Tuesday night at Linwood Holton, 6.30 – 8.00pm, the Mayor will meet with the residents of the 4th Precinct to discuss the Mayor’s Participation and Communication Corps (MPACC). From the Mayor’s press release: MPACC is an integral enhancement to the sharing of information and increased community involvement. MPACC has two major components: Proactive, service driven [...]
1,800 roses is a lot of roses. This Saturday – Sunday (October 2nd & 3rd) Lewis Ginter will be hosting Rosefest. Coinciding with the blooming of all those roses, there will be food, dancing, and all kinds of other stuff going on. Including: A display by Ikebana of Richmond A tango demonstration/class Wine-tasting and dining [...]
Park’s Combo II at 100 East Brookland Park Boulevard got popped by the Health Department for 3 critical and 6 non-critical violations (many involving cleanliness) on September 17th. Park’s did about as well back in June.
If your the kind of person that loves nothing more than a good yard sale, today is you day. From Craigslist: Community Yard Sale in Historic Ginter Park 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 Saturday: Seminary Ave. (3012,3504,3611,3917,4211); W. Seminary Ave. (5001,5020); Seminary Place (1104); Hawthorne Ave. (3105,3223); Palmyra Ave. (1218,1502); Confederate Ave. (1210,1403,1404,1501); Gloucester Rd. (3415); [...]
Boaz& Ruth is putting together their second annual Long Walk to Freedom on Saturday October 9th. Registration ends Friday October 8th. Long Walk to Freedom is designed to achieve two goals: 1) raise awareness of the challenges facing released prisoners and 2) raise funds for programs that provide solutions to these challenges. Along the way, [...]
Registration is now open for the RPD’s Citizens Police Academy. The Academy is eight two-hour sessions twice weekly spanning about a month. The classes will cover different areas of the Department provided by expert guest instructors, presenters as well as certified police officers and supervisors. The courses’ are diverse and range from the organizational structure [...]
This week’s Insomnia Theatre feature is Room, and the Movies & Mimosa’s feature is Breakfast at Tiffany’s (woohoo!). You can see Movieland’s full list of first run films here.
As an addendum to the a Style Weekly article detailing the depressing state of affairs on Brookland Park Boulevard, here is the Conceptual Streetscape Improvements and Probable Costs Brookland Park Boulevard (PDF) from November 5, 2007 (prepared for City of Richmond Department of Economic Development).
The Brookland Park Historic District is composed of several late-nineteenth and early-twentieth subdivisions anchored by commercial development at North Avenue and Brookland Park Boulevard.
