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.
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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 [...]
Working
Davinci’s is open, GlobeHopper said that they’d be open, the busses are running, all of the corner stores seem to be doing business… The library and the dump are closed. Anybody in striking distance know if Buzzy’s, the Hill Cafe, Patrick Henry’s, CVS, or the Market are open?
The end of the ABC store?
Richmond BizSense has info on a proposal to privatize ABC sales in Virginia: Senate Bill 443 would force the Virginia Department of Alcohol Beverage Control to close its retail operations. The ABC would auction off “package store” licenses to vendors that wish to sell liquor and other alcoholic beverages for consumption off premises.
Restaurant and apartments for sale
The building at the corner of Mosby and Venable Streets, home to Big John’s, is for sale for $395,000.
Little bottles part of a larger problem
The ABC store at 25th and Venable Streets, rumored to be the most profitable in the state, this year became the only ABC store in the state that does not sell minis (singles, airplane bottles) due to community pressure. Working with Delegate Jennifer McClellan and the ABC Board, the Union Hill Civic Association worked to [...]
The Future of Venable Street
The Union Hill Civic Association will be hosting The Future of Venable Street, a “neighborhood social and civic discussion” this Wednesday, October 21, at 7PM at 2241 Venable Street: At the last meeting of the UHCA, we recognized the need to spend the next year focusing our efforts on the renewal and revitalization of Venable [...]
Abraham Bedford Venable has a street named after him
Union Hill’s Venable Street was named for Abraham Bedford Venable (November 20, 1758 – December 26, 1811), a representative and senator from Virginia.
Time machine: 1984
Found in wtvr’s Video Vault, here is a 3/3/84 story about the Church Hill Housing Coalition’s renovation of a house.
Fire on Venable Street
A boarded&vacant house on Venable Street just west of the Ocean Grocery caught fire at around 11PM last night. Judging from the path in the backyard, someone had been occupying or using the back of the house for some time.
Small’s Pre-Civil War House Tour opens historic homes
Small & Associates Real Estate will be hosting a Pre-Civil War House Tour this Saturday from 10AM-1PM. Five historic houses are for sale and open to view.
Shooting at Pink and Venable Streets
Police have the blocks around Pink and Venable Streets taped off after an early evening shooting.
Get your $500 house
A huge state-wide auction of foreclosed properties this weekend puts 2 neighborhood properties up for grabs with starting bids as low as $500: 2018 Venable Street and 3114 Q Street.
