Several things coming up this week. Full list on the calendar, but some highlights include: Patrick Henry Initiative Meeting, 8:30 Tuesday Forest Hill Neighborhood Association Meeting, 7:00 Wednesday Mayor’s Town Hall Meeting, 5th & 9th Districts, 7:00 Wednesday
Steve passed along the photos of a neighborhood rap video shoot last week. I’ve not had the chance to do anything with them, but he took care of that for us. Frankly, I’m envious. We’ve had a SWAT team in our backyard and countless emergency vehicles clogging up our street, but never a hip-hop shoot. [...]
Not exactly in our neighborhood(s), but close enough (and since there’s no Manchester People’s News yet)… The fine folks at Legend Brewing are holding the first Spring Boch festival tomorrow afternoon. The festivities will a multi-vendor sausage cook-off, music, a German car-and-bike show and, of course, lots of Legend Beer (your humble author recommends the [...]
…with the mayor have been announced. The 4th District meeting will be May 15, 7PM, at St. Luke Lutheran Church. He’s also doing 2 meetings for 5th, 8th & 9th Districts at the Southside Community Center (4100 Hull St) on May 2nd and 10th, if those are more appropriate or convenient. I’m planning to go [...]
I started a “Hills & Heights”-specific Flickr group tonight. Please feel free to add your contributions to the pool!
A new website was launched this week to focus on vacant/neglected properties citywide. While not specific to the neighborhoods in our area, a quick look around VacantRichmond.com is pretty interesting. We all know and joke about the Jahnky House, but it’s just 1 of 126 vacant properties within 1.5 miles of the Forest Hill/Westover Hills [...]
Looks like local tattoo fans are able to breathe easier. Tennis courts at the Westover Community Center now have push-button lighting, which should lead to greater energy savings. [via]
…you’re (probably) not imagining things. From the Dept. of Parks, Recreation & Community Facilities: From 18 April to 29 April (and it will only happen once or twice during this period) the USMC is conducting Urban Assault Exercises in the Richmond area… One of the locations for a helicopter “touch and go” for about 15 [...]
The Times-Dispatch is reporting some conflicting information on an overnight shooting. According to their article, “[p]olice responded to a shooting call in the city’s East End at 25 E. 34th St.” Of course, E. 34th Street is in the vicinity of Midlothian Turnpike, not the East End (and I don’t believe there’s a 0 block [...]
J’s Notes took a closer look into the whole “tattoo shop” legislation proposed by our own Kathy Graziano.
Time to get rid of all that crap you’ve got sitting around. The City of Richmond will host a Household Hazardous Waste and Electronics Collection Event on Saturday, April 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Mayor’s Walk and Roll and Earth Day Event. The drop-off site will be located at the 4th [...]
Your favorite neighborhood foodies, Seven Hills Market, are having a wine tasting tomorrow evening, 4:30-7:00. {via}
Gina from the Patrick Henry School Initiative wants to get the word out about their effort to establish a charter school in the Patrick Henry (aka Norrell) Elementary building. Their Mission, per their website: Our mission is to provide a K-5 community-based school with meaningful involvement by parents and community. The school endeavors to provide [...]
A Plan of Development was submitted to the city seeking to tear down the vacant McCrory Dollar at Forest Hill and Westover Hills Blvd and build 12 small commercial/retail spaces with residential on the 2nd floor. Ryan @ Richmond City Watch posted preliminary renderings and added that the city is waiting on a resubmittal of [...]
The folks at Urban Richmond and VCU’s Commonwealth Times let us know that our own Crossroads Coffee & Ice Cream is taking over the World Cup Coffee space on Morris Street, near VCU. Here’s hoping they hang tough against the Big Green Monster. On the other end of the beverage spectrum, Bellevue’s favorite Beer & [...]
No online sources yet, but NBC 12 is reporting a large overnight apartment fire at The Park at Forest Hill. No injuries apparently, but no word on extent of damage.
Ladies & Gentlemen, we’re officially live and open for business!
