Have You Joined the Challenge?

From Richmond Public Library:
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It’s new, exciting and gets you exploring the world around you – plus you might win one of the weekly prizes or the grand prize- a BIKE! Sign up online or at your neighborhood library.

http://richmondpubliclibrarysr.evanced.info/homepage.asp

eBooks for kids! An easy way for kids to get points towards RPL’s Summer Reading Challenge! ‪#‎rplsummer‬

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Belvidere Wall To Get Murals Before Bike Race

Councilperson Agelasto mentioned at a meeting that a series of murals will be painted on the wall separating Oregon Hill from Belvidere Street in time for the UCI Road World Championships. Style Weekly includes some information in its roundup of bike race related art exhibitions.

http://www.styleweekly.com/richmond/a-summer-of-cycling-brings-the-art-of-the-race-to-richmond/Content?oid=2214197

To cheer up the race route, four well-known Richmond artists — Ed Trask, Matt Lively, Greg Leach and Hamilton Glass — plan to paint murals on a 7-foot-tall wall stretching for four blocks from Belvidere to Oregon Hill, Trask says.

Byrd House Market Today

From email announcement:

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It’s about the food.
For the finest in fresh, locally grown,
healthy foods, do your shopping at
Byrd House Market!

√ eggs
√ chicken
√ sausages
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√ beets
√ cucumbers
√ green beans
√ mushrooms
√ onions
√ potatoes
√ spinach
√ sprouts
√ squash
√ turnips
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√ blackberries
√ blueberries
√ cherries
√ herbs
√ honey
√ noodles
√ pastries
√ Irish breads
√ pops
√ and more!
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“$10 Deal” Vendors
are Agriberry, The Byrd Farm, Two & A Half Irishmen, Origins Farm, Tomten Farm, and Deer Run Farm.
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This week’s nonprofit is Richmond Tree Stewards

It’s hot today so stay in the cool and breezy, drink plenty of water, dress lightly, keep your head covered and eat like you love your body!

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Our mailing address is:
WBCH Byrd House Farmers Market
224 S Cherry St, Richmond, VA, United States

Richmond, VA 23220

Richmond Tree Stewards: Will you help water new street trees?

Richmond Tree Stewards are asking residents to help:

The forecast for the coming week is HOT and most parts of Richmond have not received an inch of rain in the last week and so…

Trees planted this year and last need help from the people who live or work near them.

A few minutes of your time and 15 – 20 gallons of water is all that’s needed to help these new trees thrive. Watering once a week would be best now; every two weeks is OK.

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If you don’t have a watering bag, a slow trickle from the garden hose works well.

Let it run long enough to deliver at least 15 gallons.

St. Andrew’s Grace Arents Commemoration on June 20

From email announcement:

St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church is hosting Picnic and Prayers commemorating the life and legacy of Grace Eveyln Arents. Pack a picnic basket and bring a blanket, and we will provide drinks and dessert. At sunset we will have a candlelight prayer service in memory of Miss Grace. Saturday June 20, 2015, 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm at the gravesite of Lewis Ginter and Grace Arents, Hollywood Cemetery, 412 South Laurel Street, Richmond Virginia. Contact Barbara Ambrose 804-648-7980

Belle Island ‘Drunkfest’

The Times Dispatch has been publishing Letters to the Editor that raise concerns about drinking and littering on Belle Island, part of the City’s James River Park system.

From a Letter to Editor in today’s paper:

“We took pictures and talked to several park employees who said they simply did not have the manpower to keep up with the litter problem. Occasionally volunteer groups come out to help clean up. Only one police officer is usually on patrol to help with security. Apparently, many Richmond citizens feel entitled to enjoy all the benefits of our river but don’t care at all about keeping it clean for others to enjoy. It shows a total lack of respect for all, Richmond citizens, tourists, wildlife and the James River.”

My only dispute with that statement is that a lot of the offenders are not City residents, but are from the surrounding counties. This also speaks to questions about the “Tredegar Green” amphitheater and the need for more (and better!) public trash/recycling receptacles.