The proposed $1 a month fee raise was certainly a hot topic here and everyone on the internet when it first came to light. VDOT heard the outcry and has decided to deal with noise by closing the door so it can’t hear our complaints. VDOT says it will not hold hearings on the proposed [...]
The house above is just one of the lovely houses you’ll get a chance to check out. Tickets are now available for the 2012 Westover Hills Home tour, scheduled for Sunday, April 29, from noon to 5 p.m. Tickets are $12.50 each in advance and will be $15 each on the day of the tour.
The City of Richmond proudly presents the Love Your Block mini-grant opportunity for community-based organizations. The City will provide competitive grants, comprised in the increment of a $500 Home Depot gift cards, to neighborhood groups to purchase the supplies needed for their local project and will coordinate city services to support the effort.
Parkway apartments are the subject of a recent court battle between the city/community and the owner. The owner lost that battle and is beating a hasty retreat by trying to sell the building. Before you get out your checkbook bear in mind that the building is going to take extensive remodeling to address open issues. [...]
The Tumblr Office Gets a View from Alex Stone on Vimeo. Damn you school program that will prevent me from going to Legend to enjoy the new and improved deck view. The video above is a little to the right of Legend in the Corrugated Box building.
Richmond BizSense.com has some of the details of the the 18 acre block of land between the river and Legend Brewery that is now under contract to Tom Wilkinson of Franklin Development Group.
Posted at the request of the Westover Hills Merchant Association. Original article was printed in the most recent issue of the Westover Hills Rag. The arch pictured above is just one recommendation of the study and is not meant to imply that the local merchants are planning such a structure at this time. I just [...]
From the Planning and Development Review board: The City of Richmond Public Art Commission is seeking qualified artists to create commissioned outdoor artwork for the new Fire Station #17. The selected site is located on the site of the soon to be complete station on Semmes Avenue. The total purchase budget for this project is $27,000. There [...]
Relay Living the blog arm of Relay (an online food market and delivery service in Charlottesville and RVA) has already done one profile on a Southbank favorite, Blanchard’s and are back to hit another favorite, Tricycle Gardens.
Notice anything interesting in the picture above? It is a FourSquare list of great places to visit in RVA. For those not up to speed on FourSquare it is an smartphone app that allows you to check it to various locations and receive point and virtual badges. Upon checking in often you will see recommendations, [...]
Anyone that lives or travels by 5047 Forest Hill Ave knows when the folks at Blanchard’s are hard at work roasting their coffee. We have been lucky enough to have access to truly locally roasted coffee. It doesn’t get more local than a few blocks. I heard rumors a little bit ago that Blanchard’s was [...]
According to the Style Weekly article the McGuire Veterans Medical Center is recognized as being one of the best in the country in dealing with spinal cord and brain injuries. Receiving $30 million worth of Federal money is going to allow the facility to improve even more.
Less than good news reported by Style Weekly. Starting 1/16 if you head down to Art Works or Plant Zero to work in a studio or check out one of the many events, plan to pay if you usually park in the big lot next to Art Works. The addition of pay parking has Glenda Kotchish, co-owner [...]
I did a write up of last year’s competition which was focused on Manchester. This year the focus is on Mayo. From the James River Green Building Council. The kickoff was last week. For more information including registering for the competition head here. (Previously I had a bunch of info. about the kickoff which I thought was [...]
For those wondering what is going on next to the UPS building on Semmes, your answer lies above. These project is being lead by KBS who have done a number of projects throughout Richmond. This development will be called Manchester Place and the description is below.
Eric Fulks has been a carpenter, RVA parks worker and now wants to become a local sustainable house builder using material that most of us would toss. Eric is building a model home somewhere in the area but unfortunately the Style Weekly article references Forest Hill in the photo and Westover Hills in the body [...]
The Better Housing Coalition has announced the nominees for the 2011 Golden Hammer Awards and our area is well represented. The winners will be announced Thursday, November 3, at the Hippodrome in Jackson Ward. Check out all the nominees at Church Hill People News and continue on to check out our local building all-stars. Thanks to John Murden and [...]
You know that empty lot on Semmes right before the bridge that used to serve as a parking lot? Well it might not be empty for long.
The Southampton Citizens Association is asking it’s members to take a survey on Cherokee Road; Cherokee Road is a widely used route through our community, and we want to know what you think about this street. In light of area activity, such as the Forest Hill Avenue project and Huguenot Bridge, we believe it makes [...]
Editorial by H&H resident Leigh Ann McKelway First the facts: The Richmond Department of Public Works has designed a project to widen Forest Hill Avenue between Powhite Parkway and Hathaway Road. The proposal calls for four travel lanes that are each 11 feet wide, a raised median that is 14 feet wide plus bike lanes [...]
A reader had a question about the sudden appearance of a bulldozer in his neighborhood. We found out what was going down. Does anyone know about the construction on Sequoyah Road? Yesterday a crew came in and started working on the side of the road, taking down trees and digging. This morning there is a [...]
From the report Foreward (it is a large pdf); The purpose of the Richmond Green Infrastructure Assessment is to identify vacant parcels that could add significant value to the city’s open space portfolio in the form of a green infrastructure network. This report presents the results of the assessment: a potential citywide green infrastructure network [...]
The Mayor’s Participation and Communication Corp is designed to improve communication and thus services between the city and the community. Service driven initiatives can include but aren’t limited to matters relating to land use, public safety, parks and recreation. From the official invite: MPACC is a partnership between the city, residents and business leaders. MPACC [...]
This is a follow up to the discussion yesterday on the Forest Hill Avenue project. The original Option A is after the break as well as another perspective of revised Option A. Click on any image to enlarge.
