The folks at the neighborhood’s newest ice cream parlor It Must Be Heaven would like to share both that they will be closed on Mondays for the winter months and that they have more than ice cream to offer. Stop by and check out the lunch special including the Bite So Sweet (One Jumbo Hot [...]
I’ve posted a list of Open Assignments, upcoming events and what not that it would be great to have words/photos from or about for the site. If you would like to help make this site that much better, you can volunteer to pick up one of the events that should be covered.
The Black Candle; Beginning Computer Classes for Adults; ad-hoc CHA meeting ; Psychology of the Black Experience @ FRC; CHA Membership Party; MORE…
There is a woman that frequents the corner of 23rd and Fairmount. She apparently has many friends, as she does not seem to have to wait very long before someone drives by and offers her a ride.
After several years without lighting at the Chimborazo Playground, new lights were recently installed through the generosity of Custom Designed Controls, LLC, a Georgia-based lighting design, manufacturing and contracting company. The offer to replace the lights was made by one of the company owners who lives in the Church Hill area. He kindly donated the [...]
We’ve recently discovered the house renovation blog A Renovation Story…crazy or visionary?!. Early into renovating a house on Broad Street, they’ve already got words to say about previous renovation work and made it through their firs CAR meeting.
An ad-hoc Church Hill Association membership meeting will be held at St. John’s Parish Hall on Dec.2 @ 7PM. The 2009 CHA budget, new zoning for the area, the proposed plan to build a baseball stadium in Shockoe Bottom, and the Oakwood Heights project are all part of the agenda. (previously)
The Congressional Quarterly Press lists Richmond as the ninth most dangerous city. But that Richmond is in California. Richmond, Va., now ranks 49th among the country’s most dangerous cities, down from its number 29 spot in 2006 and its number 15 spot in 2005. The city previously was among the top 10 in 2003 and [...]
Just in time for the holidays, a write-up of some great books about Richmond and/or specific neighborhoods or other areas. Stop by Fountain Bookstore or Black Swan and see if you can pick up a copy in person or hit the links below to order online.
VHDA Homeownership Education Program (CANCELLED); Beginning Computer Classes for Adults; CAR Meeting; open mic @ Poe’s Pub; Gabriel’s Rebellion @ FRC; MORE…
wric.com has a report about someone tagging SAMBO along the M Street corridor.
wric has details on a recent confusion at Oakwood Cemetery: He says that Oakwood staff told him that she was buried in a different part of the cemetery than from where he remembers her funeral service was held. City officials said Patricia was buried towards the back, but the family argued that her funeral service [...]
The RTD confirms earlier rumors that McQuinn is in for Mayor-elect Jones’ 70th House district seat. With it a likely given that she wins the seat, who is next for the 7th District seat?
An article in today’s RTD, Housing prices decline 8.8% in Richmond area, says that foreclosures are hitting our area harder than some: Foreclosures in Church Hill and Highland Park, for example, are pushing prices down in those neighborhoods. “But they are having virtually no effect in Henrico County’s West End. Nor are they affecting Glen [...]
