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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CITY AWARDED ENVIRONMENTAL GRANT FROM DOMINION VIRGINIA POWER

Beautification efforts to take place Friday morning in Lee Hall area

The City of Newport News has been awarded a $2,500 environmental grant by Dominion Virginia Power and is using the funds to beautify parts of the Lee Hall area of the City.

For more information, contact

Kim Lee 757-926-3685 | klee@nngov.com

2011 Nov 17

The City of Newport News has been awarded a $2,500 environmental grant by Dominion Virginia Power and is using the funds to beautify parts of the Lee Hall area of the City. Volunteers from Dominion along with City staff will spend the morning of Friday, November 18, planting trees and other greenery along Warwick Boulevard and Yorktown Road. In addition to the environmental grant, Dominion Virginia Power is also donating $1,000 to the Friends of the Lee Hall Depot Foundation.

Activities will begin on the grounds of Lee Hall Elementary School (17346 Warwick Boulevard) at 9:00 am and culminate at 11:30 a.m. with Dominion Virginia Power presenting the check to the Friends of the Lee Hall Depot Foundation, which will be accepted by Vice Mayor Madeline McMillan. Following the presentation, the depot will be open and available for tours.

About Lee Hall Depot (www.leehalldepot.org)
Located at the corner of Elmhurst Street and Warwick Boulevard, the historic Lee Hall Depot was constructed in the 1880s. The depot is the only remaining station on the lower Virginia Peninsula from the C&O Railroad's expansion into Warwick County. The City of Newport News is currently stabilizing and rehabilitating the structure for utilization as a museum.

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