Save 30% to 50% at the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden’s winter sale at the garden shop through February 10. Save on GardenFest treasures and other non-holiday shop items. Members save an additional 10%. The garden shop is open from 10:00 am until 5:00 pm on Monday through Saturday, and from 1:00 until 5:00 pm on ...
Join the community for the “Linwood Holton Elementary 8th Annual 5K Run/Walk, Holton Hustle and Family Festival” on Saturday, March 8. Details from the registration flyer: 7:45 am Check-In & Registration 8:15 am Kid’s 200 Meter Holton Hustle Begins 9:00 am Race Begins 10-2:00 pm Family Festival Don’t miss this great opportunity to spend a wonderful day with family and ...
On Saturday, February 2, beginning at 4:00 pm the North Richmond streets of Confederate and Gloucester avenues will be filled with Mardi Gras-style festivities. Here’s the scoop: Decorate Your Car, Your Bike, Your Wagon, Your Pet and, yes, even your RIDING LAWN MOWER! Prizes Will Be Awarded! Participants: Arrive at 1503 Confederate Avenue between 3:30 & 3:45 ...
Ginter Park United Methodist Church — at the corner of West Laburnum and Chamberlayne avenues — will be the host for CARITAS beginning Feb. 9. “Congregations Around Richmond Involved to Assure Shelter” (CARITAS) was organized in the 1980’s to address an unmet need for emergency shelter for homeless adults in the cold winter months. Today, CARITAS ...
NBC12 had an update on the proposed development along the North Boulevard corridor and the land surrounding the Diamond ballpark in North Richmond: Recommendations for the North Boulevard redevelopment plan call for a new 8,000-seat baseball stadium, the relocation of the Dept. of Public Works and a remodel of the Arthur Ashe Center. Proponents of the ...
North Richmond’s representative on City Council, Chris Hilbert, is facing some competition this fall in his bid for reelection, Style Weekly reports today: Third District Councilman Chris Hilbert will face at least one challenger when he runs for re-election in the fall. Jonathan Davis, a longtime district resident and community activist, says he’ll officially announce his ...
Our peeps at Church Hill People’s News alerted us to a workshop being held this Saturday: ACORN, in partnership with the Library of Virginia, will present Uncovering the History of Your House, a Seminar in Researching the History of Homes on Saturday January 26th, from 9AM to 12:30PM at the Library of Virginia (800 E. Broad ...
The Richmond Planning Commission is inviting the public to speak up on the city’s proposed Downtown Plan at a series of neighborhood meetings planned for late January and February. (Check out Buttermilk & Molasses for more information than you can stand on the Downtown Plan.) Property owners and interested members of the public are encouraged to ...
Richmond residents interested in learning the proper methods of plan and maintaining trees can become Richmond Tree Stewards by participating in a series of workshops sponsored by Richmond’s Department of Parks and Recreation. Class topics include tree identification, tree biology, soil characteristics, planting and care, health and maintenance, and proper pruning methods. The Tree ...
Richmond Parks and Rec presents a series of talks on African-American artists by Kathryn Reid at Pine Camp Arts and Community Center in celebration of Black History Month. Reid is a retired art teacher who taught for Richmond Public Schools and Virginia Union University. She has had a personal interest in African-American artists for many years ...
The Richmond Times-Dispatch reported recently that North Richmond’s 4th Precinct has a few hundred anti-theft devices that lock car steering wheels available for area residents: Vehicle thefts generally are down across the city, but a recent upswing in thefts from vehicles in some areas of Richmond has police warning residents to be more vigilant about their ...
Residents of Bellevue, Ginter Park and Washington Park — keep your eyes open for NO PARKING signs in your neighborhood indicating scheduled leaf collection between January 21 through February 1. ...
Northside District 3 Councilman Chris Hilbert will host his monthly District Meeting at 6:00 pm on Wednesday, January 23, at the Police Training Academy located at 1202 W. Graham Road (adjacent to Virginia Union University). This meeting will conclude the District Planning and Priority Process. All residents are invited to participate. ...
Due to the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, the Friends of Bryan Park Board meeting will be held on Monday, January 28, at 7:00 pm. The meeting will be held in the Gatekeepers House at Bryan Park. ...
The Bellevue Civic Association General Meeting will be held this Tuesday, January 22, at Holton Elementary School. Dinner will be served at 6:30 pm and the meeting begins at 7:00 pm. ...
Richmond Parks and Rec will present an African-American art exhibit, showcasing the work of more than 30 artists, in the Spotlight Gallery at North Richmond’s Pine Camp Arts and Community Center from February 3 through March 28. Each piece in the exhibit, titled “Friends and Mentors,” will be accompanied by an artist’s statement describing the ...
North Richmond’s Kitchen 64 continues to draw a variety of reviews from local news publications and weblogs, including a recent review from local weblog Messy Cuisine: Last week I finally had the opportunity to visit Kitchen 64, located off I-64 in Richmond, VA, at the Boulevard. This place has gotten a lot of press and friends recommended ...
The University of Richmond will partner with Habitat for Humanity, the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority and Boaz and Ruth to build an affordable hose in the Highland Park neighborhood of North Richmond. “This collaboration is an important part of Build It, the University’s largest sustained community-engagement initiative coordinated by the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement,” ...
The Church Hill People’s News has details on the city’s open enrollment schools — which include Ginter Park elementary: Applications to attend one of Richmond City’s open enrollment schools for the 2008-2009 school year are due Feb. 8. Open enrollment elementary schools are divided into three zones. The Zone III elementary schools are Bellevue, Ginter Park ...
Earlier this month, we posted about a group of VCU urban design students and their analysis of the Lakeside corridor that extends from Bryan Park in Richmond to Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens in Henrico. Richmond.com has run an extensive article on the student’s proposal for the mile-long stretch of Lakeside Avenue: Students noted that clustering convenience ...