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RVANews-news archive
October 2, 2008
city leaf collection schedule
The City of Richmond has published the schedule for free leaf collection and will be in the Church Hill and Fulton areas between 11/10-11/14 and 1/5-1/9. Citizens will only need to rake their leaves to the curb, and the City will take them away.
September 27, 2008
car vs house
A hit&run today at Fairmount & 23rd Street put one of the cars up into a porch. Witnesses to the accident report a Kia with 2 girls in it may have been seen leaving the scene.
September 27, 2008
tree steward classes start 10/7; Adopt-A-Tree deadline is 10/1
Richmond Tree Stewards classes will be offered again this fall. Classes begin Oct.7; find out more and sign up! In other tree-related news, the deadline to participate in the Adopt-A-Tree Program for this year is Oct.1, with trees adopted this year to be planted late November through the end of February. Visit the city’s Urban Forrestry site to learn more or download the application (.doc) to get your block a nice tree!
September 25, 2008
all neighborhood schools are fully accredited
The Virginia Department of Education released the data on the School Accreditation Status for 2008-2009 today and all of the neighborhood schools are designated as Fully Accredited. Congratulations to Chimborazo Elementary, Bellevue Elementary, George Mason Elementary, Fairfield Elementary, Woodville Elementary, Martin Luther King Jr Middle School, Armstrong High School, and Franklin Military Academy!
September 24, 2008
2nd annual Long Walk to Freedom
Just announced is the second annual Long Walk to Freedom, set for Saturday, October 11th, 2008 at Richmond City Jail (1701 Fairfield Way). The walk is “symbolic of the difficulties and struggles that an incarcerated individual faces as he or she strives to re-enter society. A smoother transition is made possible through the aid of solution providers– food services, counseling services, legal aid, education opportunities, job training, and housing.”
September 18, 2008
city warns of house demolition scam
A press release issued this morning by the Richmond Police Department and the City Attorney’s Office seeks “to advise residents not to believe any letters they may receive that offer to buy their homes to save them from demolition.”
September 13, 2008
this is what nothing looks like
Four police cars haul ass down from 25th Street down Broad Street to the Hill Cafe. I asked one of the officers on the scene what was going on, he says “Nothing” and pointedly walks away.
September 11, 2008
Parks & Rec sets dates for parks master plan meetings
The most recent installment of Richmond.com’s Ask the Mayor brings to light a series of meetings that Parks & Rec are holding towards the development of a Master Plan for the city parks. The only meeting in the East End will be Oct.1 @6PM at the Powhatan Community Center (5051 Northampton St) in Fulton.
September 9, 2008
ACORN announces 2008 Golden Hammer special award winners
The Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods (ACORN) has announced the Golden Hammer winners for 2008. The winners of the 6 different awards are: Rachel Flynn, Calder Loth, Historic Housing LLC (David White, Larry Schifflett, Louis Salomonsky), Three Strands Management (Gray Oliver, Cynthia Oliver and Tory Smith), Better Housing Coalition (T.K. Somanath), and Shanna Merola.
August 29, 2008
Registration for After School Programs set for Sept.2-5
Fall registration for the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities’ After School Programs will take place Sept. 2 through Sept. 5 from school closing to 5:30 p.m. each day. Registration is held in the school cafeterias of the 21 Richmond elementary schools where the program is offered.
August 27, 2008
100% of neighborhood schools make AYP, 86% city-wide
All of the East End schools met the adequate yearly progress (AYP) standards of No Child Left Behind this year, in contrast to 75% statewide and 85% across the city. [via]
August 8, 2008
almost 90 houses by Better Housing Coalition
Over the past 12 years, Better Housing Coalition has built or renovated close to 90 houses in the area. While the great majority of the activity has been in the
Church Hill Central area of the city’s Neighborhoods in Bloom program, they are also looking at a large-scale redevelopment at the former Beckstoffers on 28th Street for the near future.
July 31, 2008
more props to Tricycle Gardens
Tricycle Gardens continues to garner recognition, with a recent $25,000 grant from the Robins Foundation and presentation to TG of the St. Francis of Assisi Ecological Award by the Catholic Diocese of Richmond.
July 30, 2008
West joins board of school choice organization
Keith West, the current 7th District school board representative (and who is not standing for re-election), is a new board member of the advocacy organization School Choice Virginia, joining representatives of “church schools, the Virginia Catholic Conference, home schoolers and the Family Foundation of Virginia“. SCV supports legislation that would offer tax credits to individuals and organizations that make contributions “for scholarships to allow students to transfer out of their school district to public, parochial or private schools”. The RTD supports the idea; here is a counter response by 4th district school board candidate Bert Berlin.
July 30, 2008
city opens cooling shelters
The City of Richmond will open three cooling shelters today at 12PM to assist residents during the anticipated heat. The shelters are located at Southside Community Center, 4100 Hull Street; the Department of Social Services, 900 East Marshall Street; and the East District Center, 701 North 25th Street.
July 24, 2008
Henrico man picked up for suspicious infant death
Richmond Police have arrested Henrico County resident Garnell Stevenson, 24, in the death of a one-year-old child at around 1PM today in the 2200 block of Creighton Road. Officially, the cause of death has not been identified, but police are investigating the death as “suspicious”. It has been alleged that he killed the infant “for taken a shit on his self”. [via]
July 22, 2008
wanna catch a bus?
FYI: the GRTC site offers a trip planner which helps clarify which bus you’d need to get somewhere. The system map (PDF) shows where everything runs.
July 17, 2008
free smoke detectors
Richmond City has free smoke detectors for anyone that needs one. They will also come out and install them (free) and give you a battery (free) too. Call 646-1526 for more info.
July 16, 2008
Sector 111 gets Officer of the Month for May and June
Officers from Sector 111 have grabbed the RPD’s Department Officer of the Month for two months running: Officer Kenneth Custer got the award in May and Officer Daniel Burgess was recognized in June. Congratulations!
July 7, 2008
last public meeting on the Downtown Master Plan is tonight
The City of Richmond Planning Commission will hold what may be the last public hearing on the June 2008 Revised Draft Downtown Master Plan TONIGHT, July 7 @6:30PM on the 5th floor conference room in city hall. John Sarvay over at Buttermilk&Molasses has a timely update and recap on the Richmond Downtown Master Plan.
