Eating and Antiquing on The Avenues Tour With Real Richmond

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Real Richmond will offer one of its popular Richmond food tours in the Near West End on Saturday, February 11 at 2 p.m. : U R Here: Eating & Antiquing on the Avenues

Join us along Libbie and Grove avenues in the city’s West End near the University of Richmond for a leisurely afternoon of sauntering, sampling, and shopping. We’ll do less walking than our usual tours and hear from more chefs, owners and–special feature–antique experts at some of Richmond’s finest shops, including Kim Faison Antiques. With stops at fine restaurants and specialty food and wine purveyors, including, depending on the day, such stops as Cafe Caturra, Gearhart’s Chocolates, The Blue Goat, Pearl’s Cupcake Shoppe, J. Emerson Wine, Palani Drive, and more, it’s a full afternoon that will leave you full! Tickets are $42 with a small ticketing fee and can be purchased here.

Word to the procrastinators – Tickets to Real Richmond events often sell out!

Waldorf School Music and Myths Event

Friday, January 27th and Saturday, January 28th

Richmond Waldorf School presents Music and Myths, our annual Storytelling Event at the Libbie Place Barnes & Noble – Join us for stories, puppet shows, music and more! See below for the full schedule.

This event is a fundraiser for RWS so any purchase you make on the 27th and 28th supports our school! All you need to do is present a voucher at the checkout counter and RWS receives up to 25%! Click here for a voucher.

Schedule of events:

Friday, January 27

11:00am Pre-school story time with Maria Butler

Saturday, January 28

10:00am Snow White and Rose Red – a marionette play by the RWS faculty

10:30am A Maori Myth – told by 4th grade teacher Claudia Thomas

11:00am A Performance by the Middle School Recorder Ensemble

11:30am Snow White and Rose Red – a marionette play by the RWS faculty

12:00pm A Tibetan Tale- told by 2nd grade teacher Ida Dyment

12:30pm A Performance by the Middle School Recorder Ensemble

1:00pm Snow White and Rose Red – a marionette play by the RWS faculty

1:30pm The Sultan’s Tale – told by Middle School I teacher Roberto Trostli

Map of Libbie/Grove/Patterson Master Plan Amendments

Heard about Master Plan amendments being proposed for Libbie/Grove/Patterson, but not sure what the amendments mean?

Here are the proposed changes to the land use map along Libbie and Patterson (No substantial changes along Grove Avenue). The amendments should be going before City Council on February 13th.

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(View larger in PDF format here)

The biggest change to current land use is the large swath along Libbie changing from Single-Family to Mixed-Use. Several other areas change from Transitional Office to Mixed Use. An Urban Business District zoning classification is recommended for the Mixed Use areas.

Text of proposed amendments

From the amendment document:

Although historically Grove and Patterson were separate shopping districts, there is an accelerating positive trend that will eventually join these into one shopping district. Development and zoning conversions are bringing more and more commercial and office uses to Libbie, between Grove and Patterson. This evolution of the three streets into one town center for Westhampton will be important to the future vitality of all the business on each of these streets.

Recommendations include renovations to the West End library, and improvements to medians, sidewalks, and other areas surrounding the intersection of Patterson and Libbie to make it more visually appealing and pedestrian-friendly.

Councilman Bruce Tyler will be holding his monthly First District Meeting tonight in the cafeteria of Mary Munford Elementary School from 6:30PM-8:00PM, if you have questions or concerns.

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