Work at the old Midlo East Apartments
Work seems to be underway on many of the 31 apartments at the long-vacant Midlo East Apartments complex at Leigh and 35th Streets. Anybody know anything about this?
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Your next renovation project!
The Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods is looking for a buyer for 1514 North 35th Street.
How to get a memorial bench?
A question seen on twitter: Anyone know how to go about getting a memorial bench put up in the Chimborazo dog park in Church Hill?
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 [...]
Fire on 33rd Street
The empty and for sale house at 516 North 33rd Street burned fairly thoroughly late last night. This morning there were still sounds of pieces of the house falling, and the interior from front to back appears to be destroyed. No word on the cause.
GRTC to cut Main Street/Church Hill
Efective January 31, 2010, GRTC‘s route 13 Main Street/Church Hill will be eliminated (PDF), as will 5 other “historically underperforming routes”. GRTC’s route map (PDF) shows routes 1 and 2 offering similar east/west linkages.
Anybody seen a crumpled Blazer?
Katie writes in asking if anyone can help out with a hit&run from Friday afternoon: A red, two door, Blazer, with a young girl driver came out of the Chimbo Mart parking lot, and hit my car which was parked in the street. She continued to go up the curb and hit the bus stop [...]
Toy poodle found near Chimbo
Found on Wednesday morning near Chimborazo Park.
Much love for Chimborazo and the Church Hill Dog Park
Writing for Style, Ed Slipek has some good words for the Church Hill Dog Park and Chimborazo Park: A little more than a year ago the city’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities and a community group, the Friends of the Church Hill Dog Park, teamed up to transform this virtual no-man’s land of [...]
Lost dog near Chimborazo
Isis was last seen near the Church Hill Dog Park in Chimborazo on 11/15. She is reddish brown mixed breed dog of about 50 pounds. If you think that you have seen this pet, please call the pet recovery center at 1-888-HomeAgain.
Oakwood-Chimborazo Association meets on Tuesday
The monthly meeting of the still new & shiny Oakwood-Chimborazo Association will be Tuesday, November 10 at 6pm at the Boys and Girls Club (3701 R Street). On the agenda: putting together an agenda for 2010, sidewalk construction, and blight issues. Contact William at wimsnyder@gmail.com for more info.
A form of neighbor torture
The constant drone of a gas-powered generator is fraying nerves and has neighbors asking about the legality of running a generator nearly non-stop for several days. Is this ok or what?
Halloween yard sale at Franklin Military Academy
Franklin Military Academy will be hosting a yard sale on Saturday, October 31 from 8AM-1PM. Tables at the sale are available to rent for $10. Contact Regina Turner at (804)780-8526 for more information.
City working to clean blighted properties
The RTD is reporting that the city is pushing to get caught up on a back-log of cleaning neglected properties across the city, and cites an example on Chimborazo Boulevard: A new, wooden fence concealed an ugly truth at 506 Chimborazo Blvd. in Richmond’s East End. Mosquito-infested brush, broken glass and construction debris were strewn [...]
Hit and run at the Chimbo Mart
Following up on an incident initially reported as a woman being run over by her boyfriend, wtvr has some details on the hit&run outside the Chimbo Mart yesterday: “We got a call that a female had been run over by a vehicle, units responded and found a woman down in a parking lot,” said Lt. [...]
