East District Initiative is seeking sponsors for the Annual Harvest Fest Event, Sunday, Oct. 31, 4-7 p.m. on 25th Street between M and Cedar streets. The festival provides safe activities for children and families, provides information about programs and services in the East District and focuses on the revitalization of 25th Street as a commercial [...]
Items too large to fit in a Supercan will be collected by the City on a four-week, rotating schedule based on zip code. The item needs to be put out at the start of the week and may not be picked up until the end of the week since there is no precise day when [...]
As noted in the RTD article Slavery reparations march tomorrow, a march and rally in support of reparations for slavery will begin at noon tomorrow at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School.
The article Tough Streets on the front page of the Times-Dispatch covers areas of the city that continue to have high crime rates. This includes our own Coalter, Redd and Accommodation Streets. A related column by Mark Holmberg, City fathers, and lack of them, share blame for violent crime, delves into some of the possible [...]
In the article Tour highlights changes at some city schools, the Times-Dispatch touches on some of the changes in the city schools this year, including the Kennedy/Armstrong and Mosby/King changes. Also, School Board members Reginald M. Malone Sr. and Stephen B. Johnson will hold a community meeting pertaining to any public school matters on Wednesday, [...]
Police Chief Reuben Greenberg of Charleston, S.C., author of “Let’s Take Back Our Streets” will lead a discussion on open-air drug markets in Richmond and how they can be stopped on Saturday, Aug. 21, 10 a.m. to noon, at the Maggie L. Walker Governor’s School. For information and registration, call 804.646.7964.
In light of the incident last week at Libbie Hill, the Times-Dispatch covers the idea that neglected public properties foster an environment that leads to crime in the article ‘Is Church Hill being neglected?’.
Applications are available through Aug. 23 for participation in the 13th Annual East End Minister’s, City of Richmond, Richmond Public Schools Citywide Back-to-School Extravaganza, Parade, Rally, Revival and Pageant. Needed are parade participants, Step teams, youth gospel groups, R&B singers, dancers and more.
On a hot and humid (but dry!) August day, Jumpin J’s finally opened!
