The Gargantuan and all Over-shadowing Hysteric All Church Hill YARD SALE has ben set for June 7. The Yard Sale will be in Libby Hill Park from 9AM to sunset. Open to everyone and all are encouraged to participate. There are no space assignments and set up is as early as you like but spots [...]
The National Park Service recently launched Richmond, Virginia – Discover Our Shared Heritage Travel Itinerary as a guide to “one of the oldest and most historically and architecturally rich communities in the United States”. The featured sites include Leigh Street Baptist Church, Oakwood-Chimborazo Historic District, St. John’s Church Historic District and St. John’s Episcopal Church, [...]
All Richmond Public Schools will dismiss their students early on Friday, April 18, for school-based professional development. [via]
It looks like Que Pasa now has a liquor license!
Arbor Day activities are planned for Jefferson Park, Libby Hill Park, and Chimborazo Park. New trees including crape myrtles, Kentucky coffee trees, Valley Forge elms, a willow oak, yoshino cherry trees, will be planted by Richmond Tree Stewards, students, Boy and Girl Scouts, and neighbors.
Arbor Day tree plantings in Jefferson Park, Libby Hill Park, and Chimborazo Park; Beginning Computer Classes for Adults; CHA Membership Meeting; MLK PTA; open mic @ Poe’s Pub; UHCA Neighborhood Watch Mtg.; Trask opening @ Schindler Gallery; Church Hill Creative Homemakers Society; Earth Day / Litter Rescue Walk; Church Hill Walking Tour; MORE…
Flowers and Bones, a show of new paintings by Ed Trask, opens Friday April 18 7-10PM at the Eric Schindler Gallery.
The Church Hill Association site has the agenda for the upcoming 4/22 CAR meeting.
The April 2008 Church Hill Association newsletter (PDF) is out and online and includes a great 2-page look at our relationship to the James River, minutes of the Feb.25/Mar.18 meetings, and a letter to the editor on the effect of 4-way stop signs.
7th District Council Representative Delores McQuinn and T.K.Somanath of the Better Housing Coalition hosted a community meeting about a proposed development at the former Beckstoffer’s on 28th Street. Featuring a bold design by Urban Design Associates, BHC would like to build a mix of both attached single-family homes and condo/apartment units on the land.
First Precinct Environmental Officer Harold Ford says his biggest citizen complaint is litter. In response, he created the First Precinct Community Service Cleanup program, a collaborative effort among several city departments. You might’ve met Officer Ford at a recent neighborhood meeting or last month’s Sector 111/113 walks. [via]
In the words of the less-than-loquacious officer on the scene, the police were “investigating a situation” when 2 guys drove away and were pulled on the 1100 block of 23rd Street. It looked like they found little tiny bag of weed in the car. One guy was taken away in the van, after screaming for [...]
7th District School Board representative Keith West has launched Save Richmond Public Schools as part of a “grassroots organization conceived to elect a better School Board”. The group is “seeking candidates for every district”; the representatives elected this year will serve 4-year terms. [via] “There has been such a number of colossal failures over the [...]
