richmond.com has a nice long look at Tricycle Gardens: I visited Lisa at their first garden site in Church Hill along Jefferson Avenue. Immediately after stepping inside the wooden gate I was astonished. At first I could not believe such abundance of life in such a small space. I saw grasshoppers, birds, butterflies and bees [...]
The Church Hill Association is sponsoring a School Board Candidates Forum at Bellevue Elementary School Tuesday evening from 5:30-6:45PM with all 3 of the 7th District candidates. A separate 7th District Candidates Forum that includes the school board candidates, council candidates, and mayoral candidates will follow at 7PM at the Powhatan Community Center in Fulton. [...]
I saw a recent reference to a specific alley in Fairmount as Sex Workers’ Dispute Alley. On my walking commute I’ve got Dead Possum House, the corner where Billy Graham got shot, and The Truth About Maria’s Mother. What other off-the-map local landmarks and sign posts do we have in the area?
A man wants to know about a chimney sweep: Anybody know of a decent and relatively inexpensive chimney sweep in the area? We moved over the summer and want to be able to use our fireplace come winter, but I want to have it checked out before we try to light a fire in it.
VCU and the Family Resource Center are working together to inspire young men through documentary film-making opportunities in the neighborhood: Richmond’s East End is a long way from Hollywood, but visitors and residents of the community may come face to face with teenage film crews this fall as part of “Peep This,” a VCU program [...]
Community Planning in Richmond workshop; Hands On Greater Richmond day of action; planning commission meeting; Beginning Computer Classes for Adults; Church Hill Association meeting; Meet Your Candidates forum; School Board Candidates Forum; open mic @ Poe’s Pub; Saint Gertrude High School 28th Annual Harvest House Tour; MORE…
Playing at #1 Varina, the Armstrong Wildcats dropped their dropped their 4th straight game. Armstrong has been outscored 156-0 over their last 17 quarters played.
A message for the yarn&needle crowd and an opportunity to get together: Calling all knitters and/or crocheters! Have you been wishing (’cause I know I have been) there was a group to knit/crochet with in your very own neighborhood? Well then, contact me, Crystal Koch Pintac, to get one started. I have a great dining [...]
In place of the regularly scheduled CHA meeting on 21 October 2008, the association will be sponsoring a School Board Candidates Forum at Bellevue Elementary School from 5:30-6:45PM with all 3 of the 7th District candidates. A separate 7th District Candidates Forum that includes the school board candidates, council candidates, and mayoral candidates will follow [...]
The agenda for the Oct.28 CAR meeting (PDF) has a number of local items: 305 CHIMBORAZO BLVD Replace wood siding with MaxiPlank; 316 N 36TH ST Install Hardiplank siding to replace wood siding; 414 N 23RD ST General rehabilitation and reconstruction of brick chimney; 2708 M ST Install new wood siding, replace windows, install front [...]
Oliver Lawrence, long-time owner of much vacant property and several companies including Bayou Properties, complains to the Richmond Voice that his more than 600 citations for code violations related to property upkeep were “motivated by rogue officials, including a sitting council member.”
The pre-1900 Victorian at 1200 North 23rd Street was recently vacated and the windows and doors were boarded over. For sale at $95,000, the house needs a new roof, has a minimal heating system, and should be gutted, rewired, and insulated before anyone lives there again. Is this how a house becomes that house that [...]
The unoccupied rental office of the Jefferson Town Homes (1900 block of Venable Street) burned just after 4AM this morning.
Congressman Eric Cantor of Virginia’s 7th District will serve as the keynote speaker at one of the Richmond GOP’s biggest events of the year, the 3rd Annual Fall Fundraiser. The Fall Fundraiser will be October 16th @ 5:30PM at 2309 East Broad Street.
