Announcing the winner of the Byrd Park Community Garden Logo! (drum roll please) Roots and Trees! This logo beat out the competition (Bees and Carrots) 17 to 10 votes. Thank you to all of you who cast a vote. Thank you especially to the very talented and generous Karen Guard, the official graphic designer of [...]
In the Randolph neighborhood: BURGLARY 2/20/12 9:45 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. 1400 block of Winder Street An unknown person(s) broke into the residence and stole several items.
The buzz is already starting on Twitter and Facebook. Sledding is eminent at the Carillon and by Swan Lake. Where are the rest of the best sledding spots?
The talk around the park, according to Twitter: @ChrisComedy: I’ve decided to start attending the meetings of the Byrd Park Civic League again b/c I can write jokes and people will think I’m taking… @ChuckleAllday81: at byrd park in an intense study mode. now I have to leave because I gotta tinkle…smh. @Servere_JSE: Byrd park [...]
From the United Way: The counties of Charles City, Chesterfield, Goochland, Hanover, Henrico, New Kent and Powhatan and the cities of Colonial Heights, Petersburg and Richmond have a common date for kindergarten registration which is April 19. It is the desire of the United Way of Greater Richmond and Petersburg and Smart Beginnings of Greater [...]
From neighbor Heidi Powell Thompson School Rezoning–Now is the Time to Voice Your Opinion–Deadline Next Friday As noted in previous blog posts and comments on this topic, the Byrd Park neighborhood will potentially be dramatically affected by proposed school rezoning. The deadline to complete the online survey to express your opinion on the draft options [...]
Tonight at 7pm, Byrd Park’s Roundhouse will host a meeting between groups concerned over skate parks and skateboarders’ rights. Actually, judging by this story on the Hills and Heights blog, the issue may come down to a back and forth between Parks and Rec representatives and skateboarders themselves (flanked by a convoy of idle police [...]
Some recent “Byrd Park” tweets: @JohnBouge Did I tell you about the time that I watched Chris Brown clean out the lakes at Byrd Park? He was not wearing white jeans. @rvatrees #tree stewards pruning at Byrd park today what a great group of #volunteers @Eastendallstar @Mz_Aquafina_ walkin my dog around byrd park! Eating ice [...]
From the Byrd Park Civic League: Good Evening Byrd Park Neighbors. I received a robo-call tonight from the Richmond School Board (that you may have received as well,) about an issue that came up in our Byrd Park Civic League meeting this past Saturday; city school rezoning. Several of us were wondering why our neighborhood [...]
I’m hoping to interview the lawyer/developer turned 5th district Richmond City Council candidate, David Gammino. He’s friended me on Facebook, and I obliged. But, don’t take that to mean that I’ll be serving up softballs. Our representatives’ intentions and motives need to be scrutinized from multiple angles. Short of putting on 317 candidate debates as [...]
A neighbor brought up this important issue: Hi guys, If you have young kids in the neighborhood or if you have an interest in property values in the neighborhood, this would be a good issue to stay on top of. As you may be aware, the City of Richmond is actively looking at rezoning school [...]
Hello Neighbors and Friends of the Byrd Park Civic League! This is a reminder that the bi-monthly meeting of the Civic League is scheduled for tomorrow, February 11th in the Byrd Park Roundhouse. We hope to see many of our members, as well as those who would like to join, at the meeting as we [...]
Two days ago on twitter: @GuiltyBotonist: I sware I’ve been catchin all the fights around here lately home boy jus got his shit busted at Byrd park lmaooo!!! and this morning: @EatingBirdFood: Have you ever been to a wedding/reception at the Carillon in Byrd Park? #RVA Thoughts?
A recent post asking for parents’ experiences with John B. Cary Elementary veered into the topic of Clark Springs Elementary, the school that most of this community blog is zoned for. The following comment is from “Just Some Dude.” …regarding Clark Springs: Ever since the merger with the former Maymont Elementary, the word “Clusterfuck” is [...]
The community gardening effort targeted for Winthrop Hall’s property met this past weekend. Here are the results: Hi there Byrd Park neighbors! We had a great meeting last night and really got down to business with dividing up some of the responsibilities to get this garden going. Here is a list of the things to [...]
From a Byrd Park neighbor: I’m interested in the experiences of Byrd Park families who have children at John B. Cary Elementary School. Our child will be in kindergarten next year and Cary is our “home” (default) school. What has been your experience? Thank you for your comments. Adria adria (at) rpec (dot) org
From the recent police report: BURGLARY 2/3/12 – 2/5/12 4:00 p.m. – 12:00 p.m. 1800 block of Parkwood Avenue An unknown person(s) broke into the residence and stole a laptop, video game system and pillow case. By the way, would you call this Randolph, or SoFa, South of the Fan?
