The mighty chain of the local Internet community (Hills and Heights from Church Hill Peoples News from Apartment Therapy Re-Nest from the Central Virginia Waste Management site) brings news of discounted home composting bins: CVWMA has partnered with two compost bin suppliers – Solarcone and Covered Bridge Organic – to help citizens compost at home. [...]
Peter Bacque at the Richmond Times-Dispatch profiles Melody Barnes, a former Northside resident and current director of President Obama’s Domestic Policy Council: Her parents, Charles and Frances Barnes, still live on North Side, and Barnes was in town to speak last night at the awards banquet of the Metropolitan Business League’s Virginia Business Empowerment Conference [...]
A proposed apartment complex on Chamberlayne Avenue could alleviate overcrowding at Virginia Commonwealth University and change the face of a North Richmond gateway. The Times-Dispatch has more: Virginia Commonwealth University’s swelling enrollment could help attract development to Richmond’s North Side. A Georgia-based company is proposing to build a 192-unit apartment complex along Chamberlayne Avenue that [...]
The Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities is looking for 25 teenagers, ages 13 to 17, who would be willing to share their opinions about the department’s programs and services. Teens are being sought to participate in a focus group discussion on February 18, from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Pine Camp Cultural [...]
From Lt. Timothy Morley of Richmond’s Fourth Precinct comes an invitation to the North Richmond community to come out and welcome the City of Richmond Police Department’s Fourth Precinct to its new home on Chamberlayne Avenue: Chief Bryan Norwood, and the men and women of Fourth Precinct, invite the community to our Grand Opening Celebration. [...]
Plans for representatives of the City of Richmond and Highwoods Properties to discuss the mixed-use development proposal for 60+ acres of city-owned property surrounding the Diamond are still on track. The public meeting will be held next Tuesday, February 10, from 6:30 until 8:00 p.m. at Holton Elementary School. The meeting is open to the [...]
The Times-Dispatch’s Monday business section took a look at one of MacArthur Avenues quieter storefronts, and revealed that there’s plenty of activity going to behind the doors at Rich’s Stitches: Identical twins Cecilia and Chris Rich opened Rich’s Stitches, an embroidery, screen-printing and ad specialty company, in 1988 in the basement of their brother’s home [...]
The 300 students at Chandler Middle School in North Richmond may be looking for a new place to hit the books come autumn, according to a report in last week’s Richmond Times-Dispatch: Richmond’s Chandler Middle School almost certainly will close at the end of the school year because of failure to meet federal academic standards, [...]
From the Richmond Times-Dispatch: The Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority has scheduled two public forums to discuss design plans for its Gilpin Court and Dove Street communities. From 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, officials will unveil plans for an 8- to 10-year project to transform Gilpin Court. The meeting will take place in the Calhoun [...]
