We were forwarded an email that appears to have been sent out from Sam Patterson (liaison to 7 District Council Representative McQuinn) as a response to a request by Mayor Wilder to move from her office space at the East District Initiative building.
The Sons of Confederate Veterans has offered to take over maintenance, at their own expense, of the recently vandalized Oakwood Cemetery while allowing the city to keep the title. [via]
A Colonial Heights man was car-jacked and then forced to drive to 29th and Clay Streets. There, the victim fired shots at his alleged abductors and then drove to Broad Street and flagged down a police officer. [via]
In a timely follow-up to a recent question: The Church Hill Planters are currently seeking residents who would be willing to adopt a new tree in front of their house or on their block. The trees will be planted during the 2007 Fall planting season, so now’s the time to put in your request!
The Richmond school system will hold registration at Bellevue Elementary for the Early Head Start, Head Start and Virginia Preschool Initiative programs on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. through July 26.
A reader writes: “I’m a new home owner and I would like to get some information regarding planting a tree along the sidewalk. There is a spot out front that used to have a tree; however, all that remains now is a mulched, empty square in the sidewalk. Is it allowable to take it upon [...]
Friends of Jefferson Park Meeting, Church Hill neighborhood clean-up, recycling, more…
City workers from the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Services have begun restoring the 40 to 50 gravestones that were found vandalized in Oakwood Cemetery on June 9th. The knocked-over gravestones are mostly in the rear part of the cemetery, near the Confederate section. [via]
Firefighters responded to a two-alarm house fire in the 3500 block of East Clay Street just after 11 o’clock this morning. [via] [via]
Historic Housing has plans to renovate the Cold Storage complex into more than 300 apartments, a couple of restaurants, and a new micro-brewery. [via]
Plans have emerged for residential and commercial development on the now empty lot at 1903 East Marshall Street, at the foot of Jefferson Hill Park.
Church Hill Association Meeting, Books on Bikes, Union Hill Civic Association meeting, Home Ownership Education Class, more…
Alicia has a post, Want to be my neighbor?, about what it is like living on one of the area’s most decimated blocks.
Come out Wednesday at 6:30PM to Chimborazo Park for a pickup game of kickball and get to know your neighbors. Don’t feel like playing? Then come out and cheer! [via]
Richmond real estate blog the804.com has a look at home appreciation by neighborhood over the past 5 years, noting that Oregon Hill and Church Hill lead the city with average selling prices increasing 392% and 191% respectively.
