active neighborhood and civic organizations?
The city site has a list of neighborhood and civic organizations within the Seventh District. I’m wondering if all of these are really fuctional… Are there any that you can say are or are not active?
Archive for November 2005
1,000,000 bottle bags
We used to joke that the black plastic bag, emptied of its big bottle of beer and gently floating on the breeze, was the neighborhood flower. Corner stores selling liquor is a constant issue in certain areas, with a fight occurring right now over the store at 2300 Venable Street.
fire on 22nd street (updated)
wric.com is sort of reporting a fire around midnight last night that destroyed an empty house on 22nd Street. The minimal article doesn’t give a block number or provide a photo.
chpn reader survey
We’ve put together a short reader survey to get a better idea of who is using the site. If you got a spare 2 minutes or so, consider checking out our survey.
neighborhood photos
Check out this photo series taken on a walk through the west end of the neighborhood.
Cyclocross at Chimborazo Park
The 3Sports Red Cross Race, a cyclocross race to benefit the Red Cross’s efforts in the Gulf Coast, was held Sunday at Chimborazo Park.
congrats to Save Richmond!
Andrew Beaujon and Don Harrison of Save Richmond, an organization with roots in Church Hill, have been named this year’s winners of the Laurence E. Richardson Freedom of Information Award.
Another shooting at Fairfield housing projects
Responded to a call of gunfire at 3:15PM yesterday, police found a man who had been shot in the 2100 block of Phaup Street in the Fairfield Court housing project. The unidentified victim died later at the VCU Medical Center. [via]
City Edition on public housing
The November 14 edition of the print-only City Edition has a long article by Paul Spicer on the current discussion on the future of public housing in Richmond.
and another shooting
“Richmond police are looking for information in a shooting that occurred in the 600 block of 32nd Street shortly after midnight Friday. Police have not released many details but say they do have one suspect in mind.” [via]
25th Street 6th Annual Grand Illumination announced
A flyer from Delores McQuinn and the 7th District Community announced the 25th Street’s 6th Annual Grand Illumination for Sunday, December 4th from 4-8pm.
David Rohrer at Eric Schindler Gallery
A show of paintings by David Rohrer will open this Friday from 7-9pm at the Eric Schindler Gallery. (UPDATED)
What cycle of violence and poverty?
Mark Holmberg provides an amazing portrait of Clarence Maurice “Boo-man” Coleman, killed on Sunday in Fairfield Court.
Green space meeting report
A meeting was held Tuesday night at Shiloh Baptist Church to discuss possible future designs for the recently cleared triangle at 1097 North 23rd Street.
Couture trial began today
The murder trial of a former Richmond Police officer Michael Couture started today and is expected to last all week. The case stems from the shooting death on Memorial Day weekend 2004 of Santana Olavarria during a traffic stop at Mechanicsville Turnpike and Fairfield Avenue. [via]
