This past Saturday, 821 Cafe won the Richmond Vegetarian Festival‘s “Food Fight” contest, bringing home the trophy!
Kate and Mackenzie made up 821 Cafe’s winning team.
Congratulations to 821 Cafe and Veggie Fest 2014
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WBCH Summer Camp Opens Today
From William Byrd Community House FaceBook page:
SUMMER CAMP 2014 Opens Monday!
June 23rd – August 22nd
Spots available for Kids 3-12!
Hours are 7:30 am – 6 pm.
Stop by to enroll your child!
Multiple-child discount available
224 S. Cherry St. 23220
Click here to go to the WBCH website and get more details, including enrollment.
Volunteers Needed For Upcoming Cleanup
The next neighborhood “Project Clean Move’ cleanup is scheduled for Saturday, June 28. In order for Oregon Hill to be included as one of the neighborhoods, it needs to recruit at least four community volunteers, at least one of whom would be the project manager. The project manager provides direction on the starting point, route and directs other volunteers. Resident volunteers know where the “stuff” is.
The City’s Department of Public Works needs to know by Thursday, June 26 at 9 AM whether its truck will be there or not. The truck is scheduled from 8-12 but Oregon Hill’s truck’s arrival time depends on whether Randolph is participating.
Clean City Commission and VCU are the principle organizers for ‘Project Clean Move’ and they would like it to become an annual occurrence–one that the communities will find beneficial and worthy of owning as a community effort. If there are not volunteers for this Saturday, Oregon Hill can hopefully join other neighborhoods surrounding VCU on August 2 for what may be the biggest one yet with respect to the amount of trash in the alleys.
If you can volunteer, please get in touch before Wednesday evening. You can also sign up at the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association meeting this Tuesday evening at 7 pm at the William Byrd Community House.
Bike Theft On S. Laurel
From Richmond Police:
4th Precinct
BURGLARY
6/17/14 – 6/18/14 5:00 p.m. – 8:00 a.m.
600 block of South Laurel Street
An unknown person(s) stole a bicycle from an unlocked outbuilding.
InLight Festival Coming To Monroe Park In November
“Organized by 1708 Gallery, InLight Richmond is a public exhibition of light-based art and performances. Each year, InLight Richmond invites artists to respond to a particular section of our diverse city, attracting audiences to unique areas of Richmond. Over 6 years, 1708’s InLight has featured 169 local, national and international artists and artist collectives across some of Richmond’s most unique neighborhoods and sites, from Broad Street to historic Tredegar to the Riverfront Canal Walk, and has engaged over 25,000 visitors.
“Through InLight, 1708 has created an on-going opportunity for Richmond to experience the city in unexpected and surprising ways. The selection of Monroe Park, one of the oldest public spaces in Richmond, continues this tradition of highlighting the histories and imagining the futures of Richmond’s most well-known spaces.”
This comes after recent news of the sentencing of a Monroe Park drug dealer.
More Mural
(For previous coverage, please click here and here).
Riverfront Railroad History
Andrew McRoberts has written an interesting article in Richmond.com on the “Reasons Richmond Should Love the CSX Railroad Viaduct”.
Excerpts:
The C&O (now CSX) Viaduct is enormously long (about three miles in length). It starts beneath the Robert E. Lee Bridge near Oregon Hill Overlook, and stretches all the way to Nicholson Street and the former Fulton Yard (across Route 5 from Rockett’s Landing in far eastern city of Richmond). It allows a nearly at-grade (level) train crossing of downtown Richmond along the James River and the Great Shiplock for much of its length.
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In 2014, the viaduct is celebrating 113 years in its existence. And, as you know if you ever visit the riverfront downtown, the viaduct is still in active use by CSX Corporation
Like much of Phil Riggan’s articles in Richmond.com on the James River, this deserves reading.
I can’t help but wonder if this is a bit of public relations on CSX’s part, given recent concerns stemming from the Lynchburg explosion.
But, getting back to the history…The C&O Railroad Viaduct is a treasure, and Richmond residents should be aware of other important railroad history that is now threatened within sight of the Viaduct. A remnant of the Tredegar Branch railroad connecting the iron works on Belle Isle with Tredegar is slated to be destroyed by Venture Richmond for yet another amphitheater. These tracks sit on the towpath of the historic James River and Kanawha Canal. Venture Richmond’s plan is to lower the towpath below the historical level of water in the canal and in the process of irreparably damaging the canal, the old railroad line will also be scrapped. Alternatives, such as putting Venture Richmond’s largest stage on Brown’s Island, already leased to Venture Richmond, were ignored. It is unbelieveable that Venture Richmond is destroying the Tredegar Branch railroad remnant that is within the Tredegar Historic Site.
New Mural Takes Shape On Idlewood
Click here for previous post on this.
St. Andrew’s School Reunion On Friday
From St. Andrew’s School event page:
When
Friday June 20, 2014
Service at St. Andrew’s Church – 6:30PM
St. Andrew’s School Reunion – 7:30 to 8:30 PMWhere
St. Andrew’s School
227 S. Cherry Street
Richmond, VA 23220
(Service is next door at St. Andrew’s Church)The inaugural St. Andrew’s School Reunion will reunite and celebrate current and former students, teachers, staff, volunteers and friends. Join us for refreshments, updates and a school tour. Guests are invited to attend the Grace Arents Commemorative service at St. Andrew’s Church, 6:30pm, prior to the Reunion.
The service will be followed by a brief talk about the history of Grace Arents and her meaningful work in Richmond. Families and children who prefer not to remain for the speaker are welcome to play on the playground after the service ends and before the reunion begins in Baldwin Hall. We hope to see you!
Byrd House Market Today
Byrd House Farmers Market – Where healthy eating is a way of life!
A simmer is simple, but a smoothie is swee-eet!
and what’s ripening now?
Foods so fresh and good, no cooking is necessary!
Anxious to make your first Pesto?
The ingrdients are so simple and you only need a blender: olive oil, Basil leaves, garlic, parmesan cheese – optional walnuts, pinenuts or almonds. Here’s a nice variation using sundried tomatoes: Tomato Pesto
Thinking of you on this summer, summer day…
Sub Rosa Bakery will bring their blend of cold pressed iced coffee!
Epic Gardens will have Sun Tea samples and bunches of fresh herbs to take home to make your own Sun Tea. This mellow refresher is made without burning any fossil fuel.
Salt Pork sizzling sausage samples are always a treat, especially when put on a stick with Steve Haas Mushrooms and Bok Choy from one of our 7 growers!
While you’re shopping …
Beth Morris is Children’s Librarian with the Richmond Public Library Main Branch. And she will read stories in the shady air under the Mulberry tree in the Community Garden.
Garden Learnin’ with Amanda – hands-on activities that let nature share his/her mechanisms.
TODAY 5:30 – 7:00 pm – Get to know these local institutions and what they are doing for our communities!
Nonprofit guest Children’s Museum of Richmond at Stall #11
Virginia League for Planning Parenthood is at Stall # 22
and
The $10 Student Deal works for students from ALL colleges!
Blue Lotus Collective
cool……..acoustic……..jammin’ with the likes of Will, Clinton, Stu…
et cetera
Let’s Talk Breastfeeding! First Foods & Next Foods
Mini festival that brings women and families together to explore, celebrate and learn about breastfeeding and early nutrition. June 24 in the Garden.
For every $10 you spend…Got your Farm Fresh Pledge card? Get one and fill it up in time for July 8 drawing. Probably need to turn it in to the market manager by next week, June 24.
For more information, please go to http://byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com
