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Mark your calendar for the Buy Nothing Community Free Sale at the basketball courts at Fonticello Park on Sunday April 13th from 1-4PM

This is a space for dancers, music lovers, and supporters to come together and celebrate the art of freestyle in a safe and uplifting environment

More than a decade in the making and one of the notable accomplishments of the Stoney administration, the $22.5 million ARPA funded space includes an auxiliary gymnasium, indoor walking track, a boxing studio, indoor and outdoor playgrounds, multi-purpose/meeting spaces, a culinary teaching kitchen, classrooms, dance and music studios, and outdoor garden space.

Mary Scott Hardaway at Style Weekly profiles 5 long-time Richmond food&drink institutions including The Locker Room (1981) and O’Toole’s (1966)

There is a ton going on this week – check out THIS WEEK’S CALENDAR & see for yourself

Looking for a great easy way to support local learners? YOU can help make sure that every student at Westover Hills Elementary School is able…

With the Richmond Black Restaurant Experience underway this week, check out Shemicia Bowen and Kelli Lemon on The Randy Wilson Podcast for the background and…

The Spring 2025 issue of the Forest Hill Flyer has hit porches across Forest Hill over the last week and is also available online (PDF)….

Is your neighborhood group or arts organization doing something that everyone should know about? Is there a tree planting, yoga meet, trash clean-up, interest meeting,…

Jack Jacobs at Richmond BizSense has the details on the opening of Utmost Co on Bainbridge: And while Utmost has also become more focused on…

Check out the post-election recap Michelle Mosby Unfiltered: Lessons from the Campaign Trail on the Randy Wilson Podcast.

From the folks at Happy Natural: Now Recruiting for the Central Virginia Urban Farm Fellowship We are now recruiting for the Central Virginia Urban Farm…

From a presentation by DPW Director Bobby Vincent (PDF) at this past Tuesday’s Forest Hill Neighborhood Association meeting: Forest Hill Traffic Paving Improvements Paving of…

A map of where there are and are not sidewalks in the city of Richmond from a presentation by DPW Director Bobby Vincent (PDF) at…

The next scheduled 9th District Meeting is March 20th.

Philly Vegan, Croaker’s Spot, and five other local restaurants are coming together to offer pay-what-can across 3 days this week: Peace Family, In the middle…

Mary Kate Brogan at VCUnews writes about a new report in the in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association identifying “pharmacy deserts” in Virginia:…

Got some time this weekend for some community spirit? Community Greening Service Day: Cleanup in Davee Gardens Saturday, February 8, 9:00am-12:00pm, 2015 Ruffin Road, Richmond,…

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