RBNA Events

The dedication of the Rio Vista Natural Resource Park was celebrated by many residents and dignitaries including former Mayor George Miller, Ward 3 Council person Jerry Anderson, Pima County’s Board of Supervisors Sharon Bronson, Jim Ronstadt of the City of Tucson’s Park and Recreation Department and our Neighborhood Association’s officers. It was the culmination of years…

About 25 neighbors, friends, and staff convened at Rio Vista on Saturday the 21st to help beautify the main entrance of the park with trees and small plants. The plants were selected by Carianne Funicelli of Strategic Habitat Enhancements (SHE), https://www.strategichabitats.com/, who is on contract to design the native restoration plantings for the park. The

For the second planting event, volunteers showed up to help plant and learn about the park. And, it was hot! Carianne Funicelli of Strategic Habitat Enhancements instructs the volunteers. Carianne Funicelli assists Murray and Sue DeArmond placing the spaghetti lines around a cat’s claw. It was ninety degrees by 9 a.m., but we had the