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City Press Release: Mayor Jones to Launch Sustainability Planning Process for City

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From the press release:

Mayor Jones to Launch Sustainability Planning Process for City
~ Community forum scheduled for June 9 ~

WHO: Mayor Dwight C. Jones
Alicia Zatcoff, Sustainability Manager
Advisory Committee Members

WHAT: Press Conference to launch the City’s sustainability planning process and announce Mayor’s Green Government Order

WHEN: Thursday, April 21, 2011
1:00 p.m.

WHERE: Brown’s Island Vehicular Access Bridge

BACKGROUND:

The city of Richmond released the results of its first greenhouse gas emissions inventory last year. Mayor Jones announced at that time that the next step would be to mobilize and engage the community to help the City develop a comprehensive Sustainability Plan. As Earth Day approaches, Mayor Jones will launch the City’s comprehensive sustainability planning process and announce his Green Government Order.

A couple of quick notes:

The location for tomorrow’s press conference is right in front of the Tredegar Civil War Visitors Center. Parking is there for those who need it.

You may want to re-familiarize yourself with the City’s Sustainability department website:
http://www.richmondgov.com/sustainability/index.aspx
Without a doubt, there have been some impressive steps taken already.

Earlier this week, I attended the first meeting of the City of Richmond Green City Commission, which has its own mandate for ‘greening’ Richmond.
Next meeting for the Commission is scheduled for June 6 at 1 pm, place TBA. I think this Commission will be more publicly involved than the previous Green Building Advisory Commission.

Last week I attended a Green Events Meeting that included Zatcoff and other City employees, as well as folks from Sports Backers and Venture Richmond. Hopefully, I will have more information to share from that group over time.

Style Runs Story On Homeless Woman’s Hoard

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A story appeared today on Style Magazine’s website in regard to a pile of a woman’s accumulation of stuff near Hollywood Cemetery. Click here for the story.

According to police and residents, for most of the last four years, the woman (Style Weekly isn’t using her name) has kept a collection of odds and ends in the backyards and vacant lots of Oregon Hill, sometimes with residents’ permission.

Six months ago, she placed several pallets of things in Samuel P. Parsons Park. After receiving complaints, police told her to move her stuff. She then transferred her possessions to a tarp-covered pile, perhaps 25 feet long, on the edge of the Hollywood Cemetery parking lot.

VCU Earth Day in Monroe Park this Friday

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From the Facebook page:

For the fourth consecutive year VCU will be celebrating Earth Day! This year the event will be held on the Commons Plaza between the Student Commons and Harris Hall.

The focal point of Earth Day this year is will be to showcase the sustainable campus initiatives that have been completed or are currently ongoing. Come learn about what’s going on with transportation, energy, green buildings, resident life, recycling, stormwater management (to protect the James River and Chesapeake Bay), dining and composting, academic programs, procurement, and our Climate Action Plan (CAP), VCU’s plan for to become climate neutral by 2050. Meet the people bringing you these changes and learn from the source!

There will be catered food, herb and vegetable seedling giveaways, informational tables, and potentially a few really exciting surprises we can’t give away just yet!

Rough Weekend On Laurel Street

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A neighbor asked me to report that, around 4 am Sunday morning, a driver side swept 3 cars on the 400 block of S. Laurel Street.

The culprit was likely driving a black car which is now probably missing large pieces from the door and/or fender and a long piece of silver trim, likely from a door. The damage is in the thousands of dollars.

A similar incident happened only a few months ago in the same place on Laurel Street but that driver was caught then.

Also, it looks like the SynerGeo building was tagged with graffiti again.

If anyone knows anything, please report to the Richmond Police non-emergency number, (804) 646-5100, or this website.

Flying Brick Presents Ciclovida

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From the Flying Brick Library website:

We are excited to host the crew from Ciclovida: Lifecycle, who will be stopping in Richmond to present their documentary and to host a workshop!
On April 20 at 3 p.m. Ciclovida will host a workshop on Pedal and Solar Powered Projection systems!
On April 21 at 7 p.m. we will host the first backyard movie screening of 2011 with the presentation of the documentary, Ciclovida: Lifecycle.
The film pedals alongside a group of subsistence farmers from Brazil who bicycle over 6,000 miles across the South American continent in search of natural seeds.
This feature-length documentary is made up of moving stories from landless peasants, indigenous communities, and small farmers that expose the devastating effects of industrial agriculture destined for agrofuels. Filmmakers and protagonists will be here for both events!

Pescados Benefits ROSMY and Plans Brunch Service

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Pescados China Street, the City’s ‘Best New Restaurant’, continues to benefit local charities on Mondays. This Monday (April 18), ROSMY will receive 15% of the day’s take from Pescados China Street, on Monday April 18th, either lunch 11:30- 2:00 or dinner from 5:00 until closing. ROSMY has been ensuring Virginia’s sexual minority youth an equal opportunity for success since 1991.

Also, I am hearing rumors of Sunday brunch starting in May.

Followed By The Black Dog….

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from recent blog post:

Interesting note, when the voices came back I was in college at VCU (Virginia Commonwealth University). I’m an aspiring writer and love the unknown and grave yards and one day I walked around Hollywood Cemetery, a very large and peaceful place, admiring the old tomb stones and sepulchers. Its. As I entered I immediately felt like the dead knew I was there. I felt like I was floating away from the outside world. The cars and outside noises went away. I felt something calling me in the very center of the cemetery. If I were to follow it it be like I’d float right out of my own body. Hollywood cemetery, local legend, is known to be haunted. I followed the calling out of interest and as I went further I saw a black dog come out of nowhere. Now I know black dogs guard the line between life and death but I took it as a real dog. So I backed away and turned around, avoiding eye contact. I turned back around to see if it was following me, it wasn’t. It had disappeared.

(Btw, though no Black Dog in it, click here for another recent blog post about a walk through Hollywood Cemetery)