Civic Groups

November 10, 2011

Occupy Wall Street’s Origins

Eventually, books will be written about how the occupation began. How much of it was serendipity? How much of it was car ...

November 8, 2011

Samuels pulls plug on Arts District proposal

From Steven R. Skinner with the City of Richmond: A statement by The Honorable Charles R. Samuels, Councilman, Richmond ...

May 10, 2011

Listening for Hellhounds

In 1985, when the 6th Street Marketplace opened, those who questioned the wisdom of the venture were said to have be ...

February 28, 2011

Richmond’s stadium dilemma

City Stadium opened in 1929. Through half of its existence it was a busy place with all sorts of events and plenty of hi ...

February 7, 2011

Don’t Big Box group fails to win Museum District backing

According to an article in the Richmond Times-Dispatch the brouhaha over the proposed development of the old Verizon bui ...

January 12, 2011

El-Amin’s Bridge to Bitterness

A commentary about the Harvey Family Memorial Bridge that I wrote for Richmond.com is up. Now comes Sa’ad El-Amin to ...

December 31, 2010

Byrd Park Area Residents Object to Go Ape Rope Course

Nov. 8, 2010 at City Hall: Byrd Park Area Residents Object to Go Ape Rope Course; video by Silver Persinger. For back ...

December 8, 2010

Coming soon: VMFA Jumbotron

From STYLE Weekly: The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts has received approval from the state architectural review board to ...

November 29, 2010

Why was ropes course on a fast-track?

From what I understand the City of Richmond’s initial talks with Go Ape go back to March, 2010. At that time Go Ape wa ...

November 16, 2010

Meeting on Ropes Course postponed

From the City of Richmond's Dept. of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities: Due to internal changes, the public me ...

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