Over at je ne sais pas, John Murden posts a few photos from his meanderings through the eastern wing of Northside Richmond. Murden has 67 photos in his set of Northside images at flickr.
Ginter Park United Methodist Church will hold a Neighborhood Meeting from 7:00 until 9:00pm on Wednesday, October 1, to discuss the future use of the Smithdeal House at the corner of Chamberlayne and Laburnum avenues. The meeting will be held at the church at 1010 West Laburnum Avenue. Over the years this house has been [...]
City Council candidates for the 2nd and 3rd districts have submitted their responses to the first in a series of weekly questions put to them by RVANews. The question: List five initiatives that you believe are more important than finding a new baseball team for the City of Richmond. Here are the answers from all [...]
The Bellevue Area has officially “graduated” from the Richmond Department of Economic Development’s Commercial Area Revitalization Effort (CARE) program. The CARE program is designed to revitalize older neighborhood commercial districts — like the strip of shops at Bellevue and Brook, and those along MacArthur Avenue: As a measure of success, the program tracks vacant commercial [...]
The Ginter Park Residents’ Association neighborhood clean-up will be held from 8:00am until 12:00 noon on Saturday, September 27. The association needs at least 20 volunteers to help drive and load the trucks, as the community joins together to clear the neighborhood of trash, and discarded furniture or appliances. (Check out the September newsletter for [...]
Members of the Ginter Park Residents’ Association are invited to attend a Candidates Forum and Dinner at 6:30pm on Thursday, September 25, at St. Thomas’ Episcopal Church. All candidates for School Board and City Council for the 2nd and 3rd Districts have been invited. Child care will be provided.
Parents of students at Linwood Holton Elementary School are invited to attend the school’s Back To School Night at 6:30pm on Tuesday, September 23.
On Saturday, September 20, from 1:00 until 4:00pm, women’s massage therapist Rebecca Hord and reflexologist Talia Moser will be on hand at 4025 Yoga (at 4025 MacArthur Avenue) to share information on the benefits of massage and reflexology during pregnancy. Complimentary mini treatments will be given.
The evening of stargazing planned for Bryan Park — first during the summer and then for October 9 — has been postponed. Keep an eye on North Richmond News for updates on a rescheduled date for the event.
It seems like there hasn’t been a week this summer where on publication or another hasn’t pointed the spotlight at one of Richmond’s burgeoning farmers’ markets. This time it’s the September issue of North of the James magazine, which hit the newstands and doorsteps of Richmond’s Northside community last week. Sam Redd profiles the new [...]
