The Elizabeth River Project opened its $8 million headquarters on North Colley Avenue in Norfolk in 2024, complete with an eco-friendly building and a public boardwalk above reconstructed wetlands on Knitting Mill Creek.
The nonprofit now plans to grow next door, with a public park that will extend restoration efforts and offer more green space for the surrounding neighborhood.
“It’ll be a big expansion of the habitat along the Ryan Resilience Lab and it’ll be a place where people can encounter the river any day of the week,” said Luísa Black Ellis, director of resilience and community engagement at the Elizabeth River Project…