The second Forest Hill Park spring clean-up is scheduled for this Saturday, May 15th, from 11 until 2. Meet at the stone house, and beverages and bags will be provided. Last time about 25 folks pitched in to help. One lucky volunteer found a $20 bill! You don’t have to commit to the full time, [...]
Council Member Kathy Graziano’s Fourth District Meeting is this Wednesday, May 12, at 7 pm at the usual location St. Luke Lutheran Church, 7757 Chippenham Parkway. On the agenda; A presentation on the new city Sustainability Office, A presentation on Fourth District Stormwater Management Projects, Police Sector Reports and a report on plans for the [...]
Taken from this morning’s summary police report. 5/9/10 between 12:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. on 5008 Devonshire Road A Garmin GPS system and prescription sunglasses were taken from an unlocked vehicle. As always remember to lock up your car as an unlocked car makes it way too easy for folks to help themselves to valuables. [...]
Want to learn more about coffee? Now you have a chance Wednesday, May 12 from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. From the Blanchard’s Coffee Blog: Come out and get even more obsessed with coffee! We’re going to roast coffee, drink coffee, smell coffee, talk about coffee, make espresso, steam milk and have a great time! [...]
The information below was passed to me by David Hathcock and has some interesting information about who is coming out to our farmers market. There was also a recent article on RTD about farmers markets in general. Post your Farmers Market pictures here & here) In just three years, the South of the James Market [...]
Richmond Biz.Sense has an article, complete with slideshow on business properties that may be cursed. Among those unfortunates is the Bamboo Cafe on Cowardin near Semmes. You know where they are. You’ve probably even predicted that the next tenant will not last more than eight months. A year, max. But like clockwork, every year or [...]
Mary found a case containing prescription eyeglasses and clip on shades on the 5000 block of Devonshire Road. Contact her via email: maryterry06@comcast.net if you are having trouble reading this because you lost you eyeglasses. Update Sunday 8:55 pm: Okay things are getting weird on Devonshire. Mary found another set of eyeglasses. Same block but [...]
The city sent out a press release reminding folks to obey river regulations on Thursday and on Saturday a group of people had to form a human chain including several firefighters near Belle Isle to rescue a Chesterfield 12 year old boy. Richmond Fire Captain Mike Martin said Joshua Tirado was bodysurfing between the rocks [...]
There will be a concert per month through October. The first concert will be May 16th at 6-8 pm and will feature the VCU Student String Ensembles. The concerts are sponsored by the Forest Hill, Westover Hills and Woodland Heights Neighborhood Associations and the City of Richmond Parks and Recreation. Full Music in the Park [...]
From the Westover Hills Neighborhood Association, sorry for the late notice; WHNA’s annual spring clean-up has been re-scheduled for Saturday, May 8. (It was originally set for April 24, but the city informed us trucks would not be available that day.) The city provides us with garbage trucks so that WHNA volunteers can pick-up old [...]
Read the full report from Lieutenant John A. O’Kleasky, Jr. There were 13 residential burglary/breaking & entries, 7 of which were at St. John’s Wood. The report is light (understatement) on data but did have some good news on the arrest of some copper thieves as well a robbery at the Shoe Warehouse. March 30: [...]
Check out the latest from Karri at Richmond.com, Northside vs. Southside taking a look at what is going with restaurants on either side of the river. The most interesting to me was an update on Parkside Cafe. Of course, there is one glimmer of hope for a new restaurant on Southside, and it’s one we’ve [...]
The awesome Karri Peifer of Richmond.com fame alerted me via Tweeter that it looks like we are losing one of our Southbank gems. According to this Craigslist post Cielito Lindo is for sale. From the posting Newly renovated restaurant with beautiful interior, bar area, outside patio, newer HVAC and roof, landscaped, offstreet parking. Located in [...]
The James River Association is overseeing the JRAC (James River Advisory Council) 11th Annual James River Regional Cleanup at the Reedy Creek site on Saturday, June 12, 2010 from 9 to 1. Volunteers are needed to help with the clean up, but most of all, JRA needs some site staff volunteers to assist with registration, [...]
The Richmond Times- Dispatch is reporting that school and city officials will hold a community meeting tonight to provide information about construction and to seek input from the community about the new Huguenot High School. 6-8pm, May 5, at the school located at 7945 Forest Hill Avenue.
From the RPD press release; The Plant a Row for the Hungry campaign grew nationally as an idea from the Garden Writers Association of America in 1995. Citizen and community gardens were asked to plant an extra row during gardening season to donate fresh vegetables to area hunger-relief organizations. More than a decade later, the [...]
Submitted by a reader: I came out of my house today on the 5000 block of Caledonia to see a pile of copper downspouts on the sidewalk. As I was in the process of calling the police, a man came over picked them up and said they were his. He said he was waiting for [...]
In a 5-4 vote, the school board for RPS approved the charter school’s use of a temporary location at Woodland Heights Baptist Church. It is unclear what would have happened if it hadn’t been approved but it would have been a huge stumbling block to the school’s opening this summer. There are several stories online [...]
Just across the river is my second favorite farmers market, the Byrd Market. I like seeing the local chefs shopping there in their chef attire and great to hit if you didn’t get everything you needed for the weekend. One final benefit is Nate’s Tacos for an early dinner. The market kicks off today at [...]
I have just found out about a new group of artist on our side of the river. Details below were pulled from an email received from the Bizarre Market. Studio Two Three is, amongst other things, a printmaking collective that is now offering memberships to its almost-ready location in Manchester–for $85, you can join and [...]
The Southampton Elementary School Garden Celebration was a great community event on May 1st. More than 100 neighbors, parents, teachers, and friends joined in the celebration, which was designed to commemorate the learning gardens at the school. Supported by the Southampton Community, neighbors, the Richmond Audubon Society and a host of volunteers, the garden is [...]
Huguenot Neighborhood Team is moving to 9020 Stony Point Parkway, First Floor meeting room, effective May 4. Same time and date which is 6 p.m. the first Tuesday of each month. If anyone would like to give a report about what is happening in that neck of the woods it would be greatly appreciated.
The Friends of Forest Hill Park facebook pages has a map of the trails in the park. The map was produced by Nathan Burrell of the city Department of Parks & Recreation who also was instrumental in the work done on improving the trails.
Today is a big day for the Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts. Tonight the school board will vote on whether classes can be temporarily held at nearby Woodland Heights Baptist Church. If approved, classes would start August 11 with a staff that Principal Pamela Boyd has been interviewing. The school has the funds [...]
As regular readers know David Hathcock is frequent contributor of items to our little blog so we are happy to post this announcement and hope he gets a good turnout. I am interested in a small, quick artist’s contest for a painting of the South of the James Farmers Market. I will pay a noticeable [...]
