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Get involved in STEM programs through local schools. Consider hosting informational hiring sessions at technical colleges to provide students with pathways to good-paying local jobs....

For Earth Day AMF Bakery Systems’ Sherbrooke, Canada office gifted every teammate a baby tree to plant around their neighborhood....

AMF implemented community garden beds on site for teammates to plant and cultivate vegetables. Employees maintain the beds, watering them from rain barrels that were installed for recycling rainwater. Employees...

Society pays a high price for public safety relative to public housing. What if shifting more funding to housing reduced crime and therefor the need to spend on enforcement? It...

I feel every community must build a strong and healthy cultural bond with each other regardless of ethical background !!!!...

We will only be healthy as a community if we are a mentally healthy community!!...

We could construct more buildings that could have trees, plants, or greenhouses with them....

Listen to understand people who may have different ideas than you!...

Having someone, that one person that listen to us without judgement, let’s us express ourselves freely without shutting us down or saying we’re overreacting...

Adults should try to listen first and not project their opinions on teenagers’ feelings. Try to understand them more and not disregard them....

Having monthly get together could help get the community more unified...

Have the community come together for a day and raise money for the community...

Plant more tree and plants in local areas...

Create greenhouses or planting more around the community...

let students feel free and not as pressured to preform well on tests and exams...

Putting random gardens in different parts of the city...

Build an America's Healthiest City web portal where users could create an avatar of themselves living in a "Sim-like" version of Richmond. Members would fill out a profile, set goals,...

The city and counties could sync the traffic lights better on long streets (e.g. Broad, Staples Mill, Patterson), so that when going the given speed limit less stopping and waiting...

With the recurring success of 4-day workweek pilots locally and around the globe, Richmond should conduct its own regional pilot, recruiting area businesses to participate in a 6-month trial and...

Create an assembly of Richmond region nonprofit and not-for-profit treasurers to share ideas, lessons and best practices. With sustained participation and input, we can become a stronger, more aligned, and...

Adopt a street to provide a regular cadence of trash cleanup events around your business/neighborhood. To learn more or apply for Richmond’s Adopt-a-Spot program, visit the Clean City Commission website:...

Get involved in STEM programs through local schools. Consider hosting informational hiring sessions at technical colleges to provide students with pathways to good-paying local jobs....

For Earth Day AMF Bakery Systems’ Sherbrooke, Canada office gifted every teammate a baby tree to plant around their neighborhood....

AMF implemented community garden beds on site for teammates to plant and cultivate vegetables. Employees maintain the beds, watering them from rain barrels that were installed for recycling rainwater. Employees...