After-School Program Registration Sept. 2-5
According to Church Hill People’s News: Fall registration for the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities’ After School Programs will take place Sept. 2 through Sept. 5 from school closing to 5:30 p.m. each day. Registration is held in the school cafeterias of the 21 Richmond elementary schools where the program is offered. [...]
Wilder Accuses City Auditor Umesh Dalal of Being Council President Bill Pantele’s “Political lapdog”
In a response to the Times-Dispatch article which reported that the city failed to improve controlling fuel spending by the city fleet, the mayor has released the following response from press secretary Linwood Norman: From Mayor L. Douglas Wilder: “It is clear the City Auditor has become a political lapdog in return for favors granted [...]
Greene Elementary Rally Rocks!
Heretofore the best school opening rally I have been to has to be Greene Elementary. The event began with administration, teachers, parents, and students touring the neighborhood on a bus. Then parents, children, and faculty witnessed a show that began with a local church organization sponsored drum line that consisted of 7-13 year olds that [...]
Huguenot’s Principal Natasha Thompson is “Getting Students Ready for the 21st Century.”
Ten new principals have kicked off the new school year in Richmond Public Schools, and to my knowledge SouthsideRichmond.org is the first to have an exclusive interview with one of these new leaders in our community. As students were practicing band drills and baton throwing, principal Natasha Thompson shared her experience, vision, and philosophy for [...]
Mayoral Forums Abound! (updated with even more!)
Updated 8/25/08: Our sincerest apology for anyone who was misinformed about the Richmond Crusade for Voters mayoral forum, the following information is accurate. Next week Thursday (9/4/08) a mayoral forum will be hosted by the Richmond Crusade for Voters at Thomas Jefferson High School at 6:30p.m. For more information call 804-906-0988. Additionally, four Southside neighborhood [...]
Greene Elementary gets a fashion make-over.
Starting this fall, students at Greene elementary will be black, white, and navy. They’ll be wearing uniforms.
A lament for Howard Scott.
Howard Scott is only 17, but he may be serving three life sentences. I knew him. I could see he was going to have a troubled future. He was sixteen and already had two children, at least that is what I was told. One day he told me his girlfriend had a miscarriage. I lamented [...]
The Southside just got a little safer.
Thanks to the Richmond Police Department’s efforts, four men have been arrested and charged for armed robbery.
It’s time to clean up this town!
Did you know that your civic or business association can get help cleaning up your neighborhood from the city? You supply the volunteers, and The Clean City Commission will supply city refuse trucks. Normally there is a $50 appliance collection fee, but that is waived for any registered volunteer group. To take advantage of this [...]
Broad Rock Elementary students are making change . . .
Students at Broad Rock Elementary are participating in the “Change for a Ten” project sponsored by Art 180. Art 180 is a non-profit organization that runs after-school art programs for at-risk students in Richmond. The project, “Change for a Ten,” is raising money and awareness to help keep these after school programs going. To participate, [...]
Welcome to Southside Richmond!
The goal of Southside Richmond is to pull together the community of the Richmonders living south of the James River at large with an emphasis on the 4th, 8th, and 9th districts, and not excluding our neighbors in the 5th and 6th districts. This site is to become a portal for accessing information about our [...]
Trani steps down for “health concerns”
In an article from the Times-Dispatch, Eugene Trani sites a quintuple bypass as his reason for stepping down as president of Virginia Commonwealth University.
It’s time for a post about compost.
The Richmond Clean City Commision will be holding a one day event to help Richmonders start composting. On September 6, 2008 from 9am to 4pm go to the Compost Bin Truck Load Sale at the Willow Lawn Shopping Center located at 1601 Willow Lawn Dr. You’ll find them in the parking lot between Kroger’s and [...]
Reva Trammel takes the chair for improving taxi service.
8th District City Councilwoman Reva Trammell is now the chairman of the Richmond Capital Region Taxicab Advisory Board. According to an article in Style Weekly: Trammell, first appointed to the board in December, will lead the advisory body in developing recommendations for amending and administering taxicab rates and laws, identifying and recommending solutions to taxi-related [...]
Broad Rock Park needs friends!
An initiative to create a Friends of Broad Rock Park non-profit organization is underway. The organization is being developed in order to restart a former initiative that began during Gwen Hedgepath’s administration in city council. At the time plans were made to develop a community center which would include an indoor pool. The current concept [...]
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