Archive for “Chimborazo Playground”
Chimborazo Playground Community Garden Children’s Garden Bed available
Tricycle Gardens’ Chimborazo Playground Community Garden has a plot available specifically for a family to introduce their children to growing food. This plots was built as a “Childrens Garden Bed” through donations from Church Hill Association, and we envision a family who would not normally be gardening because of financial limitations to use this plot. [...]
Spring Clean Up Day at Chimborazo Playground
Spring Clean Up Day at Chimborazo Playground is this Saturday starting at 10AM (Rain date: Sun. April 3rd at noon): Be ready to get your hands dirty, share a cup of coffee and enjoy the day! Please bring rakes, shovels and gloves! Friends of Chimborazo Playground are also looking for donations for drought tolerant, low [...]
Next Chimborazo meeting set for this Saturday
Mat writes in: There’s a meeting this Saturday at Chimborazo Playground at 9AM to discuss developments in the playground to accommodate skateboarding. The goal is to create an area for skateboarders to use without impeding on the basketball courts. Anyone is welcome, especially skateboarders who may be able to suggest the best way to construct [...]
Chimborazo meeting set for next Saturday
There will be a meeting on Saturday, March 5 at 9AM to discuss what’s going on at Chimbo: Meeting with Larry Miller from Department of Parks and Recreation to discuss next steps at Chimborazo Playground. He is seeking more public input. At Chimborazo Parkhouse, round building at end of Chimborazo Park.
Interested in bocce?
The Friends of Chimborazo Playground are gauging interest in including a bocce court in the plans for the planned renovation of Chimborazo Playground: If you would actually use the court regularly please respond to this e-mail (jbwhitworth@comcast.net) giving your name and contact details (e-mail or telephone number) along with how often you would play bocce [...]
Are you interested in bocce?
A message from the Friends of Chimborazo Playground: The Dept.of Parks & Rec, in conjunction with the Friends of Chimborazo Playground, is working on a redesign of the Chimborazo Playground. Part of the redesign includes new petanque courts and we are trying to gauge neighborhood demand for bocce (the Italian equivalent of petanque). There is [...]
Continued call for skatepark in Chimborazo Playground
Via RVA Magazine – episode 2 of Build Us a Skatepark: Close to 400 people showed up at Go Skate Day sponsored by Dominion Skateboards among others at Chimborazo Park. Chimbo is quickly becoming a ‘field of dreams’ for skateboarders and supporters of the sport to take action on their own.
Chimborazo Community Garden vandalized early this evening
Jennifer writes in with frustrating news: The Chimborazo Community Garden was vandalized today. Nothing permanent, but vandals tore up a bunch of plants, smashed them and left them around. A witness saw 2-3 young adult men and some children doing this about 5pm today. Neighbors are asked to help keep an eye on our new [...]
Richmond needs a public skatepark
From the Friends of Chimborazo Playground: Help us raise money to build a public skatepark! If you are interested in helping us with fundraising or volunteering, please contact us.
Suggestions sought for skateboarding at Chimborazo Playground
The Friends of Chimborazo Playground are seeking your input on a skatepark for Chimborazo Playground: A skateboarding feature is in the Department of Parks, Recreation & Facilities’ master plan for Chimborazo Playground, though what features it will contain have yet to be decided. If you’re interested in providing input into the skateboarding area and/or helping [...]
Friends of Chimborazo Playground honored by Council
At the November 9 meeting of the Richmond City Council, the Council and Mayor Dwight C. Jones presented to the Friends of Chimborazo Playground a Joint Community Service Award for its dedication to the community by working to improve the safety and beauty of the playspace with the construction of new playground equipment and community [...]
Funny Bone Comedy Night fundraiser for Chimborazo Playground TONIGHT
Richmond Funny Bone Comedy Club & Restaurant (@Short Pump Mall) will be hosting a fundraiser for the Chimborazo Playground TONIGHT at 7PM. Tickets are $10 and all proceeds from ticket sales will go to Friends of Chimborazo Playground. Contact Sean Priest at (804)334-6358 for tickets and more information.
Chimborazo has a new playground!
The Friends of Chimborazo Playground has the details on today’s playground building and their extensive list of sponsors (including Country Style Donuts!): About 300 volunteers built a new playground and a community garden today. By 2pm, volunteers and workers from Home Depot, KaBOOM! and the Church Hill community built a new playground, 16 garden plots, [...]
