Groundwork USA is looking for applications from qualified candidates for the position of Executive Director. Details about how to apply and the position opening are contained here: 2013 GWUSA ED JOB DESC
If you have further specific questions about the position or the application process, please email: executivedirector@groundworkusa.org.
Kate O’Brien of GWUSA and Doug Evans of NPS conducted a site visit in Lewiston-Auburn, Maine, one of the communities selected for evaluation to become a new Groundwork Trust. The local newspaper covered their visit – read about it here! GWUSA staff, along with NPS staff, are currently visiting the eight communities selected this year for evaluation (including Lewiston-Auburn) – in New Bedford-Fall River, MA; Atlanta, GA; Jacksonville, FL; Chattanooga, TN; Los Angeles, CA; Indianapolis, IN; and Detroit, MI.
GWUSA policy report release flyerThrough the project and program work of Groundwork USA, this report examines the expanding roles and policy influence that community-based organizations play in developing the emergent model of sustainable community building.
Over the past decade, the Groundwork USA Network has established an impressive track record of projects yielding measurable outcomes in underserved neighborhoods. Serving as a new type of green community intermediary, the Groundwork Model connects revitalizations of the physical and social environments by engaging local residents in the ecological stewardship of their neighborhoods.
Learn more about the policy implications of this sustainable community development approach in a new report from our partners at Center for Community Progress:
GWUSA Sustainable Community Building 2013
Through its “on the ground” work in diverse places across the country, the Groundwork Network has also accumulated practical policy and program insights, which are featured in a series of case studies accompanying the report. As these demonstrate, several Trusts have become experts at navigating the complexities of federal and state environmental regulations, local land development processes, and the art of civic engagement and coalition building in distressed neighborhoods. Explore the work of Groundwork Trusts across the country in the areas of brownfields, urban waters and equitable development:
GWUSA Case Study – Brownfields – Lawrence, MA
GWUSA Case Study – Brownfields – Buffalo, NY
GWUSA Case Study – Brownfields – Denver, CO
GWUSA Case Study – Equitable Devt – Somerville, MA
GWUSA Case Study – Equitable Devt – Lawrence, MA
GWUSA Case Study – Equitable Devt – Hudson Valley, NY
GWUSA Case Study – Urban Waters – Anacostia, Washington, DC
NPS-RTCA has selected communities from across the country for further evaluation for Groundwork USA Pilot Funding and Technical Assistance. As a next step, NPS and Groundwork USA representatives will be making site visits to meet with the local Groundwork Steering Committees to learn more about their ideas for developing Groundwork in their communities and to work with them to further evaluate this opportunity for their communities.
GWUSA is excited to announce the following communities, selected for further evaluation, discussion and a site visit:
• Atlanta GA (led by Riverwalk Atlanta)
• Chattanooga TN
• Detroit MI
• Indianapolis IN
• Jacksonville FL
• Lewiston-Auburn ME
• Los Angeles CA (led by LA Conservation Corps)
• New Bedford – Fall River MA
Check out their 2013 report cataloging their findings on how to best tackle the built environment and make it more green – Built Environment Best Practices Guide 2013
The Brownfields 2013 Conference is in Atlanta, Georgia this year, and Groundwork USA is a co-sponsor. It will be taking place from May 15 to 17 and many of our Groundwork Trusts will be attending.
Groundwork reports on its decade-long on-the-ground successes restoring urban waterways across the country.
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Thanks to all who attended our national conference in New York this year, and for your valuable contribution in making it such a fun and rewarding event. Beginning with the Funders Roundtable & Opening Banquet Dinner, the Tour of Groundwork Hudson Valley’s awesome projects throughout the City of Yonkers including the daylighted Saw Mill River and Park, the Lenoir Nature Preserve service project, the Clearwater sail on the Hudson River, the Science Barge reception, the Youth Summit and canoeing at Walkill National Wildlife Refuge, and the Final Assembly for Executive Directors, everything went fabulously, and we hope you enjoyed yourselves as much as we did. Now to get to some work on the ground. And then we will meet again next year, in another exciting locale…to be decided soon!
Groundwork in film, changing places changing lives in Denver and in the lower Hudson Valley in New York; see how Trusts across the country are restoring waterways for communities in Buffalo, Yonkers, and Denver, and Groundwork Lawrence at work in Lawrence, MA.
Green Team youth from Denver, Yonkers, Bridgeport, San Diego and Washington, DC, are at Yellowstone National Park this week! They have been installing tons of bear boxes, learning about the history of Yellowstone Park and enjoying being out in the open space with colleagues. Check out some fun pics here.
