Bill Lohmann shares a look at a volunteer process that gets hundreds of kids to summer camp: The seven children on the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church van and nearly 200 others in the East End wouldn’t be going to camp were it not for the Micah Initiative, a citywide partnership between local faith communities and [...]
In what would be the first of its kind to be built in Church Hill in quite some time, there is a proposal for a new mixed-use cornerstore on the vacant lot at 600 North 28th Street.
Notorious slumlord Oliver Lawrence, due in court this afternoon on over 30 charges related to property maintenance from as far back as November 2008, showed once again without a lawyer and will likely be getting yet another continuation.
Books on Wheels will be making a return visit to the area and providing free books & free bicycle repair at the East End Library on 25th Street on Monday, July 20th, from 3-6PM.
A reader writes in looking for help removing (not shooting) a family of groundhogs: Do you know of a company in town that would trap a family of groundhogs who are now living under our toolshed in the fenced-in back yard? Supposedly pretty hefty adults (our dog size) and some babies – we’ll be home [...]
The Chimborazo Playground KaBoom! Design Day, “a chance for kids and adults to collaborate and design the playground and potential side projects”, kicks off this afternoon beginning at 4PM. The kids draw, everyone eats, and then the adults work with KaBoom project team to turn kids designs into reality!
The agenda for the July 28 Commission of Architectural Review meeting includes a number of projects in the area: 2204 E BROAD ST Repair retaining wall with in-kind materials; 2802 E GRACE ST Replace and enlarge rear porch; 2102-2104 E BROAD ST Revise earlier approval to include larger garage design; 308 N 21ST ST Rebuild [...]
Just a reminder that you can get neighborhood news and follow us Facebook and on twitter. We’ve also got a new twitter feed set up just for the photos added to the Church Hill flickr pool at @CHPNphotos. It’ll be all photos, both news&niceties.
The RTD is reporting that Bobby Aaron Richardson has been sentenced to 15 years in the October 2008 shooting of Haywood McCallum.
Photos of before & still-in-the-works after on the 900 block of Mosby Street…
As as-yet-unidentified 36-year-old man is in critical condition at MCV after being shot in the chest just before 6PM on the 1000 block of Mosby Street. Police hypothosize it was a retaliation shooting, but do not have much more to say at this point.
A great guide to Richmond over at Design*Sponge features 25th Street’s newest retail addition, Renmark Consignment Shop: Newly opened Renmark Consignment shop is filled with traditional and quirky accessories for the home under the watchful eyes of Eapoe (named for Edgar Allen Poe) and Scamper. Designer Tayne Renmark has a discerning eye for wonderful picks. [...]
The RTD is reporting a nonfatal shooting last night: The man was taken to VCU Medical Center for treatment of a gunshot wound to the buttocks after the 11:15 p.m. shooting in the 1600 block of North 19th Street [...] the man told police that he and another man were walking to a store when [...]
nbc12 has the word on a season rash of lawnmower thefts: For five weeks in a row, lawnmowers have been stolen from homes in Richmond’s East End. That includes the neighborhoods of Fulton, Oakwood, Union Hill, and Church Hill. [...] The woman they call “Auntie” Chetta says, in Church Hill, there’s a lotta talk about [...]
The Service Employees International Union will host a rally “to demand affordable, quality healthcare” (PDF) at Patrick Henry Park (across from St. John’s Church) this Wednesday from 11AM-12.
