Registration now open for Run for the Hills!
Feb 6, 2024
After pausing for a few years, the Run for the Hills! 5K is back and registration is now open. This fun run is March 16,…
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City of Richmond Virginia and environs (1925)
Feb 4, 2024
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As I’ve begun looking at the area through a more specific lens, I keep getting echoes of the 1914, 1942, and 1970 annexations that grew…
1928 plat map of Westover Hills
Feb 1, 2024
A map of the original plans for the Westover Hills neighborhood (via the Westover Hills Facebook). The WHNA sold copies of the map for while…
Crooked Branch Trail will connect Crutchfield to 42nd Street
Jan 24, 2024
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More than 50 people turned out for an informational meeting Wednesday about the proposed Crooked Branch Trail and Bridge at the Stone House at Forest…
“RVA Community Fridges is about more than free food”
Jan 23, 2024
RVA Community Fridges is a mutual aid group aimed at combating food insecurity throughout the city. They operate 14 community refrigerators stocked with donate food…
Electric car charging station coming to Target
Jan 23, 2024
A new 6 bay electric vehicle charging station appears to about ready to go at the Target on Forest Hill Avenue. According to PlugShare, South…
Home values, displacement, and racial inequality in Richmond
Jan 14, 2024
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Director of Research for Housing Opportunities Made Equal (HOME) Bryan Moorefield gave a presentation yesterday at the Broad Rock Library on home values, displacement, and…
Southside homicides 2023
Jan 1, 2024
There were 30 homicides in Southside in 2023 (of the 63 total for Richmond). Click for a list and map of the killings.
Where is being covered by the local media?
Dec 26, 2023
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…