Green Team Day At The Park: Groundwork Green Teams meet up at the Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Park to visit historic sites, help out with park naturalists, meet park rangers, learn how to use a map and a compass, and spend some time adventuring in the beautiful natural setting of the park!
Wed, Aug. 27th 7:30am-7:00pm

August is Groundwork's month of activities with the Runyon Heights Housing Development. During three wednesdays in August, Groundwork will work with a team of youth from Runyon Heights building, planting, and painting two new vegetable gardens, weeding, and beautifying the Development's green space. Click here for photos of the events!

Jamaica Bay youth trip to learn about Green Jobs at NPS and the Bay's natural habitat. Then a community service project followed by fun on the beach! Click here for event photos.
Tues, Aug 5th with National Park Service.

Garden Box Building and Clean-up by Yonkers Teens at Warburton Avenue (Yonkers) Lot on Wed, July 23rd

Yonkers Green Team Meeting and Lunch:
Mon, July 21st, 12:30pm Groundwork office at
6 Wells Avenue, Yonkers

Green Team National Youth Summer Kick-Off with Groundwork Elizabeth, NJ and Bridgeport, CT

Vine-cutting and Clean-ups along Saw Mill River in Yonkers and Hastings-on-Hudson (click for dates and times)

Watershed Protection Critical Area Analysis continues with municipalities along Saw Mill River

 

Our name has been officially changed to Groundwork Hudson Valley! Though we are based in Yonkers, and committed to working in the Yonkers community, we have changed our name to accommodate our exanding program area.

Groundwork Yonkers Staff and High School Student Employee paint planters on Hudson Street for Downtown BID. Take a stroll by to see their new golden shade or click here for before and after pictures (coming soon).

Check out images of the wildflowers and other plant life that the Saw Mill River Coalition encountered recently at the Farragut Avenue Restoration site.

Journal News reports on our Science Barge roadtrip to bring it to the Yonkers waterfront.

Groundworkers on TV! Channel 78 all week at 9am, 1pm, 5pm and 10pm in Yonkers, mid-July. Talking to City Council President Chuck Lesnick about volunteering and ComNET.

National Youth Summit video released by National Parks Service featuring Groundwork's Community Development Director Vernon Brinkley

Culver Park Festival and USTA Tennis Demonstration Big Success in Journal News

The Journal News/Herald Statesman Previews Vision Charrette at Cottage Gardens in Yonkers

New York Times Profiles Groundwork ComNET in Nodine Hill, Yonkers

Groundwork Seniors & Youth in ComNET program receive Award from Yonkers Mayor Amicone

APA Selects Groundwork Daylighting Project for the Prestigious
William H. Whyte Award
(click for video)

Beczak Center Honors Groundwork for Daylighting
(click for video)