The Richmond Wellness Trail will enhance access to urban green spaces by creating a new, safe bike/pedestrian trail connecting downtown Richmond to the Richmond shoreline. 

-Phase 1 of the project will connect BART and downtown Richmond to the Richmond Greenway, Unity Park, MLK Park, and the Bay Trail.


-This project is made possible on behalf of the National Park Service (NPS) Urban Agenda initiative in partnership with the City of Richmond.

-The NPS Urban Agenda focuses on connecting Americans to parks and programs in urban areas as well as more remote national parks, helping to build and maintain healthier and more livable cities and communities. 

-Kieron Slaughter spent two years as the Urban Fellow in Richmond developing this project. To Slaughter, the vision for Urban Agenda implementation in Richmond was “to increase the visibility of the NPS through a key project that can be attributed to the model phase.”

PictureKieron Slaughter, Urban Fellow for the National Park Service in Richmond.
 

-GroundWork Richmond will be planting 148 new trees along the trail. Most of the trail will be separated from traffic by stormwater planters.

PictureThe Green Team riding the Wellness Trail.


​-Future Richmond Wellness Trail phases will add 2.65 miles and connect the trail to Richmond’s shoreline, the Richmond Ferry, and the Rosie the Riveter/World War II Home Front National Historic Park.

-Additional amenities such as art, additional wayfinding and interpretive signage, exercise equipment, site furnishings, and health‐related activities are included in future phases.
PictureTom Leatherman, General Superintendent of Rosie the Riveter/WWII Home Front National Historical Park



​-Through Urban Greening funding from the California Natural Resources Agency, The Trust for Public Land and the City of Richmond, with a strong contingent of partners – including the National Park Service, Kaiser Permanente, GroundWork Richmond, The Watershed Project, and Rich City Rides- will transform 1.1 miles of residential streets into Phase 1 of this vision.

For more information about the Wellness Trail please email Matt Holmes.