Performance goals a leader in the city of richmond s environmental restoration community, the groundwork richmond california GW RCA green team facilitates key national park service NPS priorities in…

Performance goals a leader in the city of richmond s environmental restoration community, the groundwork richmond california GW RCA green team facilitates key national park service NPS priorities in raising awareness among traditionally underrepresented populations in the fields of outdoor recreation, environmental justice, climate change education programs, urban forestry, park prescription, citizen science and more through the green team, groundwork richmond s next generation community stewardship program, youth will participate in paid restoration projects throughout richmond california and service learning educational and training opportunities in neighboring national, state, and regional parks by identifying meaningful urban conservation and restoration opportunities, groundwork richmond delivers on their promise to provide opportunities for traditionally underrepresented audiences to lead the conservation of their hometown while developing the relevant skills and certification necessary to pursue employment with the national park service and other public land agencies project objectives the green team will deliver these opportunities in community based projects that include establishing new public parks, restoring neglected parks, restoring the urban forest, stormwater management, integrated pest management, historic structure and landscape repair, and visitor services the green team will directly assist rosie the riveter wwii home front national historical park rori through their restoration work at various NPS sites within richmond, including landscaping and maintenance work at the victory garden and the waterfront green belt, on the southern exposure of the visitor education center, and at other park sites throughout richmond they will also provide logistical and community outreach support for the annual rosie rally home front festival thirty three area youth will be hired to work on numerous restoration projects at park sites throughout the city of richmond and in surrounding public land areas they will each complete a minimum of 640 hours of work with at least 120 hours of those on federal lands ten green team leaders will be hired to conduct the green team peer to peer community education programs in addition, through community activities and events, over 250 additional youth will be engaged with the program over the course of the year participating youth will have the opportunity to earn public land corps certification as part of the green team program, providing the park with a critical means of solidifying our engagement with the community through employing local youth