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JTC Running Donates $50,000 to Groundwork Jacksonville Toward Design of Emerald Trail S-Line Connector

August 11, 2020

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…

Timucuan Parks Foundation Hosted Green Team Youth Corps

July 2, 2020

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…

Groundwork Unveils Emerald Trail Model Project Design

June 18, 2020

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…

Update on GWJax Plans Moving Forward

March 23, 2020

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…

GWJax and Partners Celebrate Completion TD Green Space Grant to Beautify the Emerald Trail

March 4, 2020

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…

Rails-to-Trails Conservancy’s 2020 Doppelt Fund Grant Awarded to GWJax for Emerald Trail Model Project

February 4, 2020

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…

Volunteer Spotlight: Larry Roberts, JTC Running

October 29, 2019

Retired from a 41-year career in global transportation and logistics with Sea-Land and CSX, Larry Roberts now devotes much of his time to transportation issues on a more personal level…

Groundwork Jacksonville Announces Emerald Trail Co-Champions, Major Donors and Challenge Grant that Will Take Organization to First $1 Million in Trail Funding

August 26, 2019

Groundwork Jacksonville (GWJax) announced exciting progress in its mission to build the Emerald Trail within the next 10 years during a news conference at City Hall Aug. 26, including new…

Groundwork Jacksonville Awarded $357,280 NOAA Grant for McCoys Creek Restoration

August 15, 2019

Groundwork Jacksonville (GWJax) announced today that the local environmental trust was awarded $357,280 through the Community-based Restoration Program of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NOAA…

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…