Big plans or just a big sign?
It looks like someone has new plans for the former KFC on Mosby for which Bishop Richard Hall had such grand ideas and which was later auctioned off.
Archive for January 2009
missing wiener dog, possibly stolen
Flip the wiener dog has gone missing and may be victim of a dognapping operating. Regular reader Alicia writes: “One of our neighbors had their dog stolen….or go missing this morning. Word through the grapevine is that this is the 3rd or 4th dog-napping in our area in the past week.”
this week’s calendar
Kilowatt Ours @ NRC; Clean up the Hill; celebrate Edgar Allen Poe’s 200th birthday; get involved on MLK Day; Beginning Computer Classes for Adults; Church Hill Association meeting; Open Mic @ Honey Whyte’s; Union Hill Civic Association meeting; FREE Renovation Lending Workshop; Tricycle Garden Benefit @ Eric Schindler Gallery; MORE…
more for Monday’s MLK Day of Service
In addition to the Hands on Greater Richmond volunteer opportunities, Erin O’Tool-Lyon sends in word of a neighborhood clean-up, Clean the Hill set for Monday, and Charles Skelly has announced the showing of Kilowatt Ours and an energy efficiency workshop on Sunday January 18 at 5PM at the Neighborhood Resource Center in Fulton Hill.
It’s official: Richmond City Council accepting applications to temporarily fill open East End 7th District Council seat
Richmond City Council is currently accepting applications to temporarily serve as councilperson for the currently open Richmond City Council East End 7th District Council seat.
agenda for the 01/27/09 CAR meeting
The agenda for the January 27 CAR meeting (PDF) includes the following: New fence at 2601 E Broad St; Convert rear 2nd-story porch to screened porch at 16 N 30th St; Revise earlier Certificate to permit HardiPlank siding on rear of buildings at 16-24 N 31st St; Painting & more at 2819 E Grace St; [...]
Envision Richmond @ The Expansion Joint
The 2009 Envision Richmond Kick-Off Meeting was held tonight at the Tricycle Gardens headquarters in Manchester and featured presentations by Sheila Sheppard of the Partnership for Smarter Growth and Rachel Flynn, the Director of Community Development for the City of Richmond.
Highwoods to present at the next UHCA meeting
A message from Matt Conrad of the Union Hill Civic Association: Friends and Neighbors of Union Hill: The Union Hill Civic Association will meet on Wednesday, January 21 at 7:00 p.m. at Cedar Street Baptist Church of God (2301 Cedar Street). Please plan to attend, as we will be receiving a presentation from representatives of [...]
Another petition regarding the appointment
On the heels of a petition essentially calling for the appointment of a representative with a history of residing in the 7th District, another anonymous petition has surfaced which offers support for potential appointee Cynthia Newbille.
first in, first out
A month or so after announcing my candidacy for the City Council 7th District seat come this fall, I am rescinding that statement.
Loupassi introduces stadium financing bill
Del. Loupassi has introduced a bill to divert the state sales taxes generated by the stadium and other related new buildings from the Shockoe Center proposal to pay the cost of the development: The developers who want to bring minor-league baseball back to Richmond are proposing to finance a new ballpark in Shockoe Bottom with [...]
Sector 111 report for December
Lieutenant Laino’s Sector 111 report for November is available (PDF): I am happy to report during the month of December the Sector experienced a 15% decrease in major crime; a 37% decrease in violent crime (19 incidents reported in 2007 compared to 12 in 2008) and a 9% decrease in property crime. These decreases are [...]
