The Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods is sponsoring a free renovation lending workshop that will explain all of the financial tools you would need for the renovation of a old house. The workshop will be held on Saturday March 8th from 9AM to noon at the Parish Hall of St.John’s Episcopal Church.
Woody Holton, University of Richmond Professor, author of Unruly Americans and the Origins of the Constitution, and a National Book Award Finalist will speak as part of the Valentine Richmond History Center’s Liberty Lecture Series at St. John’s Church on Wednesday, March 5th @ 11AM. Stay after the lecture for lunch and book signing.
River City Rapids turned us on to a post on Bagpipe Fever where they visit Richmond on The Thames and get to really compare the view that so inspired William Byrd.
Two neighborhood walk-throughs have been set for this Saturday, as part of the police department effort to identify citizen concerns about the area. Sector 113′s Lt. Harrison and personnel from CAPS will do a walk through the areas of 24th, 23rd and 22nd Streets north of Carrington Street; meet at Soloman Temple @1118 North 20th [...]
The City of Richmond Planning Commission invites interested members of the public to participate in a seminar on Form-Based Code on Wednesday, March 12, 2008 @6PM at City Council Chambers at City Hall. Form-Based Code is a type of zoning that regulates patterns of development by focusing on the relationship of buildings to each other [...]
Friends of Jefferson Park meeting; Beginning Computer Classes for Adults; CAR Meeting; open mic @ Poe’s Pub; Movies that Celebrate African American History; New Vision Civic League meeting; MORE…
The Church Hill Association site has the agenda for the upcoming February 26, 2008 CAR meeting. There are 18 items on the agenda, none of which pertain to Oakwood Heights.
Does it have a bright green “gator” bag like this one attached to it? If so, please fill it once a week — and maybe even talk with your neighbors about helping you. (The fill-up slot is underneath the label at the top of the bag.) These bags are important to the survival of the [...]
Tricycle Gardens has a snazzy new website.
Tion Kimbrough was arrested today in connection with the January murder of Louis Scroggins on 25th Street. [via]
A reader writes: I live on the 2000 block of Princess Anne Ave. Last night around 4:45AM (Feb 20th) we had a breakin. The man came in through my bedroom and I scared him off by yelling at him. He ran but I couldn’t see where he went. We haven’t heard of anything else like [...]
We’ve heard that the man that had been living around the intersection of Pink and Venable Streets for at least the past several years has passed over the weekend. His name might have been Mr.Cunningham; he was known to some on the street as Mr.Shuffles due to his distinct walk.
You are invited to the 5th Annual 7th & 6th Districts’ Community Awards Program and Black History Extravaganza sponsored by Councilwoman Delores McQuinn and Councilwoman Ellen Robertson. The event will be held at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School beginning at 1:30PM on Saturday, February 23rd.
Church Hill Association meeting, Union Hill Civic Association meeting, open mic @ Poe’s, MLK PTA, Movies that Celebrate African American History, The Life and Work of John Jasper, Beginning Computer Classes for Adults, recycling; MORE…
