Nonprofit Directory / Connecticut River Valley
KNOX, Inc.
KNOX was founded in 1966 when city councilwoman Betty Knox established a trust fund to help make Hartford greener and healthier. During its first decade, KNOX focused on funding community development and operating programs to make the city greener. The organization split in 1976, with the Betty Knox Foundation making grants and KNOX concentrating on Hartford's environment. Key programs at KNOX include managing and maintaining community gardens, training urban incubator farmers, teaching children environmental education, providing underserved young adults with green job skills, restoring the urban forest, and greening the city. KNOX’s goals are twofold: to steward Hartford's environment and to increase access to healthy food in Hartford.
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The record
- Headquarters
- Hartford, CT
- Website
- knoxhartford.org
- Focus
- Land Conservation, Sustainable Food Agriculture
- Bioregion
- Connecticut River Valley
- State
- Connecticut
Nearby organizations
- B Local Connecticut2 miles away
- Simsbury Pollinator Pathway, Inc.10 miles away
- The Rockfall Foundation14 miles away
- Southwest Conservation District Inc31 miles away
- Southbury Land Trust Inc35 miles away
- Opacum Land Trust35 miles away
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- Connecticut Farmland TrustHartford, CT
- Berkshire Natural Resources CouncilPittsfield, MA
- Regional Environmental Council, Inc. (REC)Worcester, MA
- B Local ConnecticutHartford, CT
- Farm Education, Inc. dba Moon In The Pond Farm SchoolSheffield, MA
- Community Involved in Sustaining AgricultureSouth Deerfield, MA
- Bionutrient Food AssociationBarre, MA
- Connecticut River ConservancyGreenfield, MA
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- NatagoraNamur
- Accabonac Protection CommitteeEast Hampton, NY
- Pennsylvania Forestry AssociationSpring Mills, PA
- Arroyos & Foothills ConservancyPasadena, CA
- Conservation Council of Western AustraliaWest Perth
Also in Connecticut
- Simsbury Pollinator Pathway, Inc.Simsbury, CT
- The Rockfall FoundationMiddletown, CT
- Sharon Land Trust IncSharon, CT
- Steep Rock Association, Inc.Washington Depot, CT
- Bolton Land TrustBolton, CT
- Salisbury School: Environmental SciencesSalisbury, CT
- Wilton Land Conservation TrustWilton, CT
- Alliance For The Mystic River Watershed IncMystic, CT
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