A camera was found on Libby Hill today. Drop a line to Leigh if you can describe it or know the couple in the photo above… A set of keys was also recently found in the park: There are over 10 keys on a silver carabiner. If someone has lost their keys and can describe [...]
Meet Edward Hudson, former pitcher and catcher for the Negro Leagues’ Detroit Stars and the Kansas City Monarchs, this Friday at the East End Library. Mr. Hudson will discuss his career, the Negro League, and it’s place in history.
Dean Alshami’s Mosby Market & Deli at T and Mosby Street is a successful corner store that doesn’t sell any alcohol and has created jobs for nearby residents. What’s next? Alshami has acquired the old Sunny Market and has a plan for it…
Today is the last day of the CHPN pledge drive. Get on this today if you want to claim one of the snazzy stickers or the 1/2 price advert space. Thanks to everyone that has already shown their support!
Work seems to be underway on many of the 31 apartments at the long-vacant Midlo East Apartments complex at Leigh and 35th Streets. Anybody know anything about this?
The long-delapidated theater on 25th Street sold twice in January, the last time on 1/7/2010 for $45,000. The city lists the current owner as “RELATED COMPANIES THE LLC AND STERLING BILDER LLC”, aka the folks behind the Sterling Row condos on 19th Street.
This month’s Church Hill Association meeting is set for Tuesday, February 16 at 7PM, and will be held at the Family Resource Center (2405 Jefferson Avenue). City Council 7th District representative Cynthia Newbille will give a presentation of her views and her vision for the 7th District, “and there will be undoubtedly be a spirited [...]
Church Hill Central Civic Association; Happy Birthday, George Washington; Nathaniel Bacon Civic Association; Church Hill Association; Open Mic @ Poe’s; Veggie Bus; Adult Latin Ballroom Class; Beginner’s Yoga; Union Hill Civic Association; Whitcomb Court Tenant Council; Church Hill North Civic Association; Edward Hudson @ East End Library; MORE…
A front-page story in the February 11-13 issue of the Richmond Free Press, Bottle vs. the Bible, describes tension and conflict between Venable Street’s Shiloh Baptist Church and the ABC store across the street: “We’ve found drunks sleeping on our porch; there’s those black plastic bags around our property, and vagrancy,” said Clyde Wilson, chairman [...]
John Sarvay writes about a recent tour of the northern end of the area and some of the area service providers, including Peter Paul Dev Center, Better Housing Coalition, and Richmond Community Hospital: I spent part of today touring Church Hill with the staff of Peter Paul Development Center. Our 20 minute bus ride probably [...]
It’s 2010, shouldn’t we be able to get pizza delivered? I live in Church Hill and I have called six pizza delivery places and all told me they don’t deliver to my neighborhood. I called the Domino’s at Belvidere near VCU, I called the Pizza Hut on Broad near the Science Museum, I called Channello’s [...]
With the city facing an the loss of $9 million in state funding, City Council President Graziano, Mayor Jones, School Board Chair Bridges, and School Superintendent Dr.Brandon today issued a statement against Gov. McDonnell’s recommendation to “unfreeze” the local composite index in the state budget: For the city of Richmond, the calculation of the Local [...]
DonorsChoose is an online charity that makes it easy for anyone to help students in need: Here’s how it works: public school teachers from every corner of America post classroom project requests on DonorsChoose.org. Requests range from pencils for a poetry writing unit, to violins for a school recital, to microscope slides for a biology [...]
The agenda for the February 23 Commission of Architectural Review meeting (PDF) hold 4 projects in the area, including the first from Union Hill: 2410 VENABLE ST – Construct new outbuilding; 2709 E MARSHALL ST – Open up original entryway and install door; JEFFERSON PARK – Landscaping improvements; 909 N 24TH ST – Rehabilitate single-family [...]
Issued 1931, produced by the Department of Public Works Bureau of Survey and Design. Each dot represents 25 people. Makes an interesting companion to an earlier DPW map…
