Richmond Slave Trail Emancipation Celebration Sunday

The ceremony to unveil markers along the Richmond Slave Trail was postponed from last weekend to this weekend, due to VCU’s appearance in the NCAA Final Four and that all the city dignitaries were in Houston for the game. Despite the prostests from the activist group Defenders for Freedom Justice & Equality and a bit of complaining from the Richmond Times-Dispatch’s Michael Paul Williams, the ceremony will happen Sunday. From the Friends of James River Park:

Last weekend for guided tours of heron rookery, Richmond Slave Trail

If you’ve been holding out until warm weather and spring bursting out all over, this is your last chance for the guided tours to the Pipeline Rapids great blue heron rookery and the Richmond Slave Trail. Get out there and enjoy the scenery and the knowledge passed on from James River Park manager and naturalist Ralph White.

Pescados China Street donates portion of proceeds to James River Park

A big thank you from the Friends of the James River Park to Pescados China Street for their contributions to the non-profit group that provides citizen support for the conservation, enhancement, and enjoyment of the 550-acre James River Park System and its natural and historic environments.

Pescados in Oregon Hill hooking up James River March 14

According to the Friends of the James River Park, the non-profit volunteer group  will be the benefactor of Pescados China Street’s fundraising night on Monday, March 14. The Oregon Hill restaurant will donate 15 percent of all that day’s sales including lunch, dinner and bar sales.

James River Park lovers checking to make sure parks are still there

A Conservation Easement was placed on right parcels of the James River Park System in May of 2009. The Virginia Department of Conservation, the Capitol Region Land Conservancy and the EnRichmond Foundation (formerly the Richmond Recreation and Parks Foundation) are the conservation easement holders.  This open space and conservation easement, in general, restricts all future development in each parcel, although it does allow for regular maintenance and replacement in kind by the City’s Department of Parks, Recreation, and Community Facilities.