Committee Mission:
Promote access, enjoyment and stewardship of the Lynnhaven River.
Primary Goals:
- Strive to get people out on the water to enjoy and appreciate the river.
- Make the river more accessible for folks to enjoy and appreciate the river.
- Do our best to make the correlation between each individual’s actions and their enjoyment of the river and its environment with appreciation of the river, and river stewardship.
- Promote a sense of personal respect within individuals for the river.
- Support open space initiatives.
- Create opportunities to teach the river history, realizing that learning about the past helps us better appreciate the present.
List of Projects:
- Conduct and/or support annual and special events, such as the Spring Bike History Tour and Summer Kayak History Tour; “Paddle For The Lynnhaven” or other kayak outings.
- Organize Community Outreach events.
- Organize River Access Site improvement workdays.
- Encourage/help neighborhood and community groups and organizations to form “adopt-a-spot clubs”.
- Conduct Adopt-A-Spot cleanups at our Hutton Lane site or other sites.
- Work with the city and organizations on specific projects to establish/improve/promote river access sites.
Meeting Schedule:
We usually meet monthly at 8:30 am on the fourth Friday of the month at the Colonial Education Center at the Lynnhaven House. Meeting schedule is adjusted in November and committee does not meet in December.
Contact:
Helen Kuhns
Lynnhaven River NOW
1608 Pleasure House Road, Suite 108
Virginia Beach, VA 23455
757-962-5398
hkuhns@lynnhaven2007.com