Join the Friends of William Byrd Park on Saturday to cut sapplings and ivy from the vita course. The event is from 9 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.; meetup place is the water fountain at the course. Bring gloves, garden shears, pruners and recyclable garden bags. Contact Rhonda Bledsoe for additional information at rhondabledsoe@gmail.com or 804-539-5716.
Via Craigslist, word of a found dog on Rosewood: Last night, around 11 pm one of my housemates found a medium-sized mottled black and white dog (no collar) roaming in the street on Rosewood Ave. (a block behind Byrd Park). We brought him back to our house on Idlewood, fed him and gave him water. [...]
Channel 12 reports today on the assault of a woman in The Fan, just north of Byrd Park. This one was not sexual in nature, police said. The most recent attack happened overnight Memorial day on Mule Barn Alley off Davis avenue, between Main and Cary. Police are looking into whether this and a sexual assault on [...]
At 4 p.m. Carillonneur Larry Robinson will ring in Memorial Day by playing patriotic songs on the bells. He will be joined by guest speakers, vocal selections, and a salute by the Memorial Rifles. The building will be open for viewing. Festivities continue at 7:30 p.m. with music by The Virginians Barbershop Chorus in Dogwood [...]
At RichmondMagazine.com, Harry Kollatz has a really well-done update on the dredging of the marshy bottom in Forest Hill Park and the re-establishment of the once-beautiful lake. Check it out. The city has been talking about doing this for at least 10 years. Good to see it getting done. John R. Pope, director of the city’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community [...]
Jason has more information on his blog. A real restaurant person — Jen Rawlings — is behind the concept, which will feature outdoor seating and food along the lines of what’s served at 821 and/or Ipanema, Jason adds. Editorial comment ahead: We would really like to see this work out, because it would finally give us [...]
If you’re like us, you did and you are. The city says it sent the bills, payable by June 15, to homeowners erroneously and is re-routing them to mortgage servicers to be paid out of escrow. Hills and Heights has the story.
The T-D lets five more staff writers go. Read about it here and here.
Jason weighs in on a rumored restaurant at Parkwood and Addison and the dingy footbridge that leads to it from our neighborhood. We’re checking on the rumor but if anyone has information, feel free to pass it along.
Will Jones has a few more details on the new concession building in today’s T-D.
Via Richmond Then and Now comes the story (published in the Richmond Times-Dispatch on April 14, 1935), of Edward Theodore “Teddy” Greenberg, math prodigy, treasurer of the neighborhood Scorpions Club and student at Albert Hill School, who lived at 2304 Lakeview Ave. Theodore solved this problem lickety-split. Can you? “Add,” he said, “17, 18, 15, 14, 11, 24, 26, [...]
The first of two May concerts on the Carillon bells is this Sunday at 3 p.m. in celebration of Mother’s Day. Carillonneur Ryan Hebert will play, light refreshments will be served and the building will be open for viewing. On Monday, May 25, at 4 p.m. Carillonneur Larry Robinson will ring in Memorial Day by playing [...]
Lt. Capriglione’s sector report for April is loaded with examples of folks leaving valuables out in plain sight in their vehicles, with predictable results. Otherwise, things were quiet in Byrd Park proper. Here’s the lowdown for the entirety of sector 313: VIOLENT CRIME: 57% decrease 4/2009 vs. 4/2008 – six (6) crimes vs. eleven (11) [...]
Neighbor Michael D. reports: “A small meeting was held this past week with the police and some concerned residents on Lakeview Avenue/Maplewood Avenue. From the meeting with the sector lieutenant we have learned that three police officers will now be assigned to Byrd Park from noon to 8 p.m. both Saturday and Sunday. The officers in Byrd [...]
Richmond BizSense is reporting that developer Ed Eck is pursuing a mixed-use development project that could spell the end of the BP gas station. Read about it here, and feel free to comment.
