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Church Hill Association meets on Tuesday

The Church Hill Association meets on Tuesday, January 18th at 7PM in St. John’s Parish Hall: We will be voting on two items- a formal letter of support for the 5K Run/Walk through Church Hill during the Irish Festival weekend and a zoning change for 7 N. 25th Street that was approved by the CHA [...]

Church Hill Records

“A quaint independent label bringing you thoughtful, beautiful, folkish music.” (Facebook / @ChurchHillRecs / churchhillrecords.com)

Legal gambling on 25th Street

This internet cafe is legal gambling on 25th Street, though maybe not for long.

Sirens?

A reader asks: “Any idea what the loud sirens are that I’ve been hearing tonight in Union Hill?”

This week’s calendar

Let Freedom Ring; Church Hill Central Civic Association (CANCELLED); Jazzercise-Lite Monday and Wednesday; RECYCLING WEEK; Church Hill Association; Nathaniel Bacon Civic Association; Open Mic @ Poe’s; Public Information Meeting on Redistricting; Adult Computer Class ; Beginner’s Yoga; Jazzercise – Mon/Thurs/Sat; Union Hill Civic Association; Whitcomb Court Tenant Council; Redevelopment and Conservation Area for Nine Mile [...]

Redevelopment and Conservation Area proposed for Nine Mile Road

The City of Richmond and RRHA are analyzing the potential for a Redevelopment and Conservation Area that would extend from 26th Street and Nine Mile Road to Creighton Road and Nine Mile Road, to address the blight and deterioration in the Nine Mile Road commercial corridor and some of the blocks adjacent. On Thursday, January [...]

Police seek to identify robbery suspects

Richmond Police need the public’s help to identify and locate two males who robbed Market Place 14 at 1235 Mosby Street at gunpoint on Wednesday.

Agenda for the 1/25 CAR meeting

The agenda for the January 25, 2011, meeting of the Committee of Architectural Review (PDF) includes 3 projects in the area: 2800 E MARSHALL ST Replace windows; 3606 E BROAD ST Extensive repairs to garage; 2617 E FRANKLIN ST Construct pool, fence and shed.

No shots fired in afternoon cornerstore robbery

Market Place 14 at Fairmount and Mosby was robbed yesterday afternoon: Richmond police Capt. Paul Kiniry said the robbery was reported at 2:05 p.m. at Market Place 14 in the 1200 block of Mosby Street. The robbers were described as two black males, both carrying handguns and both wearing all dark clothing and masks. No [...]

Tricycle Gardens seeking interns for 2011

Tricycle Gardens is looking for interns: Tricycle Gardens is pleased to announce 3 internship positions for 2011. It is possible (and encouraged) to get college credit for these positions, but we also invite those on a vocational track to join us! We need to fill these position ASAP!

Police seeking BG in Northside shooting

The Richmond Police Department needs the public’s help to identify and locate “BG”, a person of interest in a shooting that occurred on Sept. 6, 2010 and known to frequent the Fairfield neighborhood. The photo of “BG” that accompanies this advisory is from surveillance footage at the Market Place store, 101 East Brookland Park Blvd.

Farm to Family makes house calls, renews regular Thursday sales at Bon Secours

A message from the fine folks at Farm to Family: I wanted to let you know that the Farm Bus will be making house calls on Thursday afternoons, and Fridays, and was hoping you could help us get the word out. Housecalls are available for a $25 minimum per call — we encourage people to [...]

Every city, every block

Into demographics? Dig down into individual census tracts and look at race/ethnicity, income, housing, and education data from the Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (based on samples from 2005 to 2009).

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A certain way of looking

James PCB rescheduled to February

James PCB meeting scheduled for Tuesday has been rescheduled due to the possible weather: The James PCB public meetings which were scheduled for 2PM and 6PM tomorrow have been cancelled and rescheduled for Tuesday February 1, 2011. An afternoon meeting will be held at 2pm at the East End Library located at 2414 “R” Street [...]

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