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Highland Springs is buzzing thanks to grant aimed at helping the environment

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Jessica Siokan, vice president of the East Richmond Beekeepers Association. (Courtesy WTVR)

Henrico County is awarding over $30,000 in grant funding to nine local nonprofits focused on environmental sustainability.

The funding is made possible through the county's HEART Community Impact Grants.

One of the recipients is the East Richmond Beekeepers Association (ERBA), which received $4,000.

Over Spring Break, ERBA Vice President Jessica Siokan installed box beehives at Highland Springs High School in eastern Henrico County.

Soon, the organization will install a pollination garden right beside the hives.

"We kind of put our heads together and figured out the location… and we got word in February that we were being awarded $4,000," Siokan said. "We’re still a growing organization, we have limited funds, and we would not have been able to do a garden to this caliber without the grant we received."

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