Dr.Jack appreciation moment
The cats might not love going, but we love having Dr.Jack in the neighborhood. Yay for Dr.Jack and Church Hill Animal Hospital!
Archive for August 2007
don’t get towed!
Street cleaning returns over the next few weeks: Fulton Hill, Church Hill from Darbytown Road to 29th St., between I-64 and Franklin St. – Aug. 27-31, Church Hill from 28th St. to 17th St. between I-64 and Franklin – Sept. 4-7.
rumors
(1) There might be some kind of moped shop coming to Marshall Street? (2) The Sisson/Armour and Company building at 17th and Broad is back on track to be converted into apartments, with demo already underway inside the building?
this week’s calendar
Recycling, Church Hill Association Meeting, open mic @ Poe’s Pub, Growers’ Market @ Farmer’s Market, Home Ownership Education Program, more…
Live Healthy Block Party
A few blocks of Cedar Street were blocked off today for the Live Healthy Block Party. Sponsored by the Vernon J. Harris Medical Center, the gathering offered free health screenings, healthy living demonstrations, kid’s activities, entertainment, food, arts and crafts, free giveaways, and free backpacks for kids.
Old and Historic Districts complaints and enforcement
A recent message from Saul Gleiser, Secretary of the Commission of Architectural Review announced than, in an effort to respond more efficiently to complaints about work being done without a Certificate of Appropriateness or Building Permit on properties within City Old and Historic Districts, the Department of Community Development has put a person in place [...]
at such a time
Jon at River City Rapids reminds us that there are only 3 more weeks of reenactments at St.John’s before the season is over.
Adopt a Tree in the neighborhood
The city’s Adopt a Tree Program is on again! Get a tree planted for a mere $50 and the promise to water and care for your tree in its first year. The actual cost of the tree and planting is around $250, so this is a great deal. The tree even comes with a “gator [...]
hot hot hot
If you just can’t stand the heat another moment, take a peek at this photo or this photo to cool off a little bit…
ACORN Special Awards announced
The Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods announced the recipients of its special awards to be honored at the annual Golden Hammer Awards celebration in October, including special recognition for Laura Daab for the Church Hill North Historic District Initiative. Winners of Golden Hammers in the categories of Best Residential Renovation, Best Commercial Renovation and [...]
Montessori on 20th Street
Anita Pishko, instrumental to the creation of the Montessori program at the Fulton NRC, is working to open the Central Montessori School in that distinctive building at 323 North 20th Street for this September.
experimental: @chpn
As an experiment, we’ve set up a chpn twitter account. WTF is Twitter, you ask?
Fatal fire on Chimborazo
An overnight apartment fire on the 600 block of Chimborazo Boulevard has claimed one life and left another person injured. Fire officials have not released the name of the person they pulled from the house but family members have told firefighters that they believe he stayed behind to try and put out the fire. [via]
Jefferson Park update
From the Friends of Jefferson Park: It appears that there has been some ongoing vandalism in Jefferson Park. Two nights in the last week, a couple of the heavy ornamental trash cans were ripped off their pads and thrown down the hill. In addition, there was some damage to a board on the horseshoe pit. [...]
this week’s calendar
Committee to Explore the Possibility of a Union Hill Old and Historic District meeting, open mic @ Poe’s Pub, open house @ 513 North 31st, more…
