Local food/wine blogger pjpink of River City Food and Wine passed through the neighborhood for Richmond Italian Street Festival 2007 (calling it “a fantastic day for food and wine”) and then took in the charms of Captain Buzzy and Libby Hill.

The episode of WCVE’s weekly half-hour public affairs program Perspective that will air this Friday@9PM & Saturday@noon examines the topic of affordable housing. One of the guests will be Fairmount resident Frieda Bolling, who heads up the monthly Home Ownership Education Program at the East End Library.

An effort to bring a dog park to Chimborazo Park, including a petition at Captain Buzzy’s, has sprung out of the comments on the early-September post Animal Control in Chimbo Park?. Contact the organizers at chimbodogs@hotmail.com for more information.

Jennifer Kyzer of Pets at Play will be hosting the workshop Controlled Walk/Heel, Come Dog Training this Sunday, October 7th, from 10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m. at Fulton Hill Studios (1000 Carlisle Avenue). The cost is $25. [via]

Read more >

In a ceremony today at the Richmond Convention Center, 2 of the 16 awards given out were the bronze Valor Awards for Officers Mervin Mayo and Gregory Nienow for saving five people and a dog from a burning house on North 29th Street in January of this year. [via]

The folks at CHAT are looking for volunteers for this Saturday to help install a 6-foot fence in the backyard of the Lighthouse, the house that is the base of their tutoring program at 601 North 31st Street. Work begins at 8AM and will continue through the afternoon. Contact Taylor Winters at (804)822-6500 for more info. [via]

The local house and neighborhood preservation group ACORN is trying to raise $10,000 by the end of the year. If you’d like to help out, they are accepting donation online via a a donation page on the find-raising site firstgiving or by mail to ACORN / 1307-A East Cary Street.

Lora Toothman reports that at the last Union Hill Civic Association meeting, the group decided to target specific areas of the neighborhood for attention from the city, and to coordinate requests for maintenance for those areas so that many people request the same action items at once. The hope is that the city notes the influx of requests for the area and fixes those problems. The first area chosen is immediately around the triangle at the intersection of 23rd, Jessamine and Cedar Streets.

Read more >

This Saturday @ 8AM, join the “Long Walk to Freedom” and experience the virtual reality of re-entry into society issues from the perspective of an inmate in the process of being released from jail.

Read more >

The Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods (A.C.O.R.N.) paid tribute to the individuals that are “in the trenches” renovating and revitalizing Richmond’s historic neighborhoods at its annual Golden Hammer Awards last night. The winners were announced in the categories of Best Residential Renovation, Best Commercial Renovation and Best Infill Construction, with the award for Best Residential Renovation going to Beverly El & Gable Painter for their work at 816 / 818 North 23rd Street (see before & after photos!).

Read more >

We’ve heard that an ice cream parlor will be opening at 25th and Broad Streets (in Marshall Hall or the building next door) around Thanksgiving…

Playing at home last night, Armstrong (0-2, 2-4) lost to Hanover 18-6 in their 2nd Capital District game of the season. The Wildcats’ only touchdown came via an 86-yard kickoff return by Tyee Williams (see the video!).

New redbud trees were being put in along several blocks of North 23rd Street today, up from Jumpin’ J’s . This is going to be absolutely wonderful come early spring.

Assessed last year at $47,000, the house at 1104 North 20th Street has been vacant for years. As recently as 2 years ago, everything appeared solid, but the front porch has started to rapidly decay.

Read more >

open mic @ Poe’s Pub, CAPS / Public Safety Meeting, Growers Market, Holler Up! Youth Summit, Catherine McGinn @ Eric Schindler Gallery, Free Renovation Lending Workshop by ACORN, open house at the award-winning 816/818 North 23rd Street, AND MORE…

Read more >