archive for December, 2007
December 19, 2007
crime map back up
Changes at our host had killed the neighborhood crime map for a few days there, but it’s all back now.
December 21, 2007
Eggleston threatened with demolition
We’ve heard that the historic Eggleston Hotel has come close to emergency demolition in the past week due to its rapidly deteriorating condition. With work at the hotel apparently stalled since fences went up in November, maybe this will spur quicker action to save the landmark building.
December 21, 2007
I Dream of a Richmond… to open Jan.4
RVA Magazine has the word on Gallery5 and T.O.W.A.R.’s “I Dream of a Richmond…”, a campaign to indiscriminately allow people to express their needs and aspirations regarding our community. This will kick off at Gallery5 during the January First Friday (1/4/08).
December 25, 2007
shooting on Charity Street
28-year-old Michael Jackson was shot and killed at 6 West Charity Street at around midnight last night in violence stemming from a domestic argument. Police are looking for 17-year-old Merwin R. White the for murder and use of a firearm in commission of a felony. [via]
December 26, 2007
redevelopment of Dove Court “is a pilot” for Gilpin
The planned redevelopment of the 44-year-old 60-unit Dove Court housing complex at First Avenue and Dove Street is being held up as pilot for what could happen at Gilpin Court in the coming years:
What happens at Dove Court early next year also is likely to influence the future of Gilpin Court, the city’s oldest and largest public-housing complex. The housing authority and city are working on a study to eventually redevelop Gilpin as part of a broader plan for Jackson Ward, especially the part of the neighborhood that lies north of Interstate 95. [...] The 60 units of public housing that will disappear with Dove Court will return as part of a 260-unit, mixed-income community that won’t concentrate the poorest residents in one place. Not all of the 783 housing units in Gilpin will be replaced in the community that takes its place, Hill-Christian said. “Some units of public housing will have to go to another place.”
December 26, 2007
Survivor Day training at Landmark Jan.5
Richmond residents can register to receive free training in basic skills during an emergency as part of winter preparedness as part of Survivor Day training sponsored by the City’s Office of Emergency Management. The four-hour training session in fire safety, first-aid, anti-terrorism and weather response measures will take place from 9AM to 1PM on Saturday, January 5, at the Landmark Theater.
