On the south side of Norfolk, across the river from downtown, there’s a very small and very Black community called Berkley, where the summer heat gave way to dipping in the Elizabeth River or, depending on the decade, cannonballing into the community pool. But when big business eats the shoreline and concrete covers the last pool, where does a neighborhood find joy?

heardofem.com

elizabethrivertrail.org

nps.gov/locations/chesapeakebaywatershed/grants.htm

virginiahumanities.org