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Near the front doors of the Hickory Hill Community Center, Ann Jurczyk wades on her knees through the newly-added flower bed, pulling up any weeds in her path.

For Jurczyk, the Virginia director of outreach and advocacy for the Chesapeake Bay Foundation, her work in Richmond’s South Side has been a labor of love.

From planting trees to mass cleanups to building community gardens, the foundation, along with several local grassroots organizations, has worked to transform one of the least shaded areas of the city into a more accessible, healthier place to live.

Children play around newly planted trees at Hickory Hill Community Center in Richmond on Tuesday. Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Southside ReLeaf and other nonprofit organizations planted over 100 trees and built a community garden around the center.

While Jurczyk has been working through the foundation in the city for nearly 15 years, she said the past few years have been marked by more support from …

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