Archive for September, 2007

map of Richmond’s 2nd District

One of the interesting handouts at Pantele’s meeting last week was a map of the gerrymandered-looking 2nd District, particularly useful since the map on the city site is basically worthless. See a larger version of the map…

from Carver & Jackson Ward News

September 30, 2007

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Rebuilding Together yesterday

The Adult Career Development Center (ACDC) hosted the Rebuilding Together Richmond Day in Jackson Ward yesterday. Members of the the City Lights Partnership (Historic Jackson Ward Association, Black History Museum, RRHA, Technology Resource Connections, ACDC, and Capital One) and volunteers from all over the city came together to to spruce up and renovate homes [...]

from Carver & Jackson Ward News

September 30, 2007

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yoga classes at Transmission

Starting October 22, a regular schedule of yoga classes will be offered at Transmission Gallery (321 Brook Road). To register or find out more, check out the Fully Empowered site or contact them at (804)200-9983 / info@fullyempowered.com.

from Carver & Jackson Ward News

September 30, 2007

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Will “Campus Apartments” be good for the neighborhood?

The RTD has a great story about a new landlord in town, Campus Apartments (aka Campus Pierce Arrow, LLC), which now owns 23 rental properties on and around The Boulevard. With VCU creeping further away from it’s hub, encroaching Oregon Hill and taking over a large part of the fan, any rental company that wants [...]

by West of the Boulevard News

September 30, 2007

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Italian Festival today and tomorrow

Richmond’s Italian-American community, in partnership with Historic St. John’s Church, have organized two days to celebrate Italy! Cultural displays will be provided by local Italian organizations, live demonstrations, traditional Italian folk dancing, wine tasting, and live music are among the many things planned for the two day festival. Authentic Italian cuisine will be provided by [...]

from Church Hill People's News

September 29, 2007

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this might be useful

We’ve added a new detail at the bottom of the right side of the page called a tag cloud. Each post on the site is tagged with key words from whatever it is about, and these words are pulled into the tag cloud. The more often a tag is used, the larger it will appear [...]

from Church Hill People's News

September 29, 2007

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new restaurant coming to 25th Street?

We’ve heard that a new bar or restaurant is coming to the former location of Malone’s Place on the 400 block of North 25th Street (next to the East End Post Office). There are guys there right now clearing out the building.

from Church Hill People's News

September 29, 2007

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parking stickers coming to Carver

VCU’s Commonwealth Times has confirmed earlier reportsthat starting in January parking decals will be required to park in Carver for more than an hour. In an attempt to cut down on VCU-related parking congestion in the neighborhood, only vehicles with one of the $25 resident decals will be able to park on the street for [...]

from Carver & Jackson Ward News

September 29, 2007

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Confederates 21, Wildcats 0

Playing in Hanover last night, Armstrong lost to Lee-Davis 21-0 in their district opener.. The Wildcats (0-1, 2-3) were held to just 70 yards total offense.

from Church Hill People's News

September 29, 2007

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VCU gym plans get state approval

The headline of the RTD article says it all: VCU gym plans move ahead - State official OKs proposed expansion of Cary St. facility into Richmond’s Oregon Hill. VCU has aproval from the state to move/demolish the 2 stables and to build a 125,000-square-foot student rec center in their place.

from Oregon Hill

September 29, 2007

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