Neighborhoods In Bloom Retrospective

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From the Federal Reserve’s Community Development website:

The City of Richmond, Virginia’s Neighborhoods in Bloom (NiB) initiative invested federal grant funding in seven target neighborhoods from 1999 to 2004. The majority of the city’s federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) and HOME Investment Partnerships Program (HOME) funding, as well as, significant amounts of capital improvement funds and other resources were spent in the strategically selected target neighborhoods. Through NiB, the city planned to concentrate public resources in these neighborhoods until they achieved the critical mass of public investment needed to stimulate self-sustaining, private-market activity.

Oregon Hill was one of the seven target neighborhoods. Click here for the part particular to Oregon Hill.

Recycling Pickup Thursday

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This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, but because of the New Year’s Day holiday, trash and recycling will be picked up Thursday. Ideally, rolling recycling containers are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup on Thursday.

If you have not done so already, don’t forget to sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling. The Sierra Club magazine recently also took a look at curbside recycling.

Don’t forget the Clean City Commission event on Jan. 6!

Books for a Better World Event At Main Street Library

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On Tuesday, January 8th, at 6:30 pm the Main Library downtown will be hosting an event.
From the event announcement:

Join us for our first Books for a Better World event of the new year, now in its new location! Tiffany Jana, author of “Overcoming Bias”, and Ashley Diaz Mejias, will be discussing their latest book, “Erasing Institutional Bias: How to Create Systemic Change for Organizational Inclusion”.

As always, bring a friend and join your neighbors for our once monthly book and author discussion. Book talk will be followed by Q&A and book signing.