After saying last month that “the [school] board has failed by not giving direction”, Keith West and the rest of the RPS School Board have unveiled an idea for a program aimed at “raising student achievement, broadening choices for study and career paths, expanding sports and other out-of-school activities, and involving the public in reshaping [...]
The October meeting of the Mayor’s Roundtable for the 7th District met tonight at EDI on 25th Street. Not counting the folks directly involved in running the meeting or presenting, there was an audience of 5. It was a small but feisty gathering, with a presentation on the City of Richmond 2008-2013 Consolidated Plan and [...]
There will be a meeting concerning zoning in the East End tomorrow (Thursday) at 6PM at EDI on 25th Street. Given the brouhahas over the difficulties that businesses trying to open in the area experience, this should be a good one.
This Thursday at 11AM, St. John’s Church will host the Richmond History Center’s Inaugural Liberty Lecture Series, a free discussion and book signing featuring Dr. Peter Wallenstein (Virginia Tech History professor and author of Cradle of America: Four Centuries of American History). Call (804) 648-5015 for more information. [via]
Recycling week, Townhall Meeting with Mayor Wilder, CHA meeting, Mayor’s 7th District Roundtable, Vacant Building Workshop, New Visions Fundraiser Yardsale, Tricycle Gardens’s Grow your own PARTY!, and MORE…
The Virginia Film Office has a location library of shots from around the neighborhood from what appears to be the early 1990s. The set labeled Church Hill Residential (Rough) caught a bunch of building that have since been fixed up or demolished.
The Eliza B. Askin Richmond 2008 calendar with illustrations of local haunts Captain Buzzy’s and Poe’s Pub is now available in some of the local bookstores.
Playing in a Capital District match-up last night at #1 Highland Springs, Armstrong lost to the Springers 48-6. Terrell Fowler had 78 yards on 22 carries for the 2-5 Wildcats. [via]
New Works on Paper by Catherine McGinn opens tonight at the Eric Schindler Gallery. The show runs October 12 through November 6.
The Department of Historic Resources has a announced the follow-up to last February’s initial meeting considering nominating the Fairmount Historic District for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places. A meeting will be held Oct.30 @7PM at EDI to present and explain the nomination process, to hear public comment, and to answer questions.
The species and planting location of each of the new trees for Jefferson Park have been marked in the park on stakes with yellow plastic tape on them. Any interested person is invited to attend a meeting with Norm Brown of the Adopt a Tree Program tomorrow (10/12) at 1pm at the park to review [...]
F.T.Rea explains why there is no High on the Hog this year and takes walk down memory lane in The Big Pig Postmortem in this week’s Brick Weekly.
Tricycle Gardens will be holding a “Grow Your Own” celebration Saturday, Oct. 20, 7-11 p.m. at the Eric Schindler Gallery. Anyone interested in starting a community garden is invited to attend. Admission, which includes music and food, is $25. RSVP by Oct. 12 to (804) 231-7767.
Style Weekly gives the cover to the East End, calling it “the city’s oldest and  after decades of sleep mode  its hippest up-and-coming neighborhood. But mostly it is a place of startling contrasts.” The article is accompanied by a photo essay by Scott Elmquist.
The folks behind the push for a dog park in Chimborazo met last night, with one of the topics being what this dark park could be called (other than the pedestrian “Chimborazo Dog Park”). The 3 suggestions are: (1) Chimbo Dog Park, (2) Church Hill Dog Park, and (3) CHill Dog Park. State your preference [...]
