Norfolk clean-up campaign kicks off to help clean and raise awareness on growing litter problem
and last updated 2021-02-20 18:37:15-05
NORFOLK, Va. - Trash littered around the ground and along streets is taking over Hampton Roads, and the problem is only growing, according to Sarah Sterzing, the education and program coordinator with Keep Norfolk Beautiful.
Keep Norfolk Beautiful is the city agency that is in charge of making sure the city gets clean and stays clean through educational and program efforts. She added the coronavirus pandemic is also partly to blame.
Saturday, Feb. 20, the agency kicks off their new awareness campaign called Love Our City where volunteers will pick up litter throughout different sections of the city on different days.
Free fruit trees given away to help expand Norfolk s tree canopy
and last updated 2021-02-01 08:27:14-05
NORFOLK, Va. Roughly 500 fruit trees were handed out to Norfolk residents for free at Lafayette Park on Saturday as part of Jam N Jamz, an event hosted by the Friends of Norfolk s Environment and in partnership with Keep Norfolk Beautiful.
The goal of the giveaway was to help preserve the tree-scape and environment in the City of Norfolk by allowing residents to plant a fruit tree, tend to it and allow it to grow. Norfolk s 2018 Green Infrastructure Plan said the city needs roughly 5,000 trees in order to expand the city s tree canopy, according to FONE s Chairperson Cindy Shurling.