From the Reedy Creek Coalition we learn of some tree planting happening on 2/11; Help restore Forest Hill Park’s old Azalea Gardens with Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Reedy Creek Coalition, and Friends of Forest Hill Park. Volunteers will be planting and mulching bare root seedling trees. Don’t worry, instruction for proper planting will be [...]
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 area’s water assets. One organization is the Reedy Creek Coalition. The RCC has started a semi-regular educational series and are nice enough to let me share [...]
I saw this originally on Richmond Outside but the event is being put on by Richmond MORE. The Reedy Creek Ramp Project is wrapping up and now it’s time to take care of the trails portion of the ramp. What? Isn’t this a boating ramp? How are trails involved? We’re glad you asked. One of [...]
Next time you go to Crossroads and can’t get a beer due to the crowd, you can blame Stephen Robertson (aka Blanchard’s Guy), Richmond.com, and this article. The cat or in this case the tasty micro-brew is out of the bag. Our little community gem has now been unveiled to the masses, or at least [...]
A tip from Shannon let’s us know that the scooter thieves are hitting the area again. She had an attempted theft in the Forest Heights/Reedy Creek neighborhood near 34th & Beattie. She also reported that thieves were successful across the street last Wednesday but that scooter has been recovered. If you need help making sure [...]
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR REEDY CREEK TRASH CLEANUP SATURDAY, September 10th — 8:30 – 12:00 WHY Volunteers will remove paper, bottles, cans, old tires and other debris from Reedy Creek, located in southside Richmond. Litter and trash that enter our streams and rivers make those waters unsafe for people and impacts wildlife. This event is also [...]
Karen Kester aka The Bug Lady is starting a neat project at Reedy creek. I initiated a long term project in cooperation with VCU Biology undergraduate students to transform the old butterfly garden at Reedy Creek (next to the James River Park headquarters Building) into an “Insect-Plant Garden”. Our goal is to develop a sustainable [...]
Lt. Michael J. Bender, Jr. of Sector 211, 2nd Precinct wanted to get word out about some robberies that have recently occurred. If anyone has any information about these events and can assist us with identifying them please contact Lt. Bender at 646-8146. With this sudden increase in robberies you will see more officers in [...]
CELEBRATE WETLANDS! Saturday, April 9 from 9:00 am – 11:00 am Join the Reedy Creek Coalition in a Nature Walk and Stream Clean-up around the Beaufont Grove Wetland located in the headwaters of Reedy Creek.
I wish I had one of those flashy graphics you see on the news but I don’t. What I can do is give you a taste of the epic battle of man vs. swine and then you can head over to James River News Hub to get the full story as told to Phil Riggan [...]
JRNH has a nice post about the urban meadows we have along the James River and the HandsOn wildflower planting that occurred on Saturday. Head to the JRNH Facebook page to see some photos of the planting. In the post park manager and naturalist Ralph White talks about the benefits, what you’re likely to see and [...]
If you are a mountain biker check this out from Richmond MORE’s Facebook: This Saturday 3-26-11 we will be meeting at Reedy Creek at 9am again and continuing work on the Buttermilk East re-route. Nathan and the crew hope that this last push will finish up the re-route.
HandsOn Greater Richmond will be helping to make our area a little more beautiful on Saturday, March 26th. This event is open to all ages but you need to sign up online. The James River is the heart of our city: home to beautiful vistas, white capped rapids, and wildlife from eagles to sturgeon. Fields around [...]
The rain prevented this event from happening last weekend. The weather forecast is looking good for Sunday so the tree planting is on for Sunday.
Well despite my semi-best efforts Karri Peifer of Richmond.com got the scoop on long dormant Parkside Cafe’s possible awakening. She has been given a copy of the menu and reports a opening date of “soon”. On the plus side this soon doesn’t mean summer of 2011 but much sooner. As expected no date was given. [...]
Karri Peifer of Richmond.com fame has set up a Reedy Creek Facebook page. It is a great way to connect with neighbors and see what is happening in the hood. Everyone is encouraged to join, you don’t have to be in the Reedy Creek Neighborhood to go to the page and “like it”. I definitely like the [...]
The James River Outdoor Coalition is meeting tonight (Wednesday) at 6 p.m. in the James River Park System Reedy Creek visitor center located at 4301 Riverside Drive . At the meeting, Bob Crum from the Capital Region Collaboration is presenting plans for the James River and Richmond. One purpose of the meeting is to get public [...]
Acting Lieutenant Michael Bender of the 2nd Precinct has released his November Police Report; The next item I would like to share with you is November’s crime statistics for Sector 211. We had two homicides during the past month but have been working diligently to bring the offenders to justice. One of the suspects has [...]
Email from a concerned Reedy Creek neighbor; I just confronted a guy walking out of my backyard with a gas can (which was in a closed, unlocked storage shed). He denied going in the shed and told me he found the can in the driveway (not possible). He said his last name was Drudge (can’t [...]
On Sunday, October 24, the Reedy Creek Coalition offered a tour of the Reedy Creek watershed to the public. [slideshow id=71] link to flickr set (with comments) here
On October 24th, The Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay, Friends of Forest Hill Park, and the Reedy Creek Coalition will sponsor a tour of the Reedy Creek watershed. The tour will provide the public with an overview of the Reedy Creek watershed and an introduction to the community conservation efforts promoted by these organizations to [...]
Andy Thompson took a look at Reedy Creek after the rainstorms last week in the RTD. The article was posted on Friday but I missed it and the picture above was sent in over the weekend. But on this day, there was nothing small about Reedy. It raged, swollen and brown. Rain continued to fall, [...]
From Dana on Woodland Heights Yahoo Group; Injured male pitbull, red, maybe less than a year old, non-neutered, lying in path, possibly hit by car. Alive, dazed, possibly broken back leg. Neighbor is giving limited veterinary attention to him. Will post more when more is known. No collar. Reedy Creek canoe entrance. Clara Winstead is [...]
From Facebook; Please join us on Saturday June 5th at 9am in the Reedy Creek parking lot. We will be working on rerouting a section of the Buttermilk trail. This will involve cutting in about 300 feet of new trail and reclaiming about 250 feet of trail. Lunch will be provided for all volunteers as [...]
Photos and a little info on the winners of the people’s choice for best decorated. Thanks to Diane Pendelton for the info and photos. Congrats on the victory and the fine work. Cindi Mashburn, Robin Ruth, Suzette Lyon, Bill Shanabruch pictured – Jack Mason also contributed. Bugs were made with cardboard, paper mache’, wire, pipe [...]
