archive for January, 2005
January 6, 2005
Style Magazine names Jennie Dotts 2004 Richmonder of the Year
Style Magazine named Jennie Dotts 2004 Richmonder of the Year for her work with ACORN.
January 6, 2005
Style interviews Sheila Hill-Christian
Style Magazine interviews Sheila Hill-Christian, new chief of the city’s housing authority.
January 9, 2005
Lead poisoning still an issue
The print-only City Edition has an editorial, Who Should Take the Lead on City Lead?, about the continuing need for lead abatement in Richmond’s older neighborhoods.
January 19, 2005
Car chase and crash during the night
Officers say a reckless driver refused to pull over around 1:30am Wednesday, near the intersection of 28th and P streets. The pursuit ended when the suspect crashed his car at 39th and M streets. The driver got away on foot. Authorities hope that fingerprints may help find him.
[ from nbc12.com ]
January 28, 2005
Gaston damage repaired at Woodcroft Village
In late August, 48 families from Woodcroft Village, an apartment and town-house community below Church Hill, were displaced after their homes were damaged in the floods that followed the remnants of Tropical Storm Gaston. Yesterday, residents and officials from Richmond and the complex’s management company marked the end of a $2.3 million renovation of the property and expressed gratitude for assistance that poured in from the community.
[ from the RTD ]
January 28, 2005
City seeks ideas on affordable housing
Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority officials are asking seeking input on what citizens would like to see in affordable housing, the RTD reports.
January 30, 2005
Richmond’s Disappearing History
ACORN held a seminar, Richmond’s Disappearing History, yesterday at the the Library of Virginia. The 3 hour seminar covered interesting Richmond buildings that have been lost, buildings that are now in danger of being torn down, why these buildings matter, and some of how the city approaches vacant and decrepit building stock.
