The Family Resource Center at 2405 Jefferson Avenue will be hosting a reading and signing by ACORN‘s Selden Richardson of his recent book, Built by Blacks: African American Architecture and Neighborhoods in Richmond, VA, from 3-5PM this Sunday (3/25).
Issue 1, Volume 1 of the New Visions Civic League Quarterly Newsletter is now available (PDF). Residents in the NVCL draw area will be receiving this in the mail early next week. Good job, Frieda!
On April 7th, the cyclists in the inaugural US Open Cycling Championship climb the cobblestones in Libby Hill Park on their way to the finish line at the The Library of Virginia. [via]
Tonight’s Union Hill Civic Association meeting featured presentations on the award-winning Church Hill Central Neighborhoods in Bloom (NiB) by Better Housing Coalition, ElderHomes, Housing Opportunities Made Equal, and Southside Community Development and Housing Corporation.
Richmond.com has a good look at this weekend’s upcoming festivities in St. Patrick’s Day, Part Deux.
Yesterday, Armstrong High School senior and foster child Darryl Stephens, 17, was awarded “a full aid package covering tuition, textbooks, fees, room and board and worth up to $50,000 over four years” to the College of William and Mary by the college’s president, Gene R. Nichol. [via]
Laura Dabb has a turn as a Richmond Times-Dispatch guest columnist today with Zoning Overlay: Church Hill North Area Deserves Old and Historic District Label.
This is a big week! Evergreen Cemetery Vounteer Drive; Union Hill Civic Association Meeting; An Evening with Wren Mangum; Church Hill Irish Festival; more…
A little over a year after the announcement of the District Roundtable program, former School Board representative and City Council candidate Reggie Malone has been tapped to replace Sharon Burton as the new representative for the 7th District.
Acappella Restaurant and Pub, one of the neighborhood’s best kept secrets, has announced a new pub menu.
There were 46 properties sold from Jan. 31 to Feb. 27 in the Church Hill area. [via]
It’s time to start looking forward to the Irish Festival! Sat&Sun Mar.24 & 25th @ 25th and Broad Streets, and featuring live bands, traditional Irish foods and beverages, children’s games and rides, Celtic vendors, local crafts, and more. Find out more at the Irish Festival site.
The Petersburg People’s News officially
The Church Hill Association’s Church Hill Newsletter for March is out and as always chock full o’ good stuff: tree care, results of the Most Inspired Yard and Block contest, info about Reed Square and the Turner House, Remembering Martin Adler, minutes form the Feb, General Membership Meeting, and more…
River City Rapids has a look at 7th District Schoolboard rep Keith West and a link to an interview with Mr.West on WRVA.
