Posts by GroundworkJacksonville
Green Team’s 400 Project Honors the Enslaved Voices of Kingsley Plantation
The Groundwork Jacksonville Green Team Youth Corps recently debuted “The 400 Project – Honoring the Enslaved Voices of Kingsley Plantation” at the annual Kingsley Heritage Celebration. The virtual event, held…
Read MoreGroundwork Jacksonville Awarded Major HUD Grant for Watershed and Resiliency Planning
Groundwork Jacksonville (GWJax) is the recipient of a $718,809 grant from the Florida Department of Economic Opportunity’s (DEO) Rebuild Florida General Planning Support Program. The grant will enable GWJax to create…
Read MoreGWJax and JU Capture Baseline Data for Ongoing McCoys Creek Fish Study
GWJax has partnered with Jacksonville University Marine Science Institute on a fish study to determine the impact creek restoration will have on fish populations in McCoys Creek. The study is…
Read MoreInaugural Emerald Trail 5K Raises More then $16K
The Inaugural VyStar Emerald Trail 5K on November 21, drew more than 450 participants, including nearly 100 on bicycles, to downtown for a glimpse of what will become a portion…
Read MoreJTC Running Donates $50,000 to Groundwork Jacksonville Toward Design of Emerald Trail S-Line Connector
JTC Running, Northeast Florida’s preeminent promoter of healthy lifestyles through running, fitness, and fellowship, donated $50,000 to GWJax to help fund the design of the Emerald Trail S-Line Connector which…
Read MoreTimucuan Parks Foundation Hosted Green Team Youth Corps
The Groundwork Jacksonville Green Team Youth Corps joined Timucuan Parks Foundation recently for a day of outdoor fun. TPF hosted 22 teens from the group at Dutton Island Preserve where…
Read MoreGroundwork Unveils Emerald Trail Model Project Design
Groundwork Jacksonville unveiled the design of the Emerald Trail Model Project — the first segment of the Emerald Trail linking Brooklyn to the S-Line Rail Link through LaVilla. Construction of…
Read MoreUpdate on GWJax Plans Moving Forward
Who would have predicted that unsettling phrases like COVID-19, social distancing and self-quarantine would become part of our everyday conversations? It is certainly not business-as-usual for our team at Groundwork…
Read MoreGWJax and Partners Celebrate Completion TD Green Space Grant to Beautify the Emerald Trail
On Mon. March 2, Groundwork Jacksonville (GWJax) and the City of Jacksonville (City), along with TD Bank Group (TD), the Arbor Day Foundation and community partners celebrated the completion of…
Read MoreRails-to-Trails Conservancy’s 2020 Doppelt Fund Grant Awarded to GWJax for Emerald Trail Model Project
Groundwork Jacksonville is one of just six recipients nationwide, of the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy (RTC) 2020 Doppelt Family Trail Development Fund grants that support regional and community trail-development goals. Groundwork was…
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