The letter: February 1, 2012 Honorable Dwight C. Jones Office of the Mayor 900 East Broad Street, Suite 201 Richmond, Virginia 23219 Re: Opposition to Proposed 2nd Street Connector The Sierra Club Falls of the James group would like to express our many concerns regarding the recent proposed riverfront development just west of downtown. In [...]
Trash can, Monroe Park, this morning: See previous post by clicking here and here. As I have stated before, personally, I defend feeding fellow humans in the park and other public places, but I find the trash unacceptable.
This Wednesday at 8 pm at the VCU Commons Theater, VCU’s Green Unity will have its second meeting of the semester. It will feature a presentation about climate crisis (70 degrees in February, folks!) from the Climate Reality Project. Click here for the Facebok event page. Then, Thursday night, the Richmond Anarchist Black Cross is [...]
Excerpt from Times Dispatch article: Richmond’s fiery last days of the Civil War will immerse visitors in a new interactive version of history at the American Civil War Center when an $8 million fundraising campaign is complete. The campaign announced today has already secured pledges of $6.3 million from board members and riverfront neighbors of [...]
From Craigslist ad: I’m looking for some small metal containers (16oz maximum, preferably less) for a student art project. Any condition. F-style, round topped, pour cans. Anything. But it has to be small.
While Oregon Hill residents remain concerned about some of the proposals around us, its nice to see some positive things happen as well: Free Movies Start Again At The Grace Street Theater Belle Island Bicycle Skill Course A Go
From announcement: How about dinner for a great cause? Join us at Perly’s Restaurant (111 East Grace Street – Richmond) on February 16, 2012 from 5:30 – 8:30 pm for a great spaghetti dinner and at the same time support William Byrd Community House. Eat-in or takeout options available. Tickets are $15.00 per person and [...]
From findagrave.com: Birth: Jan. 24, 1843 Richmond Richmond City Virginia, USA Death: Dec. 6, 1922 Charlottesville Charlottesville City Virginia, USA Civil engineer; During the Civil War, Bolton served the Confederacy by helping to lay out defenses around Richmond, supervising and constructing the Piedmont Railroad from Danville, Virginia, to Greensboro, North Carolina, and constructing and subsequently [...]
According to a story in the VCU student newspaper, the Commonwealth Times, security has been tightened at the new IHOP Express restaurant. After a fight that attracted the attention of six police cars on Jan. 20 in the IHOP Express at Laurel and Grace Place, Dining Services’ recent decision to check student IDs might make [...]
According to the CVWMA schedule, tomorrow is one of the every other Wednesday, “Red Wednesday”, curbside recycling pickup days for the neighborhood. Also, don’t forget street cleaning continues, with China Street and other side streets scheduled for cleaning on Thursday.
