find out about Peace Corps
Are you retiring? Graduating? Ready for a change? Peace Corps values your experience and welcomes volunteers of all ages. Come to one of the meetings this Sunday or Monday and find out if this opportunity is right for you.
Archive for February 2008
Letter to City Council
Dear City Council members and citizens of Richmond, VCU has proposed building an inappropriate 100,000 sq. ft. recreational facility in the Oregon Hill neighborhood. VCU cannot build the recreational facility as proposed without city approval to close two alleys on the site of the proposed building. We note that the proposed new master plan of [...]
Handbell Concert this Sunday
The James River Ringers, Richmond’s premier handbell ensemble, will give a free concert at St. Andrew’s Church on Sunday, February 17th, at 6:00 pm. Located at the corner of S. Laurel St. and Idlewood Ave. on Oregon Hill, St. Andrew’s is offering this concert to the Richmond Community as part of its ongoing “Music with [...]
WBCH-Byrd Market Urban Gardening Classes
Yearning for Spring? Dreaming about huge bouquets, luscious vegetables and exuberant gardens? Stop dreaming and start planning – join the folks at the William Byrd Community House Library, who are offering a great lineup of gardening classes. Once again local Urban Gardening Guru, John Wise, has developed a series of garden classes to help you [...]
David L. Robbins to speak @ Virginia War Memorial
Author David L. Robbins will discuss his 2004 novel, Liberation Road, at the Virginia War Memorial this Saturday at 2PM. Free and open to the public. [via]
Sector 413 report for January
The January 2008 report for Sector 413 (PDF) from Lieutenant Lisa Drew is now available.
Master Plan for Downtown Neighborhoods/VCU meeting recap
The first thing that my neighbors and I noticed on the handout sheet for this meeting was this sentence, “Oregon Hill residents have had a strong voice in VCU development as it has affected the neighborhood.” Was this before or after whole blocks of Oregon Hill were torn down for VCU’s expansion across Main Street? [...]
Downtown Plan meeting Monday for Carver/Oregon Hill/Monroe Ward
The second of the recently announced neighborhood-level Downtown Plan meetings is scheduled for Monday for the VCU, Monroe Ward, Oregon Hill, and Carver areas. The meeting will be at the William Byrd Community House (224 South Cherry Street) tonight from 6-8PM.
food worth a little abuse at Mama ‘Zu
Josh Katz at richmond.com visits Mama ‘Zu and says of the service that: “In all my years, I have never been treated as consistently awful as I have dining at Mamma ‘Zu, and I’ve been to Morocco. Everything, from the dank, subterranean inner ambience (great when trying to read the menu board, let me tell [...]
