2nd hand email from Lt.King of Sector 111, forwarded to me: “I don’t want to jump the gun, but we arrested a susp today for a B. and E and he matches the discription of many of the ones we have been having. Keep your fingers crossed.”
At 1:05 this afternoon, some asshole broke into our house on the 1200 block of 23rd, just like all of the others. If you see a *nice* yellow FELT racing bike, know that it is mine.
Richmond.com’s Rockett-ing Eastward takes a look at what the development at Rocketts Landing will mean for the East End.
Two 15-year-old kids shoot a man and are soon caught. Daniel is a very local source of info.
Lt.King of Sector 111 gave a prsentation at the Friends of Jefferson Park meeting last night about the recent rash of B&E incidents.
Friends of Jefferson Park will meet at 6pm on Monday at 2018 Princess Anne Avenue, followed by a cookout in the Park. Please bring a covered dish to share–the FOJP will provide drinks, grill, meat, bread, condiments, and paper products.
The RTD takes a look at Fairmount in Lookin’ good in the neighborhood.
The September issue of Richmond Magazine has an indepth article by Harry Kollatz, Fighting Urban Blight, that gives a good description of what is happening in the ragged areas of the neighborhood.
I closed the 1st thread, here is a new place to post breakins or other incidents in your area.
A scaled-back version of the annual “Back To School” parade will take place this Saturday from 10 am to noon. The parade will begin at Chimborazo Park and end at Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School. [via]
Richmond police are investigating a shooting at O and 32nd Streets this afternoon. Police say the victim has life threatening injuries; no details on a suspect or motive. [via]
From Bill Conkle: “Initially, I was told that the Adopt a Tree Program would cost $25 per tree and I went right to work promoting the idea of 100 New Trees for Union Hill at $25 a pop. I now have been informed that the cost this year will be $50 for the first tree [...]
We recently went on a building tour of Marshall Hall, the big brick building at 2503-1505 East Broad Street (with the Mosha’s ghost sign).
The print-only City Edition has a good story, New Kid in Town, about the Nolde Bakery. The 1st few paragraphs offer a good description of the area.
You may have heard of the Building Safer Communities workshop the Richmond Police Department sponsored on Saturday, July 29.  If you weren’t able to make it to the workshop, here’s your opportunity to learn about the problem-solving model they introduced to us, and to start applying it in Union Hill.
