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Interviewees
Alli, Andrew
Accessibility Note
Content is digitally accessible 2024.
Interviewer
Bowden, Eric
Description
Andrew Alli is a Richmond native with a deep love for the outdoors. He is a VCU graduate with a bachelor’s degree in Environmental Studies. He has been working with the City of Richmond Department of Parks and Recreation where he is the current Trails and Greenways Superintendent. When he is not working, he can be found enjoying the Richmond trails and touring as a professional blues harmonica player.
In this interview, Alli speaks about his childhood experiences with outdoor recreation in Richmond, his work as the Trails and Greenways Superintendent for the James River Parks System, what JRPS trail maintenance work involves, the challenges of public outreach and providing access, the expansion of green spaces in Richmond, environmental easements, a holistic approach to environmental consciousness, use of parks during the Covid-19 pandemic, community health, garnering a sense of respect and responsibility for shared outdoor spaces, incorporating parks support into city development, JRPS educational programs, and the relationships children can build with parks systems to become lifelong users.
Topical Subject
James River (Va.); Outdoor recreation; Outdoor recreation for children; Outdoor recreation--Environmental aspects; Trails; Environmentalism; Parks, Parks--Maintenance; Education parks; Conservation easements; Conservation
City/Location
Richmond (Va.)
Genre
oral histories (literary genre)
Local Genre
oral history; sound recording; text
Type
Sound; Text
Digital Format
audio/mp3
Language
eng
Rights Statement URL
Rights
This material is protected by copyright, and copyright is held by Andrew Alli. You are permitted to use this material in any way that is permitted by copyright. In addition, this material is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International license (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). Acknowledgment of Virginia Commonwealth University Libraries as a source is required.
Collection
James River Park System Oral History Project
Contributors
James River Park System
Source
Andrew Alli interview (2024-04-18), James River Park System Oral Histories, M 569, Special Collections and Archives, James Branch Cabell Library, Virginia Commonwealth University.
File Name
jrpsoh_alliandrew_interview.mp3
Disciplines
Environmental Education | Public History | Social History | United States History