The Capital Region Land Conservancy April 19 received the 2024 Governor's Environmental Excellence Award during the Environment Virginia Symposium at Virginia Military Institute in Lexington. The award was given in recognition of CRLC's protection of the core area of the New Market Heights Battlefield. The battlefield,
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The threats to these sites include inequality, climate change, flooding, large-scale industrial development, lack of stewardship, and changes in urban planning to accommodate increased housing needs. “Historic places are at the forefront of debates about the environment, affordable housing, and smart growth,” said Elizabeth S. Kostelny, Preservation Virginia CEO. “We
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The Virginia Department of Historic Resources recently executed and recorded a perpetual historic preservation easement over property in Henrico County that is associated with five different battles of the American Civil War. The Aug. 29 easement protects just more than 49 acres of historic open-space land near the intersection of
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A nearly 800-foot segment of original earthen fortifications known as the New Market Line, a military defensive that was constructed between Fort Harrison and New Market Heights in Eastern Henrico County, has been protected by the Capital Region Land Conservancy. CRLC recently closed on the purchase of more than 49
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The New Market Heights Battlefield in Varina has been named one of the most endangered historic sites in Virginia by Preservation Virginia. Each year, the organization releases a list of state historic places that it believes face “imminent or sustained threats to their integrity” as a way to encourage citizens,
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