The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) expects the remaining half of the new Huguenot Memorial Bridge to open to all traffic Tuesday, May 28, weather permitting. Drivers will enjoy a wider and more bike/pedestrian-friendly bridge with one 12-foot travel lane and one 10-foot shoulder in each direction. The wider shoulders will function as both an [...]
If you weren’t able to attend Wednesday’s meeting about the Libbie-Grove-Patterson Master Plan, a PDF of the presentation is available on Jon Baliles website. …There was good community feedback that will help us as we move forward with the zoning decisions as well as the issues of traffic and parking. If you have comments or [...]
Zillow photo of 214 S. Wilton Road Recently, Richmond Biz Sense reported on the state of multi-million home real estate market in Richmond – “Richmond’s mansion market heats up”, with several top-selling properties located in the Near West End. The Wilton Road property pictured above sold for $3.76 million in April, and 15 Tapoan Road [...]
Reminder: There will be a meeting regarding the Libbie-Grove-Patterson Master Plan tomorrow evening, May 22, at 6:30pm in St. Christopher’s Middle School auditorium. The meeting is open to the public and is intended to provide an opportunity for property owners and interested stakeholders to review the proposed rezoning and to ask questions and/or provide comments [...]
Fall of the James Sierra Club: Join us at the Annual BIG Yard Sale to keep household items of departing students out of the landfill. This includes furniture, electronics, kitchen equipment, linens & towels, rugs, TVs, blue jeans & other clothing, and more; hundreds of items at great savings! Proceeds to benefit Sierra Club, Falls [...]
IMAGINATION RICHMOND Saturday, May 18 11:00am–3:00pm Willow Lawn Plaza Join The Shops at Willow Lawn for the Fifth Annual Imagination Richmond. Bring the whole family and enjoy live music and performances, horse-drawn wagon rides*, face painting*, balloon art*, moon bounces*, giant inflatable slide*, popular costumed characters, free giveaways, merchants specials and more! This is a [...]
(via Westbury Pharmacy on Facebook) Faiz Oley, 70-year-old owner of West End institution Westbury Pharmacy, died last Friday from a pulmonary embolism. The Richmond Times-Dispatch reports on his business and personal legacy. He “was a light in a dark room. He loved to help people. That never stopped” said his son Joseph Oley. Mr. Oley [...]
Wilton House Museum hosts Camp Wilton on the James this Saturday, May 18, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: For 10 days during May of 1781, Marquis de Lafayette and over 900 troops made camp in the tobacco fields surrounding Wilton before the Siege of Yorktown. This day of living history features demonstrations of the [...]
