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Glacier National Park is Cool Experience for Green Team Youth

August 3, 2019

This July, four team members had the adventure of a lifetime. Shelly Banks, Cedrick Burton, Zharia Bowles and Ella Humphries joined GWJax’s program manager Shanell Davis-Bryant for a week at…

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Green Team Youth Corps Teens Have Life-Changing Summer

August 3, 2019

Once again this summer, the Groundwork Jacksonville Green Team Youth Corps has been busy improving their neighborhood, learning new skills and becoming stewards of their environment. The teens have worked…

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Groundwork Jacksonville and North Florida Land Trust Enter into Agreement to Conserve Urban Land

July 16, 2019

Two well-respected environmental conservation organizations have teamed up to protect and preserve land in downtown Jacksonville. Groundwork Jacksonville (GWJax) and North Florida Land Trust (NFLT) have entered into a Memorandum…

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Groundwork Jacksonville Earns City Council Approval of Emerald Trail Master Plan

March 26, 2019

  The Emerald Necklace was envisioned by architect Henry Klutho in the early 20th century to describe a series of parks, trails, greenspace and creeks forming a necklace around downtown.…

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Groundwork Jacksonville Dedicates Largest Art Mosaic in Jacksonville

March 23, 2019

On March 23, Groundwork Jacksonville, in collaboration with Kate and Kenny Rouh of RouxArt dedicated the Sugar Hill Mosaic—the largest mosaic art installation in Jacksonville. The five-foot high, 96-foot long…

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Groundwork Jacksonville Awarded $250,000 National Coastal Resilience Fund Grant

November 21, 2018

Groundwork Jacksonville announced today that the local environmental trust was awarded a $250,000 National Coastal Resilience Fund (NCRF) grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) and NOAA for…

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McCoys Creek Fest Engages Community in Creek Restoration

November 21, 2018

  What started as a cloudy November day became a sunny picturesque Saturday along McCoys Creek as Groundwork Jacksonville hosted the McCoys Creek Fest on November 10, between King and…

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Groundwork Jacksonville and Wood to Develop McCoys Creek Restoration Plan

April 11, 2018

  Once the centerpiece of the historic neighborhoods just west of downtown, McCoys Creek has become a neglected and forgotten eyesore that floods nearby roads, homes and businesses during heavy…

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Meet Groundwork Jacksonville’s new leader

September 19, 2017

Groundwork Jacksonville Taps Ehas to be CEO Jacksonville, Fla. 9/19/2017 – Having devoted more than 12 years to polishing two of Jacksonville’s urban neighborhood gems as a board member and…

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Groundwork Jacksonville and Florida State College at Jacksonville Announce New Partnership

July 21, 2017

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