Archive for “Venable Street”
25th and Venable Streets to close for power pole installation
North 25th Street between P Street and Carrington Street and Venable Street between Russell Street and North 26th Street will be closed during installation of new power poles by Virginia Dominion Power Tuesday, June 14 through Friday, June 17 and Monday, June 20.
Parking deck in the works for 18th and Venable
The city’s Land Use Administration Logbook (PDF) shows a Plan of Development entered on 12/22/2010 to construct a parking deck at 500 North 18th Street.
Robbery on Venable Street
The RTD has details on a robbery last night on the 2200 block of Venable Street: The man was taken to VCU Medical Center for treatment of a facial laceration after the robbery try, which occurred about 8:30 p.m. [...] The victim said 3-4 males confronted him and ordered him to give them his money, [...]
Man shot on Venable Street
The RTD is reporting a non-fatal shooting last night on Venable Street: Richmond police said an adult male was shot in the hand around 7:48 p.m. in the 2200 block of Venable Street. Police said the shooting stemmed from an argument. The victim was transported to VCU Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries and the suspect [...]
Community garden space coming to Venable Street
On Thursday, July 29, Community Roots and Home Depot will build and plant 4 raised beds for a new community garden in the vacant lot at 22nd and Venable Street. Different from most of the other community garden spaces in the area, these 4 beds will be open to use by anyone in the neighborhood [...]
New thrift store on Venable Street opens today
The Everything Goes Thrift Store opens TODAY at 9AM at 2242 Venable Street in the long-ago Fairmount Service Station.
Shiloh Baptist takes on the ABC store
A front-page story in the February 11-13 issue of the Richmond Free Press, Bottle vs. the Bible, describes tension and conflict between Venable Street’s Shiloh Baptist Church and the ABC store across the street: “We’ve found drunks sleeping on our porch; there’s those black plastic bags around our property, and vagrancy,” said Clyde Wilson, chairman [...]
