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Below is the projected RWT on Marina Way South in front of Martin Luther King Park
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.
 
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 way finding and interpretive signage, exercise equipment, site furnishings, and health - related activities are included in future phases.

​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 us at [email protected].