Betsy Coffield, a sales associate with Long & Foster Real Estate’s Strawberry Street office, has been appointed by The City of Richmond to serve on their Urban Forestry Commission. The Commission is responsible for improving the City’s urban forestry resources through policy development, advice, education, and fundraising. They advise the Director of Public Works regarding rules, regulations, and policies promulgated under the City’s Municipal Tree Policy. Coffield will serve on the committee for a term of three years.

“I was encouraged to become part of this Commission by the Fan District Board who wrote a beautiful letter of recommendation on my behalf,” said Coffield. “I’m humbled by the whole thing, and I look forward to helping plan our urban landscape in the city.”

A Realtor since 2004, Coffield has been affiliated with Long & Foster’s Virginia Properties and now the Strawberry Street offices since getting licensed. Coffield is a native Richmonder and lives in the historic Fan District of the City.

Coffield is an active member of the Richmond Association of Realtors and the Central Virginia Regional Multiple Listing Service. Other civic roles include service on the Fan District Association Board for 14 years where she was Chairman of the Adopt-A-Tree program.

She is past President of the Fan District Association and the Fan Woman’s Club. She has also served on the Board of Trustees at the historic Branch House. She is a graduate of the University of Dayton, Ohio where she was a scholar-athlete, majoring in Special Education and was on the Dean’s List. Her hobbies include hiking, music, and visiting our National Parks. Coffield brings her passion for improving the city into her Real Estate business and in working with her clients.

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