Will VCU’s Art Center Boost the Arts District?
While not a very accurate portrayal of the City’s support of First Friday, this is how much of Richmond gets its news.
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Help Clean Up Carver and Jackson Ward This Saturday
via the Fan of the Fan: VCU students and neighbors will work together to beautify the neighborhoods around the college during Paint the Town Green this Saturday, April 14. Meet at in Monroe Park at 8:30AM for breakfast, community service projects begin at 9AM. Participating neighborhoods include Jackson Ward, The Fan, Oregon Hill, Randolph, and [...]
Eyesore to become mixed residential/retail
via Richmond BizSense: Another eyesore along the West Broad Street corridor near Virginia Commonwealth University might soon get a little sprucing up. Local general contractor and developer City & Guilds filed a special use permit for 1322 W. Broad St., near the intersection of Broad and Bowe, for a four-story apartment building with retail space [...]
Carver Project Gets Two Thumbs Up
This comes under the category of “Yesterday’s News”, the result of our Thanksgiving Weekend News Holiday. via the RTD: (11/23/11) Gilbane Development Co.’s plan for the 136-unit, 406-bedroom apartment complex in the 1200 block of West Marshall Street picked up a key endorsement of the Planning Commission this week and now heads to the City [...]
Common Groundz Bites the Dust
The VCU foundation turned Common Groundz into this some time last week in order to provide 27 more beds for VCU students. The 120 year old building had stood on Broad for parts of 3 centuries. I wonder how much time it is going to take to turn this, into this. Note the ironic text on [...]
VCU to Paint the Town Green
Here’s a good opportunity to clean up the neighborhood and help connect students to our community. Students and neighbors will be meeting in Monroe Park this Saturday around 8:30 am and picking up trash in Carver, Jackson Ward and other communities. Thanks to Oregon Hill for the reminder.
Good News for Common Groundz? Not!
Scaffolding, fencing and a dumpster went up around the old Common Groundz Coffeehouse building this past weekend. I don’t have any word on what might be happening, but this doesn’t jibe with the demolition plans of the VCU foundation. I’m hoping to hear more from the Historic Richmond Foundation soon. **************Update******************** See comment below. More [...]
Neighbors@VCU.EDU
The VCU Neighborhood Team has created a simple way to contact them with any concerns regarding VCU. Neighbors@VCU.EDU has been in place for a month or so. It seems like a good idea. I wonder how it will work in practice. If you have used this, drop a comment and let us know what your experience [...]
Developer Seeks Delay in Council Vote
According to the RTD, Gilbane Development is seeking to avoid an up or down vote tonight on their proposal to build a 163 unit, 498 bedroom development on the 1200 block of Marshall Street. Originally 477 units and 895 bedrooms, the revised proposal was rejected by the planning commission last week. The Carver Area Civic Improvement League voted [...]
Carver Kids Get Life Lessons
Received via the VCU Neighborhood Team: Five lucky Carver neighborhood youth, have been selected to attend the Shaka Smart Basketball Camp at Virginia Commonwealth University free of charge this summer. The students were chosen based on grades and merit from a pool of names submitted by members of the Carver community.
So Much Pain – So Little Gain
Today’s RTD Business section reveals what looks to be the final chapter for a century old building on Broad Street. Most recently the home of Common Groundz Coffeehouse and a collection of 2nd floor apartments, VCU is using the privately held VCU Real Estate Foundation to bypass review by the Virginia Department of Historic Resources.
Is Carver Coming Back?
In a recent article, Style Weekly asks, “Can a working class neighborhood live with and even benefit from a major university as a neighbor?“. The answer is complicated and neighborhood opinion is divided. The question has gotten new life thanks to a major residential/retail proposal on West Marshall Street. It’s easy to say Carver is [...]
