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March newsletter from the Church Hill Association

The March issue of the Church Hill Association newsletter (PDF) has been distributed around the neighborhood and is now available online.

Includes: a letter from CHA President Geoffrey Cooper, a remembrance of long time Church Hill resident Larry Parker, Bellevue news, an update on the local real estate market by Jeanne Bridgforth, David Cooley’s first Church Hill Memory, a history of the trolley in Richmond by Eric S. Huffstutler, a preview of local James River Writers events by Karen A. Chase, and various meeting minutes.

The next membership meeting of the association will be Tuesday, March 18, 7PM at the St John’s Church Hall.

16 comments

jean mcdaniel 03/04/2014 at 11:51 AM

To my knowledge the membership roster for the CHA has never before been published in the newsletter. Is ther some reason that it is published in the March newsletter?

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Eric Huffstutler 03/04/2014 at 12:06 PM

The Trolley history, which was established right here in Church Hill, starts on page 18… hope you enjoy.

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Don O'Keefe 03/04/2014 at 10:20 PM

What an amazing image. I wonder how long it will be until the trolley is brought back?

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Karen 03/05/2014 at 5:54 AM

I really enjoyed this issue of the newsletter particularly the trolley history contributed by Eric and the activities of our neighborhood schools. I hope to see more stories about our history and about the community in general.

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Bill 3 03/05/2014 at 7:59 AM

Very nice write-up about Larry Parker. I knew he’d been instrumental in many positives in CH, but hadn’t heard some of those specifics before. What a great neighbor we lost in LP.

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Eric Huffstutler 03/05/2014 at 8:40 AM

Thanks Karen 🙂

Jean, a roster of “new members” or members in general have been published in issues past, just not lately.

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Eric Huffstutler 03/05/2014 at 9:46 AM

The Virginia Historical Society said they really enjoyed my trolley article and is putting a copy into their archives 😉

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Karen 03/05/2014 at 1:37 PM

Eric – very nice!

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jean mcdaniel 03/05/2014 at 2:44 PM

Eric, thanks for the clarification on publishing the member roster.

Your article was very good. I wish we still had the trolly cars. I have fond memories of ones in Washington , D.C.

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L 03/06/2014 at 9:14 AM

So, only one question: when do we get those trolleys rolling again, anyhow?

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Eric S. Huffstutler 03/08/2014 at 11:41 PM

In 1984 the Greater Richmond Transit Company, a spinoff of the company that once operated the original trolleys, purchased a fleet of motorized trolleys like the ones seen hauling tourists in the slip. They operated at a loss until 2001, when the majority of them were sold to Winn Bus Lines.

There was talk a few years back about a modern trolley (light rail) system down the middle of Broad and beyond but as always with plans of progress, it never happened. Then they spoke of a dedicated lane BRT system in 2011 but again, zilch. Thank your ultra conservative city as well as misappropriated funds. There has been some new chatter about looking into a trolley bus system once again like some larger cities like Boston have adopted. One of the down sides is the aesthetics issue of power lines crisscrossing above. Another rumor on the table is a subway system.

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Eric S. Huffstutler 03/10/2014 at 2:52 AM

Is there anyone out there with a source or have leads for a good photo of the pre 1912 trolley shed at P and N 29th? I have the one from a 1903 newspaper but is poor quality and did not make it into the article.

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