’s goal of preserving environmental
Marjorie Mayfield Jackson so loved the Elizabeth River, which she could see from the back porch of her home near Norfolk, Va., that she quit a successful career as a
The project, called an “environmental justice incubator,” is working with historically Black communities on Norfolk’s Southside. On a cold winter morning outside the Berkley Community Center in Norfolk, Jay Boone
NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) — A nationwide search for a new executive director for The Elizabeth River Project’s Board of Directors has resulted in a candidate right in Hampton Roads. Lacy
Marjorie Mayfield Jackson is retiring from the Norfolk nonprofit, which grew from her kitchen table in the 1990s to a major force in local conservation. The Elizabeth River Project’s new
For three decades, retiring Elizabeth RiverProject Executive Director Marjorie Mayfield Jackson has made it her mission to save one of the region’s most storied waterways Leadership takes many forms, but
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