From ABC8; Richmond Fire responded to a river rescue at Belle Isle. At around 6:30 PM Tuesday evening, a young woman was reported to be stranded in the river. When 2 others tried to rescue her from the water, they were stranded as well. All 3 were rescued by crews without incident. Stay with 8News [...]
Once again Richmonders chose to ignore signs warning that they needed life jackets to be playing in the river. The result was predictable and reported by the RTD. Richmond firefighters rescued seven people from the James River on Sunday afternoon. Rescue crews responded to the river near Belle Isle around 3 p.m. for five teenagers [...]
I haven’t done a post about the Splash & Dash yet since it happens on July 14th but I don’t want any splashers or dashers to miss out on the deal. Find out more about the James River Association’s James River Splash & Dash on their website. Quick summary: trail run then you float/paddle and [...]
Head to CBS6 for an interview with the kayaker.
HandsOn RVA is looking for 12-15 committed volunteers to explore Water Quality in Richmond and the implications of not addressing the many issues facing our local watersheds. Three projects will be led by Chesterfield County Department of Environmental Engineering, James River Park System, and the James River Advisory Council. One of these projects and the kickoff are [...]
Sorry for the sarcastic tone but couldn’t help myself. We’ve seen heavy rain. Rain follows the path of least resistance downhill. Eventually it goes into the river and the river will rise. It’s not rocket science yet somehow some brainiacs can’t figure it out. Three people had to be rescued from the river today near [...]
Also, the Manchester/Gen Dist Court case # is GC10003568-00. Stacy gave her the first ticket, too. It chaps me no end that she lied about this on-camera. Statement of being chapped is by Jennifer C. the creator of this post. Richard H. is not chapped at this time.
From the Tumblr errthing matters is one panel of a 6-panel piece illustrating the history of the James River. Hit the link or the image to check out the other 5. Which one is your favorite?
From NBC12 Richmond Police are looking for a stabbing suspect, after a violent evening on Belle Isle Tuesday night.Police tell us the victim was stabbed several times, but should be okay. We’re told is all started out as some type of fight between the victim and suspect on Belle Isle. That escalated into the stabbing.The [...]
From the Friends of James River Park; Call for volunteers. A few of Richmond’s creative types are taking liberty with the surroundings and spray painting graffiti onto the piers of the Manchester Bridge. Come and join us this Saturday, March 10 at 9:30am as we return these areas to a more natural appearance. After we [...]
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Friends of James River Park along with The Boathouse restaurant are holding a contest to “honor those who support, enhance and champion The James River”. Prizes for the winners include: gift certificate to The Boathouse at Rockett’s Landing, Friends of James River Park membership and t-shirt, a Real Richmond food tour gift certificate and a Discover [...]
Whenever I whiz by Mayo Island, I shake my head at the recycling place and grimace at the barren landscape. People tell me of past good times when Cinco de Mayo was on the island and from the road I can’t imagine what it looked like. Phil Riggan of Richmond.com stopped his car, more likely [...]
Above is heading for Belle Isle (right under Lee Bridge) this spring. Looks like it will soon be time for me to dust off the mt. bike sitting in my basement. From the Belle Isle Skills Area website; Located on Belle Island, this skills facility will be an addition to the 18 miles of urban single [...]
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 [...]
A couple days ago Andy Thompson at Richmond Outside.com posted a story about how the new Reedy Creek put-in was nearing completion. One of the great aspects of this new put in is, it will be handicap accessible. According to the post it will be ready sometime next week. (Update from Phil in the comments [...]
JR “Polar Bear Plunge” from Brandon Montijo on Vimeo. Thanks to Brandon for sharing his footage of the plunge. Below is Richmond.com video
For the 5th year in a row folks will splash around in the James on New Year’s Day on purpose. It is time for the annual Polar Bear Plunge. The event is going down at noon on 1/1/2012 at Pony Pasture. Phil Riggin of Richmond.com has some insight on the roots of this, in my [...]
Recently the third part of a three part presentation of the Richmond Riverfront Plan was released. Public meetings were held to share this info. but not all of us could make the meeting. Fortunately we have folks like Phil Riggan who do attend the meeting and give us nice summaries on Richmond.com and we have folks [...]
Phill Riggan of Richmond.com has posted an excellent summary of the third and final public forum on the Richmond Riverfront Plan. There are some very interesting proposals that are being batted about. I think the one that would have the most direct affect on the majority of H&H readers would be the changes to Belle [...]
From the Friends of the James River ParksFacebook page; If you’re looking for something to do next weekend, stop by Pony Pasture Park on Saturday, Dec. 10, 9:30 to 1pm, to rip out some invasive vines and plant some native Virginia bluebells.
The Department of Planning and Development Review invites members of the public to attend the third Public Forum on the Richmond Riverfront Plan: Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 6:00 pm, Virginia War Memorial. Go to RVANews for a good summary and maps, lots of maps.
Ralph White, the head of James River Park System for over 31 years, has decided to call it quits. The news hit the public yesterday via Style Weekly. Ralph does plan to stick around until Jan. 2013 to wrap some projects up. Everyone I know that is active in the park system has nothing but positive to [...]
One of the many advantages of living here is the river and local watershed. What you might not realize is that there are volunteers educating and working to improve the areas water assets. One organization is the Reedy Creek Coalition. The RCC has stared a semi-regular educational series and are nice enough to let me share [...]
