On February 8, project partners from the Rheem Creek Flood Risk Reduction project gathered alongside neighbors to celebrate the completion of a project initiated in 2019, an effort led by the City of Richmond alongside American Rivers, Contra Costa County, Urban Tilth, The Watershed Project, and Restoration Design Group. … For two decades, residents had been dealing with flooding as Rheem Creek, which was choked with nonnative vegetation, sediment, trash, and other obstructions, overtopped its banks and spilled out into the streets. Drainage pipes flowed in the opposite direction and homes were flooded and damaged. But this past December, after the construction phase of the project funded by the CA Natural Resources Agency had concluded, Rheem Creek flowed safely and swiftly through the backyards of its neighbors.