The CHCCA May meeting (PDF) will be held on Monday at Ethel Bailey Furman Park from 7-8:30PM. The special topic of the meeting will be Healthy Lifestyles and will feature Mark Lily of the Farm to Family mobile farmer’s market and Dr. Eric West of the VCU Recreational Sports Program. Other guests include Juanita Buster [...]
Lieutenant Laino’s Sector 111 report for April (PDF) is available. Sector 111 encompasses Church Hill, Chimborazo, Church Hill North, Fulton, Oakwood, and Union Hill: During April, the Sector experienced a 32% decrease in Major Crime; an 11% increase in violent crime (9 incidents reported in 2009 compared to 10 in 2010) and a 39% decrease [...]
The great clean-up was a smashing success today. Props to the Richmond Clean City Commission for the supplies and the Department of Public Works for taking care of our pile. Special thanks to Officer Ford from the First Precinct for helping to organize our crucial drop spot, and to everyone from Unity, New Visions, Union [...]
The East End Transformation Charrette, announced for for June 1-7, will focus on the 25th Street and Nine Mile Road corridors, previosuly declared by Mayor Jones to be “a top priority for redevelopment and revitalization”. The process will be facilitated by Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, “a major leader in the practice and direction of urban [...]
The Church Hill Central Civic Association meets Monday, April 19th from 7-8:30PM at the Robinson Theater on Q Street. Scheduled speakers include Lynn McAteer with Better Housing Coalition, Matt Jarreau of Hometown Realty, and Sector 111 Lt. Laino.
Habitat for Humanity will be hosting a Neighborhood Block Party at T and 33rd Streets on Tuesday, April 20, from 5:30-7:30PM: Please join us for food, fun, and fellowship to celebrate our volunteers and the groundbreaking of The Pillars at Oakmont, Richmond Habitat’s newest townhome development in North Church Hill. Children of all ages will [...]
Craigslist has word on a missing cat: We have lost our wonderful cat. His name is Oliver but he answers to Ba Ba. Grey and White male. Very friendly and will walk up to you if you call him. Vicinity of 28th and Leigh St.
Lieutenant Laino’s Sector 111 report for March (PDF) is available. Sector 111 encompasses Church Hill, Chimborazo, Church Hill North, Fulton, Oakwood, and Union Hill: The current trend in Property Crime is thefts related to motor vehicles, to include motor vehicle theft and the theft of mopeds. During this month there were 20 vehicles broken into, [...]
Looks like two more dead in a shooting at S and 29th Streets. Initial reports are that a man shot another man and then himself, and that the shooter was a suspect in this morning’s shooting in Randolph.
While there has been a tremendous amount of ongoing renewal, the greater Church Hill area still has some of the most blighted houses still standing in Richmond. From reader suggestions and addresses sent in directly, we present to you CHPN’s Most Blighted House in Church Hill 2010…
Mayor Jones’ spoke tonight at Franklin Military Academy on a proposed budget for 2011 and plans through 2014 that could mean hundreds of new trees across the East End, Church Hill North, Oakwood, and Chimborazo seeing all of their streets being resurfaced, and a new building at MLK Middle School ready for the opening of [...]
This house ar 1500-02 North 29th Street, sold to St.John’s United Holiness Church of 1507 North 28th Street in December 2009, was demolished in recent weeks. In addition to their church building, St.John’s owns at least 14 other properties in the area — all either vacant lots or in use as surface parking.
The Church Hill Central Civic Association meets on Monday, March 15th from 7-8:30PM at the Robinson Theater (2903 Q Street). The focus of the meeting will be “Neighborhood Schools & The Census”; speakers include Pastor Marilyn Heckstall of Asbury Methodist Church, Ms. Cheryl L. Burke Principle of Chimborazo Elementary School, and Donna Lewis-Clayton with the [...]
Lieutenant Laino’s Sector 111 report for February (PDF) is available. Sector 111 encompasses Church Hill, Chimborazo, Church Hill North, Fulton, Oakwood, and Union Hill: During February, the Sector experienced a 15% decrease in Major Crime; a 44% decrease in violent crime (9 incidents reported in 2009 compared to 5 in 2010) and a 7% decrease [...]
A year behind schedule, the Habitat for Humanities’ Pillars at Oakmont is on track for this year: Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity got the go-ahead yesterday from Richmond — and a commitment of $225,000 from the city, the largest to date — for its first mixed-income community. The Pillars of Oakmont is a 15-home community [...]
