That’s right- Victory Rug Cleaning on Cherry Street.
“They do a good job, too. The only place my family trusts to clean our rugs.”
“You Found The best Shampoo Carpet Cleaners”
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Pescados In Running For ‘Best Taco In Town’
I am somewhat disappointed that 821 Cafe did not get nominated also.
Upcoming Events At the Flying Brick!
Radical library/space The Flying Brick has a number of events coming up in the next week– a teach-in/discussion on Monsanto, general volunteers meeting, an “Alternative Black History Month” event, the previously mentioned community mental health event, and more.
Be sure to check out their site for more info by clicking here.
News On Farmers’ Markets
Given the Byrd House Market is in Oregon Hill, this information from ConnectRichmond is important to relate:
The Virginia Department of Social Services has launched a statewide
program that allows SNAP participants (the Supplemental Nutrition
Assistance Program–formerly, food stamps) to purchase local produce
at farmers markets. Individual markets and growers should apply by
February 25, 2011, to be part of this program. To download an
application or learn more about this program, visit:
http://bit.ly/hUQ6mqVirginia DSS also has released a comprehensive list of free tax
assistance program sites in Virginia for low to middle income
Virginians who qualify for the Earned Income Tax Credit. For more
information, visit http://www.vaeitc.org/
Frosty Boots On Pine Street
Auction Sale, 1862
From The Daily Dispatch: February 10, 1862:
Seven Houses and Lots, and several vacant Lots, in the town of Sidney, at Auction.
–We will sell upon the premises, on Monday, the 17th day of February, commencing at 4 o’clock, P. M., in the order advertised:1. Four tenements on the West side of Cherry street, South of the Westham Plank Road.
2. Three Tenements on Cumberland st., adjoining the above.
3. Fifty feet of vacant ground on Cumberland street.
4. Two hundred and five feet of vacant ground on Cumberland street.
The tenements are all occupied by good tenants, and commanding good rents. We invite, particularly, the attention of persons of limited means to this sale.Terms–One-third cash; the balance at 6 and 12 months, for negotiable notes, with interest added, and secured in each case by a trust deed.
The taxes and insurance for 1862 to be paid by the purchaser.
Jas. M. Taylor & Son,
ja 31 Auctioneers.
Additional.–Will be added to the above sale two frame tenements on Laurel street, adapted for small-sized families. The lots have the usual front and depth. Terms as above. J. M. T. & Son,
fe 7 Auctioneers.
New Fir Tree For Pleasants Park
Special thanks to Ellwood Thompsons for donating it, and thanks to the volunteers who got it into the ground before the snow.
Musical Instruments for sale
A couple of things on Craigslist from a seller(s?) here on the Hill:
2BNB Bus Gets Museum/Tourism Connected
Excerpt from press release:
Richmond, VA – The popular To the Bottom and Back (2BNB) free nighttime bus service today launched a pilot tourism route. The route, called To the Museums and Back is a free bus service running Feb. 19-May 15 to coincide with the VMFA exhibit, Picasso: Masterpieces from the Musée National Picasso, Paris. The goal of the program is to provide an easy way for museum visitors and Richmonders alike to get to additional museums and historic sites around downtown Richmond.
Two buses, operated by 2BNB, will run a 50-minute loop stopping approximately every half hour every Saturday 10 a.m.-6 p.m. When the museum service ends, visitors may take advantage of the existing 2BNB service that runs 6 p.m.-3 a.m.
“A tourism circulator has been needed for quite some time,” said Jack Berry, president and CEO of the Richmond Metropolitan Convention and Visitors Bureau. “This route wouldn’t be possible without 2BNB, who has the existing buses, drivers and guides to make it work. However, the idea to do it now came directly from Richmond magazine Editor Susan Winiecki.” Winiecki appealed to the community for a tourism circulator in the magazine’s January issue.
In addition to brochures outlining the route, riders can track real-time bus location online or most any smart phone through 2BNB GPS bus tracking. Temporary signs will mark the stops along the route.
Judging from the website/brochure, it looks like the B2B bus will go along W. Cary Street going east, then Main St. going west. It stops at Tredegar Civil War Center also.
It says it will stop for you if you hold up your hand.
Open The Canal – From “Access Week” On James River News Hub
Last week, fairly new community news site James River News Hub hosted “Access Week”, where it looked at various ways to make the James River more accessible and usable by the public. Here is what it said about the Kanawha Canal:
Secondly, open up the canal behind Dominion at Oregon Hill to form a circuit for paddlers from Tredegar to Pump House Park. I’ve done field research by scouting some of the land one might see along the canal. That one might be a tougher sell to CSX and would require a lot more effort for the paddlers to get about two miles up river.
Although we have not seen it yet, Oregon Hill residents have asked that the new canal bridge be high enough to accommodate boats eventually.