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	<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>this week&#8217;s CJWN calendar</title>
		<link>http://cjwn.net/news/2008/07/20/this-weeks-cjwn-calendar-16/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Jul 2008 07:00:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Bend Your Ear; Planning Commission meeting on June 2008 Draft Downtown Master Plan; Tuesday Verses; Gilpin Jackson Center Yard Sale; MORE&#8230;


Bend Your Ear
Sun Jul 20 3:00 pm
Monthly open mike. art 6 has a commitment to spoken and performance arts, this event recurs every third Sunday, downtown- even on Sundays!
http://art6blog.blogspot.com
Planning Commission meeting on June 2008 Draft [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Obama office on Marshall officially opens tomorrow</title>
		<link>http://cjwn.net/news/2008/07/18/obama-office-on-marshall-officially-opens-tomorrow/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:44:42 +0000</pubDate>
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The Barrack Obama campaign is opening 20 offices across Virginia this Saturday, July 19th, from 10AM-2PM, including the Richmond office at 1208 West Marshall Street. Stop by and say howdy!
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		<title>Carver Garden green and growing</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
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The gate is finished at the Carver Garden and the veggies are really coming in!
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		<title>Planning Commission meeting on June 2008 Draft Downtown Master Plan</title>
		<link>http://cjwn.net/news/2008/07/17/planning-commission-meeting-on-june-2008-draft-downtown-master-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:40:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john_m</dc:creator>
		
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The City of Richmond Planning Commission will discuss further revisions to and consider adoption of the June 2008 Draft Downtown Master Plan on Monday, July 21. The meeting is open to the public, but there will not be a public hearing.  The discussion on the Downtown Master Plan will be held at the end [...]]]></description>
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		<title>meeting aims to build grassroots community strategies</title>
		<link>http://cjwn.net/news/2008/07/17/meeting-aims-to-build-grassroots-community-strategies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2008 11:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
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The Center for Neighborhood Empowerment and Enterprise Development (C-NEED) is sponsoring a “Yes, We Can” Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, July 22, to develop strategies to create jobs, build affordable housing and create more vibrant neighborhoods. [via]


The “Yes We Can” Town Hall Meeting is scheduled for Tuesday July 22, at Ebenezer Baptist Church , 216 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Black business owners tend to support Downtown Plan</title>
		<link>http://cjwn.net/news/2008/07/16/black-business-owners-tend-to-support-downtown-plan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:48:11 +0000</pubDate>
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The Richmond Voice, going out into the neighborhood, has found black business owners in the Jackson Ward area are generally supportive of the Downtown Plan so far. The article quotes one anonymous business owner saying  that he did not find anything controversial in the plan and that is the reason for him not attending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>this week&#8217;s CJWN calendar</title>
		<link>http://cjwn.net/news/2008/07/13/this-weeks-cjwn-calendar-15/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john_m</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday Verses; An Aquatic Branch of the Underground Railroad: The James River and the Keziah Affair of 1858; Bend Your Ear; MORE&#8230;


Tuesday Verses
Tue Jul 15 8:00 pm
Tuesday Verses is an open mic night that is presented by Upside Promotions and Design and has been in existence for 5 years. We invite all who love creativity [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TeaCo is a welcome addition to the community</title>
		<link>http://cjwn.net/news/2008/07/12/tea-co-is-part-of-the-community/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john_m</dc:creator>
		
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The new Urban Views Weekly has a profile of TeaCo on Broad Street:


In a fast-paced age where the coffee shop rules, TeaCo has carved out its own niche centered around health and community. The trio from D.C. strives to foster a “home away from home” atmosphere, and to invest in the community that patronizes them. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wilder launches Obama voter drive</title>
		<link>http://cjwn.net/news/2008/07/12/wilder-launches-obama-voter-drive/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2008 13:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john_m</dc:creator>
		
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Mayor Wilder appeared at the Obama campaign&#8217;s new Virginia headquarters at 1208 West Marshall Street to announce a voter registration drive:


Richmond Mayor L. Douglas Wilder announced yesterday that the Obama campaign has a goal of registering 151,000 prospective new voters over the next three months. That would be 1,000 more than Obama himself helped register [...]]]></description>
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		<title>kick-off ceremony @ B.T.Washington</title>
		<link>http://cjwn.net/news/2008/07/11/kick-off-ceremony-tomorrow-btwashington/</link>
		<comments>http://cjwn.net/news/2008/07/11/kick-off-ceremony-tomorrow-btwashington/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:47:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>john_m</dc:creator>
		
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Renovation officially began today with a kick-off ceremony on the historic buildings at 21 East Leigh Street. City’s Community Development Director Rachel Flynn, local developer Kelvin Hanson and Historic Jackson Ward Association President Charles Finley, Mayor Wilder, architect Walter Parks, and Neverette Eggleston all spoke on the past and future of the building and then [...]]]></description>
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