Groundwork Richmond News Today

Some Bay Area groups are working to make monitors to track air quality more accessible for low-income communities.

By Mike Kinney A new victory garden in Richmond built with the help of local youth will one day provide fruits and vegetables to disadvantaged communities. On Wednesday, Groundwork Richmond, tasked since 2010 with improving the city’s environment via community partnerships, and its Green Team, a group of local students engaged in service-learning opportunities, were busy putting the finishing touches on the garden located behind the City of Richmond Park and Recreation Administrative Building...

By Mike Kinney and Kathy Chouteau You could say that Richmond resident and independent filmmaker, Jayson Johnson, is a triple threat: he not only directs his films, but also writes and produces them to boot. The owner of Strike Five Films recently sat down with the Standard to tell us about his latest passion projects—a film he just wrapped up called “T.H.O.T?” and a screenplay for another film he plans to shoot right here in his home city. According to Johnson, T.H.O.T?, which stands fo...

By Mike Kinney Martin Luther King Jr. Day wasn’t just a day of service in Richmond on Monday, but also one of hope. That hope came in the form of 100 sleeping bags, along with tents, coats and other resources, being distributed at various locations where people experiencing homelessness reside in the city, including an encampment on Caltrans property that was recently dismantled for health and safety reasons. Big City Mountaineers and NEMO donated 200 sleeping bags to Groundwork Richmond, hal...