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Studio apartment in Historic Jackson Ward - $595/mo includes water, sewer, trash, parking, and on-site laundry. Contact 804-377-2525 or visit www.jacksonward.com for more information.
2 bed/2 bath - $1395 includes paid utilities. Upscale, modern, and spacious condo in Historic Jackson Ward. Building features secure access, gated parking, elevator, & storage. Please contact 804-377-2525 or jacksonward.com for more information.
2 bed/2 bath house in Historic Jackson Ward. Features new kitchen and bath, off street parking, maintenance free lawn, and front porch. Please call 804-377-2525 for more information.
2 bed/2 bath house in Historic Jackson Ward. Features new kitchen and bath, off street parking, maintenance free lawn, and front porch. Please call 804-377-2525 for more information.
The ClothesLine spring consignment sales are March 11-13 (children's) and March 18-20 (women's). Bon Air Comm. Ctr. 8725 Quaker Ln. 23235. www.theclothesline.biz for more info.
Need estate sale services? Have items to consign? Since 1999, Susan's Selections has conducted in-home estate sales. Our consignment store at 8008 Staples Mill Rd is open Mon to Fri 10am-6pm, Sat 10am-4pm, Sun 1-4pm. 232-6480 or Roy@SusansSelections.com.
Helping seniors downsize and move since 1998, More Than Moving For Seniors is a full-service senior move management company. We sort, pack, move, unpack, set up the new home and clear out houses. Call 232-6480 or Susan@MoreThanMovingInc.com
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archive for October, 2007


October 1, 2007

this week’s calendar

A perfect storm of just EVERYTHING happening in one week: Tuesday Verses, First Friday Artwalk, Tricycle Gardens Community Workday, The Carnival of 5 Fires, Second Street Festival…

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October 3, 2007

2nd Street Festival line-up and schedule

Check out the 2007 Second Street Festival line-up of performers and artists scheduled on 4 stages across 2 days with poetry, brass, funk, choir, kung-fu, a petting zoo, AND MORE…. [via]

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October 3, 2007

Sector 413 report for September

The Sector Report for September (PDF) from Lt.Lisa Drew is out. Highlights include info on arrests for drug violations, info about an initiative to reduce theft from automobiles, and a funny narrative about a man getting caught for stealing beer from the same place 3 different times.

October 5, 2007

more on this overloaded weekend…

inRich has 2 front page articles about the goings on this weekend, giving good coverage to the 2nd Street Festival and tonight’s First Friday events, including a list of the 28 venues participating in tonight’s festivities.

October 5, 2007

Long Walk to Freedom

This Saturday @ 8AM, join the “Long Walk to Freedom” and experience the “virtual reality” of re-entry into society issues from the perspective of an inmate in the process of being released from jail.

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October 6, 2007

also seen: Art Cheerleaders

Today’s RTD has a piece about the Art Cheerleaders (“part performance artists, part crusaders”) cheering demonstration and bake sale in front of Gallery5 last night.

October 7, 2007

yesterday

The RTD has a piece on yesterday at the 2nd Street Festival, with Philip E. Brown Sr. as the new unofficial “mayor” of the Second Street Festival on the street and Roosevelt Brunson sharing a bit about what 2nd Street used to be like (“There were church people, bootleggers, gamblers. It was everything.”).

October 7, 2007

Gilpin Games photos & recap

Franklin Street Community has a recap of August’s Gilpin Games, an afternoon sports camp for kids and school supply give-away.

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October 8, 2007

block in the middle

1200 block of West Marshall

The 1200 block of West Marshall (at Harrison Street) is a low, open space between a crush of apartment and university buildings to the west and rows of historic housing to the east. Which way will this space go?

October 9, 2007

4 years ago in Carver

A look back at the great Style Weekly article Conspiracy Theory about Operation Crackdown, “an innovative drug-conspiracy case that resulted in the indictment of 21 drug dealers, cleared at least two homicides and did much to clean up crime-plagued Carver”, makes the point that the area has really gotten into a new place these past few years.

October 10, 2007

new houses at Harrison and Leigh

We’ve heard that the new construction at Harrison and Leigh Streets will end up totaling around 15 houses, with the buildings themselves being 2 or 3 house units.

October 10, 2007

with very little support…

This week’s Style Weekly has a look at the success of First Fridays, asking if the city could/should provide more services and support for the downtown success story.

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