ACORN is accepting nominations for this year’s Golden Hammer Awards. If you know of an outstanding (I-can’t-believe-they-fixed-that-wreck) renovation project with a completion date of Sept.1, 2007 and Aug.15, 2008, let ACORN know by sending in a nomination form before Sept.1 (and, yes, you can nominate your own project!).
Tricycle Gardens continues to garner recognition, with a recent $25,000 grant from the Robins Foundation and presentation to TG of the St. Francis of Assisi Ecological Award by the Catholic Diocese of Richmond.
There will be a public meeting to discuss the possible rezoning of properties within the Church Hill and Union Hill areas, and a very small piece of Fairmount. The meeting will be from 6-8PM tonight at EDI on 25th Street. For more info, contact Tarisa Griffith at tarisa.griffith@richmondgov.com or (804)646-6308.
Keith West, the current 7th District school board representative (and who is not standing for re-election), is a new board member of the advocacy organization School Choice Virginia, joining representatives of “church schools, the Virginia Catholic Conference, home schoolers and the Family Foundation of Virginia“. SCV supports legislation that would offer tax credits to individuals [...]
Richmond’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities is looking for volunteers to coach the 2008 Football Season at Creighton Court Community Center. Coaching positions are open for Peewees, Midgets and Juniors football teams. The fall football season will run Aug.4-Nov.30. Contact Deborah Day at (804)646-4511 for more info.
The City of Richmond will open three cooling shelters today at 12PM to assist residents during the anticipated heat. The shelters are located at Southside Community Center, 4100 Hull Street; the Department of Social Services, 900 East Marshall Street; and the East District Center, 701 North 25th Street.
The RPD announced “seven prostitution and drug-related arrests this morning in the Fairmont (sic) and Jefferson Davis neighborhoods of Richmond” sparked by citizen complaints. [via]
About 35 people showed up Saturday morning for the 7th District Meeting hosted by Delores McQuinn at Mt.Tabor Baptist Church on Fairmount Avenue. The meeting agenda included the city budget conflict, the Downtown Master Plan (and Echo Harbor), crime, and community concerns.
A pack of 6 skunks (or “polecats”), one all white, has been reported around the north end of 33rd Street. Be careful.
Joseph Clifford Johnson, 36, of the 900 block of North 30th Street, was shot and killed today in central Goochland County after he allegedly entered an unlocked house trailer and struggled with the homeowner. [via]
Richmond Police have arrested Henrico County resident Garnell Stevenson, 24, in the death of a one-year-old child at around 1PM today in the 2200 block of Creighton Road. Officially, the cause of death has not been identified, but police are investigating the death as “suspicious”. It has been alleged that he killed the infant “for [...]
There will be a brief presentation on the proposed Union Hill Old and Historic District this evening @ 7PM at EDI. This is an opportunity to ask questions and better understand the proposal. Come early for a good seat! Also, WRIC8 was out today interviewing in the neighborhood on the topic, check this evening’s news [...]
As of yesterday, the Virginia Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control deems it ok to down a few at Patrick Henrys Pub & Grille.
9th Annual Back to School Supplies Drive – Saturday, Aug.9, 9AM @ Arthur Ashe Center; 18th Annual Back to School Rally – Saturday, Aug.23, 10AM @ Richmond Coliseum. [via]
Wanna play some softball? Meet at the George Mason playground at 28th and M Streets this Saturday at 5PM. Please RSVP ASAP to Stretch@StretchPhotography.com.
