MCV Green Unity has announced a clean-up in Union Hill in a few weeks: Come out to support our second Adopt A Block clean up in Union Hill. We will be picking up trash and recycling from 2-4 PM on Saturday March 5th. Snacks will be provided, but please bring your own drink (preferably in [...]
No wonder the James River and the Chesapeake Bay are overburden with nutrient and sediment pollution! Sediment from construction sites like the one pictured at 20th and Broad St. in Church Hill are a big part of the problem.
Via LitterFreeRVA: Come to “Cleanup in Church Hill!” Sunday, November 21 from 12:00 pm to 2:00 pm. Hey everyone we’re going to be doing a cleanup in Church Hill this month, starting at Libby Hill park and working our way north. The area is absolutely beautiful during the fall, so come on out and make [...]
MCV Green Unity invites one and all to join them for a clean-up in Union Hill on November 13: Show some love for the Richmond community by coming to our first Union Hill neighborhood clean-up! We are adopting the 1800 block of O St. (through Richmond City Adopt-a-Block), so help us beautify it and the [...]
If you’re not dropping your leaves off at Tricycle Gardens: the city’s leaf collection starts in early November and gets to the East End in early January.
by Kristin The City of Richmond is trying to argue that Gillies Creek is a lost cause when it comes to cleaning up fecal coliforms that spew into the river via multiple combined sewer overflows everytime it rains more than 0.2 inches. They are proposing to do a “use attainability analysis” to show that its [...]
The fine folks at Tricycle Gardens want your leaves: Fall is coming (slowly, it seems), and we want, we desire, we NEED your leaves. They are a great compost, soil amendment, mulch, and all around miracle product. Please drop of bagged leaves at the 9th & Bainbridge Urban Farm any morning (except Sunday) from 8:30am-1pm, [...]
Earth Aid tracks your utility usage and provides a quick comparison to previous months/years, lets you see how your friends/family are doing, and offers tangible local rewards for cutting your electrical, gas, and water use. Sign up for the Church Hill Earth Aid group to see how your electric/gas/water use compares to others in the [...]
The city’s Adopt-a-Tree Program applications (PDF) has a new deadline of of September 1. From the Department of Urban Forestry website: Residents may participate in the Adopt-A-Tree Program by making a tax-deductible contribution to the Parks & Recreation Foundation which will go toward planting a new tree or trees. Additionally, participants agree to water the [...]
The 2010 Storm Water Notices are arriving in the mail. As the notice says, “THIS IS NOT A BILL”, merely notice of what your will be when the bill comes due (which was in October in 2009).
At some point, the city launched a website for reporting priority issues such as potholes, overgrown lots, abandoned cars, non-functioning street lights, non-functioning traffic lights, trash/bulk pick-ups, and illegal dumping.
Southside community blog Hills and Heights has a great post this morning on tree care during this recent weather: Large trees are a defining factor in the character of the many neighborhoods and are the most valuable assets to our landscapes. Please help them survive. Most of us know that newly planted trees need regular [...]
There seem to be separate weather stations for Church Hill and North Church Hill, showing a few degrees difference between the two. North Church Hill shows the hottest temp in the metro area.
