prayer vigil tonight at Chimborazo Park
Richmond City Council members will hold a prayer vigil at Chimborazo Park tonight at 6PM on behalf of the Virginia Tech community.
Archive for April 2007
a small shooting
We’ve gotten reputable reports of a non-fatal shooting on the 3000 block of East Franklin Street, with the comment that this “should be of no concern to the good neighbors in the area”.
Memorial planned for Roland “Duke” Ealey
Unveiling ceremony of the memorial at Fairfield Avenue and Mechanicsville Turnpike for civil rights lawyer and civic leader Roland D. “Duke” Ealey will take place Monday April 30th at 11AM.
7th District Roundtable notes
The first of the Mayor’s 7th District Roundtable Meetings of 2007 and the first chaired by Reggie Malone drew approximately 20 people to EDI. The core of the meeting was a 45-minute presentation and Q&A by Anthony Scott, Executive Director of the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority (RRHA).
this week’s calendar
Recycling; 7th District Roundtable Meeting; Church Hill Association meeting; New Fairmount meeting rescheduled; Union Hill Civic Association Meeting; 2nd Annual First Precinct Problem Solving Training; more…
Like, 2 small fires, man
The fire department responded in force to the report of a fire on the 1100 block of 24th Street, though ultimately there wasn’t much of a fire…
Fairmount: now with less tires
Thanks to everyone that turned out for New Vision Civic League’s Fairmount Clean-up this morning! We got a lot more accomplished than I though was possible, including getting rid of over 70 tires, 4 mattresses, and a handful of random appliances.
teen sentenced in 2006 killing
Delonte Durrell Lewis, now 18, was sentenced this week to 40 years in prison (with 20 years suspended) for the March 2006 murder of Elaine Bowens. [via]
Yay for J’s!
This week’s Brick Weekly has Jumpin’ J’s Growth Spurt, good words about the growth and future of Jumpin’ J’s Java.
as seen from closer to the ground
This week’s Style also has Photography From the Ground Up about the upcoming show of photography by the 3-year-old Church Hill resident Abel Wiley at Quirk Galery on April 21 from 5-9 p.m.
plenty of ‘hood left
Style Magazine gives Church Hill the cover in There Goes the ‘Hood – How one of the city’s most lauded urban-renewal programs is reenforcing Richmond’s racial divide, a look at the social effects of restoration/renovation/gentrification/etc.
From the way-back machine…
The most current of the Richmond Crime Stoppers Crime of the Week is the Nov. 19, 2002, shooting of Anthony Maurice Carter in the 800 block of North 27th Street.
Community Training needs your participation
Response has not been as high as had been hoped for regarding the Community Training set for April 21. Lt. King *promises* that training will be beneficial (and the food is supposed to be pretty good, too). Interested? Call 646-0572 and RSVP today!
Fairmount clean-up is this coming Saturday
The New Vision Civic League has organized a neighborhood clean-up for the southern Fairmount area this coming Saturday. The clean-up crew will be meeting at the corner of 23rd and Short Q Streets at 8AM. Any and all help is appreciated!
stop means stop
A little bird that looks suspiciously like a policeman tells me that there will be some more stringent enforcement of the stop signs in the area, at least partially in response to some of the issues raised in the comments of an previous post. Be careful out there, folks.
