There are a good handful of opportunities to volunteer in the area for MLK Day: Plant trees in Swansboro Fonticello Food Forest Work Day Powhite…

The agenda for Monday’s City Council meeting has 3 items directly pertaining to Southside, all of them on the consent agenda. ORD. 2022-205 which makes…

Donut lovers rejoice! Janhke Road staple The Treat Shop has a 3rd location opening soon at 6501 Iron Bridge Road. Photo via The Treat Shop

Heads up! There will be daily lane closures on Commerce Road near Bells Road starting at midnight January 8 and ending at midnight January 12….

UPDATE 1/24/2024 6:25AM From Richmond BizSense: The store at 3416 Semmes Ave. reopened at noon on Friday. It remained unclear this week what prompted owner…

From the Richmond Free Press: City Hall is demanding that a Black-owned Richmond sandwich shop pay $37,000 in uncollected meals tax along with penalties and…

From Laura Lee’s: Join us for a #dryjanuary mixer at our first ever Happier Hour with Point5! We’ll be crafting some specialty mocktails at the…

From wric.com: “I swear it sounded like a war zone. You hear the pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, pop,” he said. The next day,…

From Richmond City Council: Today, newly appointed Interim Richmond City Council Member Nicole Jones, was administered their oath of office during the scheduled special Richmond…

From Richmond BizSense: Roanoke-based Txtur has leased the former Seaboard train depot at 604 Hull St., where it’s planning to open a furniture showroom as…

VIA the Virginia Mercury: When they reconvene this month, Virginia lawmakers will consider a proposal to allow local governments to install speed cameras wherever they…

There were 30 homicides in Southside in 2023 (of the 63 total for Richmond). Click for a list and map of the killings.

VIA Southside ReLeaf: Join the Swansboro West Civic Association on Monday, January 15th for a Tree Planting Workday! We’ll meet at 10 am at the…

Per the City of Richmond Public Works

From wtvr.com: Video showed Quinton Lewis throwing food on the floor, chucking beer at the clerk behind bulletproof glass and stuffing beef jerky into his…

True Timber Arborists has a profile of the Northrop Oak, maybe South Richmond’s most magnificent tree: Why remarkable: Hidden behind layers of saplings, vines, and…

We’ve created a map that puts a location to the last 35 stories that are posted. Right now we’re pulling almost entirely from the local…

From the Richmond Police Department:

From 5th District Councilmember Stephanie Lynch’s email newsletter: Project:HOMES is excited to begin the development process of 83 units of affordable senior rental housing at…

Upcoming GRTC service changes include Route 1A being extended further into Chesterfield County via Midlothian Turnpike and 2A (North Ave/Forest Hill) weekday schedule change.