NBC12 has a story on the $6 million in renovation/upgrade plans for Monroe Park, thanks to the hard work of the Monroe Park Advisory Council. Monroe Park Plans There will also be a story in Style Magazine published tomorrow.
From the press release: ‘CarnivOil’ Comes to Richmond, Celebrating the Greatest Addiction on Earth Big Oil: Keeping America dependent on oil for 150 years and celebrating victory over Virginia’s clean energy future Richmond, Va. – The U.S. Senate’s failure to pass a clean energy and climate bill this summer, coupled with the continued push to [...]
Paraphrased from Thomas F. Mustian’s “Facts and Legends of Richmond Area Streets” (I think I have a second printing): Albemarle Street was named for William Anne Keppel, second Earl of Albemarle and Governor General of the colony from 1737 to 1754. Belvidere Street took its name from home of William Byrd III on the crest [...]
There is an atherosclerosis simulator that is touring our area from August 19th – 31st; it will be located at the Byrd House Market (Linden Street) on August 31, from 12 -6 pm. It shows a journey through the arteries with plaque build-up and blockages. It only takes about 5 minutes each session and can [...]
Glad to see this…(I have been asking for about three years..) RichmondBizSense: Finally, Zipcar is in Richmond Zipcar is known for renting cars, usually the environmentally friendly type, by the hour in cities and college campuses across the country. Before coming to Richmond, Zipcar already had cars at the University of Virginia, Old Dominion University [...]
The Times Dispatch ran this story today: Private housing for VCU going up east of Belvidere Excerpts: Gilbane Development Co. of Providence, R.I., said its 540-bed, eight-story apartment building off Canal Street should be ready for the start of the 2011 school year. “We’ll start leasing over the next month,” said Russell Broderick, vice president [...]
While there has been some progress in cleaning up the river, this newspaper report reminds us all that there are still problems to be addressed: Of local interest, the report disclosed additional problems with the James River in Richmond. The stretch from the Boulevard Bridge to just upriver from the Mayo Bridge — an area [...]
You may have already seen the flyers in the neighborhood or maybe the Style magazine article or the newspaper article, but here’s information about an event happening this Friday: Joanita Senoga, a single mother of two who fled her village in Uganda in 1996, came to America with virtually nothing, and is now an alumna [...]
The Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association will be holding its monthly (every fourth Tuesday) meeting at the William Byrd Community House at 7 pm. The agenda includes discussion of Holly Street Playground plans.
Byrd House Market presents the fabulicious Susan Greenbaum locally grown corporate babe turned singer/songwriter Tuesday August 24 5:30 – 7:30 pm AND 4th Tuesday Wine Down featuring the fine fermentations of and Grayhaven Wines on sale from 3:30 – 8:00 pm / Tastings begin at 6:00 pm (Market Hours Extended to 8pm on 4th Tuesdays) [...]
