yard sales?
A reader asks: What’s the deal with the big yard sales in the park? When is the next one and how can I participate?
Archive for December 2006
Alicia bouncing back
The Dec.28-30 issue of the print-only Richmond Free Press has an update on Alicia Rasin (founder of Citizens Against Crime) two weeks after undergoing life-saving heart surgery.
Fairmount in USA Today
Augustine Carter (in a New Visions Civic League sweatshirt) and Mayor Wilder in front of one of the new Better Housing Coalition houses on Short Q Street, from the USA Today’s As older cities shrink, some reinvent themselves.
New cement sidewalks?
A reader pointed out that the RTD is reporting that the brick sidewalk on 23rd between Franklin and Grace will be replaced with concrete within the next few weeks. PM says,”I was under the impression that the city is normally supposed to replace brick with brick. Is that not right?”
housefire on 19th Street
wric/8 is reporting a house fire on 19th Street, no block # given.
more on the Villas at Oakwood
richmond.com has a gushing look at The Villas at Oakwood Condominiums.
a different Coleman interview
The Dec.21 issue of the lamentably print-only Brick Weekly has an interview with Chad Coleman that touches on his upbringing in Church Hill.
housefire on 27th
A duplex at 1310 and 1312 North 27th Street burned at about 1:30AM last night. All of the residents escaped unharmed.
painting transom numbers?
A reader writes in with a question:: My in-laws live in historic Church Hill. We noticed the other day that the street number on the transom above their front door is faded and needs to be repainted. It is the same as most homes in in the area – gold numbers outlined in black. Can [...]
photos from the Holiday House Tour 2006
On a warmer day than last year, the 2006 Holiday House Tour was again a wonderful neighborhood experience.
McQuinn’s 7th District meeting
Delores McQuinn’s meeting for the 7th District’s Strategic Plan For 2007â€â€2008 was yesterday morning…
new hope on Oakwood
An innovative collaboration gets a family a home of their own on Oakwood Avenue.
Built by Blacks
A.C.O.R.N. has just released Built by Blacks, a new book about Richmond’s Black architecture and neighborhoods.
1st Annual Decorating of the Tree @ Jefferson Park
The new evergreen put in Jefferson Park by the Union Hill Civic Association and the Friends of Jefferson Park was decorated for the season this morning. You can still stop by and add your ornament!
this week’s calendar
The season is here: caroling, house tour, holiday ball, the other strategic planning meeting…
