Dario Hunter, Presidential candidate and member of the Youngstown, OH Board of Education, visits Richmond, VA to talk about his plan to build a greener and fairer America as well as the strategy to grow the Green Party through the 2020 race and beyond.
He will be at the Main Richmond Public Library on Franklin Street at 6 pm tomorrow.
Disclaimer: This event is not sponsored or endorsed by the Richmond Public Library.
This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. Ideally, rolling recycling containers are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night.
If you have not done so already, don’t forget to sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.
Localities around the Commonwealth are still trying to figure out what to do about their recycling programs- in Bristol, Virginia…
People in the region are struggling with recycling due to the collapse of the oveseas recycling market. Bristol, Virginia Environmental and Safety Compliance Officer, Mark campbell, gave a tour of the Bristol, Virginia solid waste facility to see the impact that it has made.
“We really don’t have a place to take any of the material that we were collecting for recycling,” he said, as he pointed at the massive piles of trash around the site.
On a happier note, here is a story about Virginia composting…
Royal Oak Farm, located in Evington and in operation since 2008, is the largest multi- feedstock waste composting facility in Virginia and is authorized by the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
On the 115-acre property, billions of microbes do most of the work creating compost from waste generated by municipalities, industries, businesses and universities, including James Madison University and Virginia Tech.
Where do Oregon Hill neighbors compost? Most likely in their yards, but where else?
Noise show in the ‘hood last night.
Special thanks to the group above which worked on Open High. It was quite a way to spend a hot Saturday.
This photo was taken on the 600 block of S. Laurel Street.
If Richmond citizens want to be able to vote on the VCU/Farrell/Stoney coliseum scheme, their last chance to do so may be decided in the next few days. Over 13,000 Richmond citizens have signed the petition for the “Choose Children over a Costly Coliseum“ Referendum, drafted by Paul Goldman, supported by the Sierra Club Falls of the James and others. Many of these signatures were done on Election Day last year, but the deadline to file the petition is coming up quickly (like in the next few days!), and more signatures are needed to ensure it getting on the ballot. If it does not make it on the ballot, citizens may be forced to live with and pay up for whatever the Mayor and City Council do with the $1.4. billion scheme, and it could effect City budgets for a decade to come. So, what’s it going to be? Schools or corporate welfare?
In the interest of informing the public, I am going to post the petition/referendum here. However, please ask yourself, why has local media not done so- again, over 13,000 Richmond citizens have already signed it. So why have Times Dispatch, Style, RVA Magazine, etc. mostly ignored this heroic grassroots effort? If you have been following along, including the latest FOIA struggle, things may be more clear. The Richmond Free Press and oregonhill.net have offered the most coverage on it.
The first Put Schools First referendum was fairly straight forward in demanding that Richmond leaders, especially the Mayor, come up with plan to modernize the schools first in the City’s budget planning. This second referendum, perhaps due to opposing nature, is a bit more convoluted, so here’s a quick explanation: it first states that citizens want schools to come before a new coliseum. It then includes a poison pill provision against using a TIFF (Tax Incremental Financing Fund) to finance the scheme by stating that a majority of the funding raised would have to go to schools first. It then ends with a measure to keep the schemers from going back to the meals tax for money.
If you are a resident of the City of Richmond and a registered voter, please take the time to sign this petition, even if you ultimately decide to not vote for it once it is on the ballot. 13,000 of your neighbors have already done so, don’t let them down! Give people a voice!
Oregon Hill is once again looking at possibly changing traffic patters as a new proposal is being weighed at City Council’s Land Use, Housing, and Transportation Committee.
Ordinance 2019-147 reads:
To erect all-way stop signs at the intersections of Spring Street and South Pine Street, Spring Street and South Laurel Street, Albemarle Street and South Laurel Street, and Albemarle Street and South Cherry Street, with a painted stop line at each intersection.
This follows neighbors’ discussion with City Councilperson Parker Agelasto’s office in regard to continued concerns about traffic safety. To quickly recap, neighbors originally requested all-way stop signs at Spring and Laurel and Spring and Pine, but agreed to try changing more intersections’ stop sign direction, now that concerns have continued, all-stops are being reconsidered.
Local company Buskey Cider will be doing pop-up at historic Tredegar this Saturday.
Information from the FaceBook event page:
They’ll be pouring ciders at Historic Tredegar on the front patio of the American Civil War Museum overlooking the river and parts of Brown’s Island from 12-5pm on Sat, 7/13. Boka Tako Truck will be joining for quick eats while everyone enjoys the awesome environment at Historic Tredegar in front of the museum. A portion of proceeds from the event will go to the ACWM.
Favorite ciders from Buskey will be available, such as RVA Cider, and their popular summer seasonal, Watermelon Rosemary, and will all be sold by the pour.
From CommunityCrimeMap.com:
SIMPLE ASSAULT
3XX S LAUREL ST
Jul 6, 2019 at 1:45 am
Data provided by Richmond Police Department (VA)THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE
8XX CUMBERLAND ST
Jul 5, 2019 at 8:30 am
Data provided by Richmond Police Department (VA)