July 3, 2009
Is your shed secure?
Craigslist has a reminder that this is prime shed B&E season:
My storage shed was ripped to pieces and bike stolen. $100 bucks to the person who finds my bike. It is a Blue/ Silver/ Black Trek 8000 frame mountain bike with a rigid fork and single speed configuration.
July 3, 2009
Summer reading lists from RPS
Pickup a new book! The Richmond Public Schools summer reading lists for primary, elementary, middle, and high school are online.
July 2, 2009
Movie night at Chimbo next Saturday
Chimborazo is getting in on this year’s movies in the parks bonanza:
Not to be outdone by our neighbors to the west in Jefferson Park, Friends of Chimborazo Park is proud to announce the upcoming showing of THE GOONIES on Saturday July 11.
July 2, 2009
Let Freedom Ring this July 4
The Valentine Richmond History Center’s Let Freedom Ring Bus Tour is set for Saturday, July 4, from 10AM-12:30PM:
Over the years, freedom, liberty and equal rights have helped define this nation. On this July 4th, explore the Richmond connection and Let Freedom Ring! Includes stops at St. John’s Church and Capitol Square. $27 for adults; $24 for History Center members and children 6-18 years old; children under 6 free. Includes admission to the History Center day of tour. Reservations are required: (804) 649-0711 ext. 301
July 2, 2009
Community Picnic and Kite Fly set for July 5
Celebrate your independence with Richmond Independent Radio:
On Sunday, July 5th, from 1-5PM, WRIR invites you to a community picnic and kite fly in Church Hill’s historic Chimborazo Park. There will be plenty of space to lay down a blanket and put a kite in the air. Frisbees, hula hoops, and acoustic instruments are also welcome!
July 2, 2009
Movie night in Jefferson Park!
The Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities kicks off 2009 Movie Night in the Park tonight with a showing of Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa at Jefferson Hill Park. The showing will begin around dark.
July 1, 2009
Council considering 100% real estate tax exemption
City Council is considering offering a hefty tax break on the real estate taxes for new constructing in certain areas with a high number of empty lots, “including North Church Hill, Carver, and Highland Park”. With around 1500 vacant lots in the city, the possible 100% exemption on real estate tax for 5 years could be expected to lead to 200 new homes per year. [via]
July 1, 2009
Keep an eye out for the cops…
Richmond Police Chief Norwood and the 103rd Basic Recruit Class will be going for a run around the neighborhood this afternoon.
July 1, 2009
If perhaps you were inclined to let loose with a few rounds this weekend…
A special holiday message from the Richmond Police Department:
Residents are reminded for backyard celebrations that fireworks and the firing of guns are illegal within the city limits, not just on July Fourth, but at all times.
July 1, 2009
Still vacant
The never completed rainbow-colored building at 25th and P Streets has sprouted a nice bottle&mattress collection out back if you’re looking for that kind of thing.
June 30, 2009
Richmond Planet archives are a window into the past
Thanks the new Shockoe Examiner for tipping us off to the online archive of the Richmond Planet. My first search for “Fairmount” turned up this page with a advert for new lots in Woodville (PDF). Pretty cool.
June 30, 2009
Jefferson Park renovation in the works
Contributed by Bryan Nolde (Capital News Service)
The most recent Friends of Jefferson Park meeting featured a presentation on plans to renovate Jefferson Park over the next year.
June 30, 2009
A house painter?
A reader asks: “I’m looking for a house painter who won’t run off with my money or fall of a ladder while he’s drunk and sue me. Got any suggestions?”
June 30, 2009
Strange things are afoot at the Sunny Market
After 18 months of vacancy since closing in early 2008, something is going on at the Sunny Market on 25th Street.
June 29, 2009
Y’all wanna see my underpants?
The RTD takes a look at the controversy surrounding hanging your clothes out to dry:
“I call my clothesline my solar dryer,” said Lisa Taranto, a green activist and director of the community Tricycle Gardens, who hangs laundry outside her East Broad Street home. [...] Opponents, however, see clotheslines as flags of poverty that create eyesores and devalue property. “They’re unsightly by most people’s standards,” said Jeanne Bridgforth, a Realtor with Long & Foster in Richmond. “It gives an atmosphere of decline. You don’t sense you’re in a well-heeled neighborhood when you see people hanging their laundry out to dry.”
June 29, 2009
For Sale/Rent
An iconic piece of Church Hill real estate is for sale; the commercial space across the street is for rent.
June 29, 2009
New sidewalks and trees for 26th Street
The residents of the row of new/renovated Better Housing Coalition houses on the 900 block of 26th Street have been delighted to have had sidewalks and street trees put in place. One resident said that, “I just got back in town last night after being away for a week and was totally amazed at the beautiful work”.
June 28, 2009
7th District wrap-up: Healthy Communities, Storm Water Assessment, 1st Precinct Report
Saturday’s 7th District meeting hosted by City Council 7th District representative Betty Squire featured presentations by Derek Battle, Liaison Healthy Communites for RCH, representatives from the Department of Public Utilities on the new Storm Water Utility, and a 7th District Crime Stat Report by the First Precinct’s Captain Odetta Johnson.
June 28, 2009
32nd Street taped off after altercation
A man is in the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries after an overnight assault and robbery on 32nd Street. Sources at the scene say that the incident occurred inside one of the houses on the 400 block of 32nd Street, and that all parties were known to each to each other or to other people inside the house.
June 27, 2009
Cat missing around 32nd and Broad
Contact Linda at lwikete@gmail.com if you’ve seen Sophie:
Her name is Sophie, and she’s a Bengal. She’s pretty small and is used to wandering around but always comes home after a few hours. I live at 32nd and Broad and she usually stays pretty close to there. She wasn’t wearing a collar or anything, but is friendly. I’m offering a reward if anyone can tell me where she is. Oh, she went missing last night (Friday).