Richmond MLK Day

Calling all community heroes! Join us in honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy through a day filled with togetherness, action, and joy. Urban Tilth, alongside an incredible coalition of partners, invites you to be a part of a transformative day in Richmond.

By |January 9th, 2024||

Ride and Drive Clean, Richmond Drive Electric Event

Join Ride and Drive Clean in Richmond for an annual drive electric event and Ebike share relaunch. Attendees can learn about EV ownership, local electric mobility services and programs, and EV charging equipment. Connect with financing and rebate program representatives, view several models of electric vehicles, landscape equipment, autonomous vehicles, and meet EV owners. Ride [...]

By |September 22nd, 2023|, |

Richmond North East Neighborhood Picnic

Join the Richmond North East Neighborhood Picnic this year after a several-year hiatus! There will be games, food, and general fun for anyone to come and enjoy!

MCE Partners with the Greater Richmond Interfaith Program

MCE’s Workforce Education and Training (WE&T) team is proud to announce the completion of our first in-field mentorship session. The team met with contractors installing a state-of-the-art heat pump water heating system at the Greater Richmond Interfaith Program (GRIP) shelter in Richmond. GRIP seeks to help stabilize low-to-moderate income residents in the West Contra [...]

A Multifamily Property in Richmond Got Paid to Upgrade

Multifamily property owner Bakari Kafele has much to be thankful for: His wife, his baby, and MCE’s partnership with the City of Richmond that provided him with substantial cash rebates for energy-efficient upgrades. Bakari reached out to this program, known as Energize Richmond, when he needed to perform upgrades on his three tenant units, [...]

Local Union Labor Plan Announced for New Solar Construction

MCE has partnered with solar developer Cenergy Power to build what will be the largest publicly-owned solar project in the Bay Area, MCE Solar One. The 60 acre, 10.5 MW ground mounted solar farm in Richmond, CA will support 341 jobs and provide power for 3,417 homes per year. The City of Richmond and [...]

RichmondBUILD Receives Environmental Job Training Grant from U.S. EPA

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced that RichmondBUILD will receive a $200,000 Environmental Workforce Development and Job Training grant to help low-income residents learn the skills needed to secure employment in the environmental field. Click to read the EPA's full press release. About MCE’s partnership with RichmondBUILD 2013 | MCE and RichmondBUILD [...]

Energize Richmond: Energy Efficiency for Small Businesses

Guest Blog post by Lois Smith, Marketing & Outreach Manager, Community Energy Services Corporation Every business wants to keep costs down and provide excellent customer service. Energy efficiency is a good way to pay less on energy bills while keeping high-quality lighting and refrigeration. However, many businesses lack the resources to invest in energy-efficient measures [...]

New Two-Megawatt Freethy Industrial Park Solar Unveiled

On Tuesday, February 14, MCE and JHS Properties unveiled Freethy Industrial Park, a new, two-megawatt, ground-mounted solar project in Richmond, marking the completion of MCE’s third Feed-In Tariff project. The Feed-In Tariff (FIT) program invites local entrepreneurs to develop and sell renewable energy to MCE within its service area at a fixed price for twenty [...]