There will be a special meeting of the New Visions Civic League from 10AM-noon on Saturday, September 4 at the East End Library to gather feedback on the draft plan from the East End Transformation Charrette: This meeting will deal specifically with the drawings that show proposed changes for the area. Civic league members and [...]
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 New Visions Civic League will hold their first meeting of the year this Saturday at 10AM at the East End Library. Residents, property owners, and friends of the area bound by Carrington Street, Mosby Street, Fairmount Avenue, and 25th Street are invited and encouraged to attend!
The New Visions Civic Association will be holding a fund-raising yard sale this Saturday at the corner of Fairmount, Nine Mile, and 25th Street. Clothing, shoes, household goods, at least 2 working televisions, furniture, and much much more.
A list of active civic organizations in the East End, towards fostering better communication and building more cohesive civic representation across the area.
Lt.Martin Harrison’s May report (PDF) for all points north of Carrington and Nine Mile is now available. With photos from New Vision Friends and Family Day at Bryan Park and the Unity Civic Open House and also chock full of dramatic search & arrest narrative: Firearm Seizure: 05/12/2009, 0026hrs. 900 block of Tulip St. Officer [...]
Come on out and help New Visions Civic League clean up the neighborhood! Meet at the little park at 23rd, Q, and Carrington Streets on Saturday, April 18, at 8AM. Trash picker-uppers and bags have been provided by the Clean City Commission, now we need volunteers to put’em to good use!
Proposed: looking west along Carrington Street from 23rd Street…
New Vision Civic League will be hosting a community meeting this Saturday, May 3rd, at the East End Library @ 10AM. Come out and learn about what has been going on in the area! (event flyer)
About 25 people turned out Saturday morning for a community meeting sponsored by the New Vision Civic League for the south end of Fairmount. The meeting included: a discussion of the community desires for development at Nine Mile and 25th, led by Lynn Mcateer of Better Housing Coalition; Cpt.Ronca, Lt.King, and Lt.Harrison of the First [...]
Residents of the south end of Fairmount are invited to a Community Meeting hosted by New Visions Civic League on Saturday Feb.2, at 10AM at Solomon Temple “ยจ(1118 N.20th Street). Contact Mary W. Thompson at (804)648-7915 or mwthompson111@aol.com for more info. Bring your ideas, questions, and suggestions about what you’d like to see in your [...]
Mr. and Mrs. George W. Thompson Jr. of 22nd Street celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a renewal of their vows last Saturday at the Thirty-first Street Baptist Church. The former Mary White, retired from the Richmond Public Schools system, is President of the New Visions Civic League in Fairmount. Mr. Thompson is a retired [...]
Thanks to everyone that turned out for New Vision Civic League’s Fairmount Clean-up this morning! We got a lot more accomplished than I though was possible, including getting rid of over 70 tires, 4 mattresses, and a handful of random appliances.
The New Vision Civic League has organized a neighborhood clean-up for the southern Fairmount area this coming Saturday. The clean-up crew will be meeting at the corner of 23rd and Short Q Streets at 8AM. Any and all help is appreciated!
Issue 1, Volume 1 of the New Visions Civic League Quarterly Newsletter is now available (PDF). Residents in the NVCL draw area will be receiving this in the mail early next week. Good job, Frieda!
