Open Mic @ Poe'sTue Feb 9 8:15 pm
Weekly Open Mic every Tuesday at Poe's Pub, hosted by Jim Daab. Sign up at 8:15, music at 9PM
Veggie BusTue Feb 9 10:00 am
The veggie bus will be parked at 25th and Broad on Tuesdays from 10AM untill 2:30PM and then the NRC on Williamsburg Ro...
Adult Latin Ballroom ClassWed Feb 10 7:00 pm
Basic steps to salsa, cha cha, rumba and more! Location: Robinson Theater
$15/individual; $25/couple for 6 weeks
Ins...
Beginner's YogaWed Feb 10 7:00 pm
@ Neighborhood Resource Center - 1519 Williamsburg Road - Relax, renew and do something great for the community! All pro...
CAPS MeetingWed Feb 10 6:00 pm
Every 2nd Wed - 701 N 25th St. 2nd Floor
Veggie BusWed Feb 10 11:00 am
The veggie bus will be parked at 25th and Broad on Wednesdays from 11am till 7pm starting Jan 6th.
We will always be...
Hip Hop Dance ClassThu Feb 11 4:30 pm
Location: Robinson Theater Community Arts Center
Ages 7-17
Instructor: Gillian Harvey
$10 for 6-week session
Unity Civic LeagueThu Feb 11 6:30 pm
@ St. Peter's Development Center
22nd and X Street
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Happy Birthday, George WashingtonMon Feb 15 11:00 am
!Did George Washington really have wooden teeth? Did he throw a silver dollar across the mighty Potomac River? This Pres...
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For Sale: 614 1/2 N 23rd Street--Beautiful Historic Renovation! This 3 BR, 2.5 ba home with just over 2,500 sq ft boasts a huge $175k tax abatement good for 10 yrs. Call Matt Jarreau for more details at 804-306-9019 or email at mattj@htrsi.com.
Beautiful house with side lot has 4 bedrooms & 2.5 bath house off Chimborazo Rd. Newly renovated with plumbing, electrical, insulation roof & hard-pine floors
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Monthly payments as low as $895. Move into 976 Pink St.! BHC offers a 3-BD, 2 ½ BH, Italianate style home with Hardi-plank siding; 1509 s.f., 9-foot ceilings, energy efficiency. Available to 1st-time Homebuyers. Call 644-0546x14
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The ClothesLine spring consignment sales are March 11-13 (children's) and March 18-20 (women's). Bon Air Comm. Ctr. 8725 Quaker Ln. 23235. www.theclothesline.biz for more info.
WANTED: Treadmill in good condition...no mechanical issues. Also, upright exercise bike needed. Let's talk about the price.
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Helping seniors downsize and move since 1998, More Than Moving For Seniors is a full-service senior move management company. We sort, pack, move, unpack, set up the new home and clear out houses. Call 232-6480 or Susan@MoreThanMovingInc.com
Need estate sale services? Have items to consign? Since 1999, Susan's Selections has conducted in-home estate sales. Our consignment store at 8008 Staples Mill Rd is open Mon to Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 1-4pm. 232-6480 or Roy@SusansSelections.com.
Kidtopia Now will hold our Women's Sale March 19-21 & March 26-29, 2010 at 3701 Old Hillard Rd Richmond, VA 23228. Come find 1000s of bargains on gently used and new women's clothing (petite to plus sizes & maternity) and accessories! www.kidtopianow.com
I believe that there's no better place in the world for kids on the edge to be than on the edge--of a mountaintop. Please donate on my behalf and help to alter the lives of many at-risk youth.
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Make ‘em build the schools green, as promised.
http://www.greenschoolbuildings.org/Homepage.aspx
Green schools cost less to operate, freeing up resources to truly improve students’ education. Their carefully planned acoustics and abundant daylight make it easier and more comfortable for students to learn. Their clean indoor air cuts down sick days and gives our children a head start for a healthy, prosperous future. And their innovative design provides a wealth of hands-on learning opportunities.
Across the United States, school districts large and small are realizing the benefits of green schools. Students, parents, teachers and community members are making the difference, by letting elected officials know they want their schools built, operated, and maintained green.
The School Board meeting on Thursday is a public meeting. It will be in a work session format which will be the Board gathering information in preparation to get public input; as we develop our response to the Mayors’ recommendations.
Work sessions may or may not have time for public comment. Public hearings have not yet been planned this is where the Board hears from the citizens. Those dates will be posted here as soon as I get them.
Thank you to everyone who responded to me by e-mail and phone your input has been very valuable.
I will be sending another community letter on this topic this week.
Don Coleman
7th District
School Board Member
Who is in charge of Richmond’s schools? (RTD 10/3/09)
We all know the School Board is not in charge of the schools, they have no MONEY!
That’s a good start Scott, but most of the evidence that “green schools” do this or that is mostly anecdotal and backed with very little factual evidence-except by those that advocate “green design”.
They are certainly considerably more expensive to build and operate (due to the large volumes of spaces to be heated and cooled) and the schools I see today are certainly over-designed for the task they are to accomplish. But that’s a discussion over a few beers for the particulars.
I went to one of those open walled high schools that was supposed to foster the learning environment. All it did was allow me and my buddies to signal each other as we walked around the hall.
BTW-I’m not anti-green. I was green before it was “cool”. My house had CFL’s put in when it was renovated in 1993. The walls are super-insulated with shredded cellulose (recycled newspaper), we use high efficiency condensing gas furnaces with programmable t-stats, my roof is silver, the windows are insulated, many of the architectural components were salvaged from buildings slated to be demo’d. My privacy fence is a green vegetative wall. My heating and cooling bills are half of some of my neighbors.
The east end is well over due for a new school and renovations. We have elementary schools busting at the seams; run down schools under populated with heat blasting and escaping through cracks and into high ceilings; school bathrooms with roaches, missing stall doors, and curse words carved into walls; schools not meeting ADA compliance; schools unable to offer the newest technology to the students….
East end schools are in crappy shape. If you don’t believe it, simply go visit new schools like Holton or see wonderful construction taking place at Fox. The difference is shocking.
“My house had CFL’s put in when it was renovated in 1993. The walls are super-insulated with shredded cellulose (recycled newspaper), we use high efficiency condensing gas furnaces with programmable t-stats, my roof is silver, the windows are insulated, many of the architectural components were salvaged from buildings slated to be demo’d. My privacy fence is a green vegetative wall. My heating and cooling bills are half of some of my neighbors.”
Many of these things can be done with schools. NJ has a huge solar schools program that is helping out a lot with
offsetting increased energy costs. Why not Richmond?