Across the country, neighborhoods that were formerly redlined are 5-20 degrees hotter than neighborhoods that were not. Now, both the city of Richmond, VA and community members are trying to remedy this disparity with more parks and gardens.
Segregation of the past is impacting the climate of today
By: Vanessa Misciagna
and last updated 2021-07-29 17:44:44-04
RICHMOND, Va. â Duron Chavis is trying to right an environmental wrong in his neighborhood thatâs been generations in the making.
In Richmondâs Southside neighborhood, heat radiates from the asphalt and relief is hard to find. For the last five years, Chavis has been building community gardens as a way to rectify that, but he says the way his neighborhood is set up today, was no mistake. What we ve decided to do and what the work that we enjoy doing is work. To remedy that neglect and that discrimination, Chavis said.