Southside Richmond

A Community Blog for Richmonders South of the James River

Introducing Incoming 9th District Councilwoman Michelle Mosby

As Style Weekly recently reported, Michelle Mosby’s win in the 9th District certainly did come as a surprise. City Councilman Doug Conner has been a popular, hard working representative, bringing long overdue attention and financial support to one of Richmond’s often forgotten areas. And he’s been quite a change following ineffectual representatives like longterm Councilwoman Carolyn Wake [...]

5 Questions With the 9th District Candidates

It’s almost Election Day. Do you know who’s running for City Council seat of the 9th District? Candidate Michelle Mosby takes on the incumbent Doug Conner in this the 2012 election. Both candidates are vying for your vote on Tuesday, November 6 so be sure to educate yourself and get out the vote. Local news [...]

9th District Community Meeting Reminder

Join Councilman Doug Conner and your neighbors tonight, Tuesday, October 23, for October’s Community Meeting. As usual, the meeting will start at 5:00pm and be held at the Southside Baptist Christian School (Auditorium). On the agenda for tonight is the monthly report by the Richmond Police Department and updates on the Hull Street Revitalization Plan. [...]

June 9th District Meeting Tonight, June 28

Councilman Doug Conner invites the community to attend the June 28, 2011 9th District Community Meeting. Meetings begin at 5:00pm with a local crime report from the Richmond Police Department and regular business uusually begins at 5:30pm. Meeting Agenda: 5:00pm-5:30pm – 9th District Police Report 5:30-6:30pm – Updates on new city jail, community gardens, civic [...]

9th District Community Meeting April 26

The community is invited to the April 9th District Community Meeting, which will be held on Tuesday, April 26, 2011 Meetings are held at Southside Baptist Christian School, located at 5515 Bryce Lane off Hull Street Road. Agenda: Richmond Police Department Monthly Report 5:00-5:30pm Meeting 5:30-6:30pm Community Dinner 6:30-7:00pm

Recap of February 9th District Community Meeting

9th District Councilman Doug Conner presided over the February 15, 2011 9th District Community Meeting at Southside Baptist Christian School, which covered the following issues in the community: -RPD monthly report given by Lt. Angela Greene. One important issue noted is that the curfew for children under 18 is 11:00pm -Representative Benjamin Lambert unexpectedly appeared [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

Final 9th District Meeting of the Year

Councilman Doug Conner invites you to the.. FINAL 9th DISTRICT MEETING OF THE YEAR! The 9th District Meeting will be held Tuesday, December 2nd at 5:00PM – 7:00PM Location: Southside Baptist Christian School 5515 Bryce Lane, Richmond , VA 23224 Agenda: 2008 9th District Highlights and 2009 9th District goals. A free dinner will be [...]

Councilman Doug Conner is Cleaning Up!

On Saturday the 20th of September, Councilman Doug Conner will be hosting the monthly 9th district meeting at the “Daytona Dumpsite” where efforts made by the conjunction of Mr. Conner and the Clean City Commission have already made a tremendous improvement in cleaning up a notorious dumping site. The tent event will also involve a [...]