Route5VA

Route 5 Corridor Coalition

The Route 5 Corridor offers more than history and scenery. Observe wildlife, visit a winery, or browse a local flea market during your trip.

Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay

The Alliance is restoring and promoting the conservation of the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed rivers, streams, and forests through programs that span throughout all six Chesapeake Bay states and Washington, D.C.

The American Civil War Museum

The mission of The American Civil War Museum is to be the preeminent center for the exploration of the American Civil War and its legacies from multiple perspectives: Union and Confederate, enslaved and free African Americans, soldiers and civilians.

Church Hill Association

The Church Hill Association features resources for residents, businesses, visitors, and anyone who would like to participate in CHA of RVA, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization of neighbors working together to keep their community safe and beautiful, and to preserve their heritage as they grow.

Fulton Hill Neighborhood Resource Center

The Neighborhood Resource Center is a grassroots nonprofit whose mission is to foster personal growth and community change in the Greater Fulton Community.

Historic Richmond

Historic Richmond’s mission is to shape the future of Richmond by preserving our distinctive historic character, sparking revitalization and championing our important architectural legacy.

James River Association

The mission of the James River Association is to be guardian of the James River. They provide a voice for the river and take action to promote conservation and responsible stewardship of its natural resources.

Partnership for Smarter Growth

The mission at Partnership for Smarter Growth is to educate and engage the communities in the Richmond region to work together to improve our quality of life by guiding where and how we grow.

Preservation Virginia

Preservation Virginia, a private non-profit organization and statewide historic preservation leader founded in 1889, is dedicated to perpetuating and revitalizing Virginia’s cultural, architectural and historic heritage thereby ensuring that historic places are integral parts of the lives of present and future generations.

Richmond Area Bicycling Association

The Richmond Area Bicycling Association (RABA) has been offering cyclists of all levels and abilities many ways to enjoy their favorite pastime since 1967.

Scenic Virginia

Founded in 1998, Scenic Virginia is the only conservation organization dedicated solely to the preservation, protection, and enhancement of the beauty of our Commonwealth, with a particular focus on the preservation of significant vistas and scenic lands.

Victory Farms

Victory Farms operates centrally-located, weekly Farmstands and a Rural Farmstand on their farm in Varina. They also sell to many area specialty grocers and restaurants (support local!).

Virginia Bicycling Federation

The Virginia Bicycling Federation is a statewide advocacy organization working to change public policy and community attitudes, to improve the safety, convenience, and acceptance of bicycling; and to promote bicycling for transportation, recreation, public health and economic development.

Virginia Capital Trail Foundation

The Virginia Capital Trail is a dedicated, paved pedestrian and bicycle trail that connects the Commonwealth’s past and present capitals of Jamestown and Richmond along the Scenic Route 5 corridor.

AND MORE…

In addition to these established non-profits, the Route 5 Corridor Coalition’s membership included neighborhood associations, civic groups, businesses, and private citizens, including the Varina Beautification Committee, Henrico Historic Preservation Advisory Committee, Residents of Osborne Turnpike, the Marion Hill Neighborhood Association, the Association for the Preservation of Henrico Antiquities, and more.

“It is doubtful that a comparable area exists elsewhere in the Commonwealth, or indeed, in the nation….”

-Route 5 Corridor Study, To the Governor and the Virginia General Assembly, 1992

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