4th Annual Live Healthy Block Party
CAHN’s 4th Annual Live Healthy Block Party will be held tomorrow, August 15, from 10AM-3PM at Ethel Bailey Furman Park (819 North 29th Street)
Archive for August 2009
Smell that?
A house gone feral in a small patch of woods just west of the train tracks in Shockoe Valley is burning dramatically this afternoon. Firefighters are having something of a difficult time just getting to the burning structure.
DOE releases AYP numbers for 2009-2010
Six of the eight East End schools met this years AYP benchmarks. All of the neighborhood elementary schools and Franklin Military Academy met the adequate yearly progress (AYP) standards of No Child Left Behind, while MLK Middle School and Armstrong HS did not. 71% of schools statewide and 78% across the city met their targets [...]
Agenda for 8/25 CAR meeting
The agenda for the August 25 Commission of Architectural Review (PDF) meeting includes a number of projects in the area: 2213 E BROAD ST Demolish garage; 727 N 27TH ST Construct residential outbuilding; 2418 E FRANKLIN ST Install one wall-mounted and one hanging sign; 3101 E BROAD ST Reconstruct porch to documented earlier design; 2401 [...]
King Wanza goes anywhere
King Wanza is prolific and everywhere.
Tricycle Gardens announces First Annual Harvest Dinner, Chimborazo garden
An email from Tricycle Gardens today announced their First Annual Harvest Dinner for Saturday October 3rd, 6-10PM at the Robinson Theater. The message also has details on the new community garden in the works for the Chimborazo Playground Park.
The Future of Church Hill @ Robinson Theater
The RVA TV roundtable on “the future of Church Hill†is a go for tomorrow, Thursday 8/13 beginning at 6:30PM at the Robinson Theater. There is still time to submit your question or topic…
Do not buy fake wicker furniture from that guy
A reader writes in with a heads-up from 27th Street: I live on the 900 block of 27th street. All of my deck furniture (all of it!) was taken at sometime between sunday evening and monday evening (Aug 10th). I keep the pillows inside, so if you see some fake wicker furniture (2 arm chairs, [...]
Franklin Military Academy junior will launch Teen Trendsetters mentoring program
Toneisha Brown, a junior at Franklin Military Academy, has been chosen to launch the Teen Trendsetter Reading Mentor program at the city’s public military high school. Brown is one of 30 students from across the southern United States selected for this school year to head up the reading programs in their communities.
The Fairmount Expressway?
Another stunning recent find was 1950′s The Progressive Richmonder. This single focus (single issue?) paper, published by The Forward Richmond Highway Committee, existed solely to advocate for a downtown expressway. Check out how they proposed to mangle Fairmount and Church Hill North…
The Citizen (1960s)
In following up at the Library of Virginia on a recent find , I was fortunate to receive a roll of microfiche containing a number of 20th century Richmond newspapers. Included were a number of precursors to our current crop of community blogs, including the mid-1960s The Citizen.
No Back-to-School Parade for 2009
The long-running Back-to-School Parade will not take place this year. We’ve got word from City Council 7th District Liaison Sam Patterson that “there will be no City events for Back-to-School this year”.
