Update~Today’s 9th District Community Meeting to Discuss Community Gardens
Important Meeting Update! Unfortunately the planned discussion on the Mayor’s Participation and Communications Corps (MPACC) has been cancelled for tonight’s 9th District Meeting, but we will instead be treated to a different interesting issue. Dr. Carolyn Graham, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer for Human Services, will be speaking on the City’s plans for turning unused city property [...]
9th District Community Meeting to Discuss Mayor’s Participation & Communications Corps
Join Councilman Doug Conner on Tuesday, February 15, 2011 for February’s 9th District Community Meeting. DATE: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 LOCATION: Southside Baptist Christian School 5515 Bryce Lane (Off Hull Street Road) Richmond, VA 23224 MEETING AGENDA: 5:00pm-6:30pm – Report from Richmond Police Department; Mayor’s Participation and Communication Corps (MPACC) 6:30pm-7:00pm – 9th District Community [...]
10 Questions With Artist-Thomas Van Auken-Giving Southside Soul
I’ve been thinking about doing a series of interviews with artists/creatives friends who live in our area of Southside for some time. Welcome! I’m finally getting to that plan. My hope is to create a better awareness of the area through the knowledge that great people – people you likely already know – are increasingly [...]
The Guide to Neighborhood Improvement is a Must Read
The Mayor’s Office of the City of Richmond has published the latest “Guide to Neighborhood Improvement” – the “go to” document for answering any questions you have about city laws, from how to care for your dogs and maintain your property to the noise ordinance and security. So keep your neighbors happy and read about [...]
It’s Finally Leaf Collection Time in South Richmond!
Ok, if you haven’t raked your leaves yet, it’s time! The City of Richmond Public Works will be in the areas of “Broad Rock/Brookbury” this week and next – February 7 – 18, 2011. The geographic areas included are between Hull Street Road and Jefferson Davis Highway and Chippenham Parkway. Here’s advice from the city [...]
Man Supposedly Shot on 34th Street
Found this curious article this morning in the Richmond Times Dispatch. Will keep an eye out to see if this actually comes out to be true. A man told police he was shot early today in an attempted robbery in a South Richmond alley. Richmond police Lt. Angela Greene said the man was taken to VCU Medical [...]
Councilman Doug Conner Invites You to Today’s 9th District Meeting
MEETING REMINDER! Don’t forget that today at 5pm is the first meeting of the new year in the 9th District… 9th District Councilman Doug Conner invites you to the first meeting of the new year to discuss events and issues of local interest to the Southside Gateway community, and we hope you will attend! This will [...]
Southside Restaurant Eat Rice Robbed
We’re saddened learn that one of our favorite restaurants on Southside, Eat Rice, has become a casualty of robbery, which has plagued the Jahnke Road area over the past couple weeks. Thankfully no one was hurt. The Richmond Times Dispatch has the details. No one was injured in the armed robbery of a South Richmond [...]
RTD & WWBT12 Cover Recent Crime in Hillside Court
Today’s Richmond Times Dispatch has a front page article detailing recent events in the Hillside Court area of the south eastern part of the city. You can read the complete story here. In a related story, WWBT12 is reporting today that the suspect wanted in Tuesday’s shooting has turned themselves in. You can read the [...]
Arrest Has Been Made in New Year’s Shooting on Southlawn Avenue!
An Email Advisory from the Richmond Police Department, dated 1/20/2011 announces that an arrest in the Southlawn Avenue Homicides on New Year’s Eve. We congratulated the RPD on all their hard work to solve this crime! You can also read about it at the Richmond Times Dispatch. Richmond Police investigators have arrested and charged Ivan [...]
Hillside Court Shooting Victim Identified
The Richmond Times Dispatch has just reported an update on yesterday’s shooting incident in the Hillside Court area of Richmond. Richmond police today were searching for several males believed to have been involved in the shooting of two women, one fatally, in the Hillside Court area of Richmond shortly after 7 p.m. Tuesday. Police spokesman Gene Lepley [...]
First 9th District Community Meeting of the Year to Discuss Midlothian Turnpike
9th District Councilman Doug Conner invites you to the first meeting of the new year to discuss events and issues of local interest to the Southside Gateway community, and we hope you will attend! This will be an important meeting as the primary item of agenda is to provide updates on various Midlothian Turnpike Improvement Projects. [...]
Community Meeting on Jahnke Road Area Crime Happening Thursday, January 20
Our friends over at the great Hills & Heights blog have an important update on a meeting concerning recent crime in the Janke Road area that I’m passing along since that’s close to our neck of the woods. (News of the robbery at Ho-Wah came as particularly unsettling taken into consideration that I was picking [...]
Suspects Sought in Overnight Shooting in Hillside Court, One Fatally Shot
The Richmond Times Dispatch has just posted an update on a shooting that also took place on Tuesday evening, January 18, 2011 in the Hillside Court area, which is located east of the city between Jefferson Davis Highway and Commerce Road. Richmond Police today were searching for several males believed to have been involved in [...]
Domestic Violence & Armed Robbery Hit Southside
Last night proved to be a busy night on the south side of the Richmond with an armed robbery and domestic assault. These incidents were reported in today’s Richmond Times Dispatch for events occurring Tuesday, January 18, 2011. Both incidents occurred outside our focus area but I’m including them since they are reported as taking place [...]
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