The Church Hill Association will have two charitable collections in our community during the December 11-13 Holiday Weekend. On Friday Dec.11, there will be elves collecting for the local Eastern District Food Bank at Vespers and at Libby Hill Park. On Sunday Dec.13, Salvation Army donation kettles will be located at St. John’s Church and [...]
The Richmond Times-Dispatch is honoring philanthropist (and former Church Hill resident) Thomas Cannon: Cannon died in 2005 at age 79, but he left behind a legacy of giving. [...] Cannon’s salary as a postal worker never topped $30,000, but the World War II Navy veteran and his wife believed in living simply so they could [...]
Stacey Martin manages a tremendous amount of vacant property in the area and gets tagged a slumlord. Oliver Lawrence is a convicted slumlord currently serving time in one of his dilapidated houses on 19th Street. What do you call a church that owns a block’s worth of vacants?
Holidays in Historic Hanover Open House at St. John’s Church; RECYCLING WEEK; RPS School Board; Tuesday St. John’s Knitting Circle; Beginning Computer Classes for Adults; Ephraim Kaye & Eagles Over Auschwitz; Open Mic @ Poe’s; Beginner’s Yoga; CAPS Meeting; Church Hill North Civic Association; Forum of Discussion on 504-510 28th Street; Vegetable bus; Unity Civic [...]
Katie writes in asking if anyone can help out with a hit&run from Friday afternoon: A red, two door, Blazer, with a young girl driver came out of the Chimbo Mart parking lot, and hit my car which was parked in the street. She continued to go up the curb and hit the bus stop [...]
Found on Wednesday morning near Chimborazo Park.
The Department of Community Development’s Monthly Update December 2009 includes info on the recent public meeting concerning the Manchester Rezoning, the November 23 City Council vote to establish Union Hill as Richmond’s newest Old & Historic District, and information on what constitutes blighted property.
All are invited to join the Friends of Jefferson Park for the annual holiday tree decorating on Saturday, December 12 at 9AM at the White Pine, near the Bandstand.
The agenda for the December 15 Commission of Architectural Review meeting (PDF) includes 4 projects in the area: 2824 E BROAD ST Rehabilitate corner commercial property; 2001 E BROAD ST Construct new mixed-use building; 504-510 N 28TH ST Construct new multi-family residences; 317 N 36TH ST Replace deteriorated siding and reconfigure rear opening.
Richmond Slumlord Watch does it again, this time shining the light on Eric Burrell, owner of vacant houses in Church Hill North and Union Hill…
The December Newsletter from the Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods has word on the Union Hill Home Fund: In addition, the “Union Hill Home Fund” has been set up to help meet the needs of poor, elderly, disabled, widowed or orphaned neighbors living in the new District; it is already set up to receive [...]
