From one of the FaceBook event pages set up for this:
We are celebrating the re-opening of Belle Isle Skills Park. There are new features there both advanced and beginner freindly. Bring kids we will cook bugers and hot dogs at 12:00
From Times Dispatch article:
Trimmed in yellow and black, with a honeycomb motif, the bike unveiled Wednesday at a news conference by Dotson, Mayor Dwight C. Jones and Jakob Helmboldt, the city’s pedestrian, bicycle and trails coordinator, will be among 220 installed at up to 22 docking stations, called hives, starting this fall.
Bike-share systems allow users to check out a bike from one location and return it elsewhere for a fee, filling gaps between trips that are too far to walk but too short for driving, as well as to extend the reach for public transit.
“What we want the B to do is to be used by everyday people for everyday things,” the mayor said. “We want people to use it for working, playing and just an alternative transportation opportunity. … Biking’s just fun, so we encourage all of our citizens to become a part of the biking community and use the B.”
Today, the city’s Urban Design Committee takes up the proposed location and design of the first phase of stations, which will be concentrated in the central business district, Carver, Jackson Ward and the Fan District, with other stations in Carytown, Scott’s Addition and Oregon Hill.
While the Richmond Police Department prepares security for Presidential candidate Trump’s appearance at the Richmond Coliseum on Friday, protesters are planning an-anti-Trump rally in Monroe Park for that evening and the weekend.
If that was not enough, the Richmond Recreational Dispute Group (RRDG) will be hosting their second annual meeting in Monroe Park this Saturday. From announcement:
Hi! It’s time again for RRDP to host our second event. After our success on Mayo Island we figured we’d hold our second event earlier in the year to fit in a third. We promote engaging in disputes of different varieties including civil, uncivil (shouting matches), and untraditional (Bare knuckle and gloved). WE WILL NOT BE ACCEPTING “TRAIN PEOPLE” AFTER FEBUARIES INCIDENT. At least in the untraditional activities. Large groups are encouraged for group activities. Pizza will be provided but come early. Things kick off at 10PM, possible alternate location is the old Pleasant’s downtown parking lot.
Now, regardless of whether or not any of this is real, Monroe Park supporters are still concerned about the park itself- from Cherry Street neighbor Todd Woodson:
Friends- as of April 14, 2016, its been two years since City Council approved the lease for Monroe Park without, in my opinion, fully vetting the leadership of the Monroe Park Conservancy. The city announced last winter that the park would close in May. I requested updates from both Charles Samuels and the Conservancy months ago on the timeline for renovations and they have failed to even respond. Samuels is not running for reelection to the second district council seat this year.
Perhaps if more people emailed and asked what’s going on, we could get an answer. Please email both Councilman Charles Samuels and Alice Massie with the Conservancy and ask why there has been no progress and in fact, more deterioration over the last two years plus. Thanks- Here are the email addresses:
charles.samuels@richmondgov.com
amassie@monroepark.com
One final note: Despite my best hopes, it does not look like anyone seriously took up my challenge and it does not look like I will be crawling.
From event page:
Tomorrow, June 9, at 6 PM – 7:30 PM
Meet at the rear of the stone structure on the left at the cemetery entrance at Cherry and Albemarle streets.
Established in 1847, Hollywood Cemetery is a magnificent example of the rural garden style cemetery and was one of America’s first parks. Learn about the cemetery’s history, artwork, symbolism, and some of the more famous of its over 80,000 residents, including well-known writers, politicians, Confederate notables and two United States presidents.
$15 per person.
$5 for Valentine Members.
Walk-ups welcome.
Cash or check.
On-street parking.This tour is presented as part of the Richmond History Tours program, a service of the Valentine. We offer a full schedule of walking and bus tours of city neighborhoods, waterways, parks, retail districts, historic sites and battlefields.
From announcement:
Community Movie Night
Friday, Jun 10 at dusk
Pleasants Park behind Pine Street Baptist Church
Free refreshments: hot dogs, sides and dessert
Lots of unannounced road work going on right now.
Earlier, Laurel Street at W.Cary Street (see photo), Laurel at Spring Street, and South Pine at Holly were all closed.
It looks like a scene from Oregon Hill’s Riverside Park, but its the painting “Morpheus” from the new Kehinde Wiley exhibit at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. This painting draws from a Jean-Antoine Houdon sculpture.
Given that muddy and swollen James River is not good for swimming right now, the museum might be a good leisure alternative right now.
Photo courtesy of Jessica Shim
This Wednesday is a red Wednesday, which means trash and recycling pickup. 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 tomorrow night.
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.
In sad news, Recycle the Clown died.
Mr. Seidel, a 73-year-old Midlothian resident, died May 7 the way he wanted to go, without machines or drugs.
He was the first individual in Chesterfield County to adopt a road to keep clean when the Adopt-A-Road program began. Because of his interest in recycling, he chose “Recycle” as his clown name when he began clowning in the 1980s.
At first, everything about his costume was recycled, said Paula “Petunia” Ward, a fellow member of Clown Alley 3. “Most of the stuff he bought at yard sales and thrift stores, like a gold foil top hat and his first pair of pants — bright golf pants, the kind you only would wear on the golf course.
“He carried a plunger and would use it like a drum major with a baton. He had a big cow bell that on several occasions we had to take away from him so he would not, for instance, take it in church for the wedding of two of our clowns.”
Later, he acquired a more polished wardrobe. His trademark props were a chartreuse green wig and a big horn. While he sculpted balloons into different shapes, he’d talk to children about the importance of recycling.
From Craigslist ad:
This futon served me well for the past two years, but I’m getting married so it’s time to say goodbye to my bachelor pad furniture! I kept him under a loft bed (queen, also for sale), so the dimensions work perfectly for small spaces. He was $150 new (see link to the retail site below). The texture of the futon is great and he unfolds into a twin sized bed. No tears, stains, smells, or holes on the futon’s fabric. I’m reducing the price mostly because I had to repair one of the back legs and I didn’t re-attach the fabric on the underside of the futon (see pictures). I’m gonna miss it, but gotta make space! Feel free to contact for more information.