Richmond, VA

Mayor's Office

Newsletter Archive

Last Updated: 2010-01-19

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• March 16, 2011
  Ukrops' Monument Avenue 10K; Picasso exhibit at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts; Museum and Back bus; Community Conversations: Priorities for City Spending budget forums; Tourism Commission; Xterra Championships.
• February 14, 2011
  Hippodrome Theater; RVA on Ice; Ukrop's Monument Avenue 10K; identity campaign RVA; 2011 Colonial Athletic Association Men's Basketball Tournament; Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Policy.
• January 18, 2011
  Historic slave burial ground; RVA on Ice; 2015 UCI World Road Cycling Championships; tax amnesty program for city taxpayers; Office of Minority Business Development, new school construction and contractor workshops.
• December 13, 2010
  City of Richmond and Radio One Holiday Toy Drive; Virginia Supportive Housing's "Studios at South Richmond;" new seasonal ice skating rink; building new schools; renovating libraries; Neighbor-to-Neighbor program.
• November 15, 2010
  Holiday toy drive; C'est Le Vin ribbon cutting and the Commercial Area Revitalization Effort program; six Fire Battalion chiefs are promoted; all-electric vehicles and Silver Green Government certification from the Virginia Municipal League; compressed natural gas garbage trucks; Mayor's Pedestrian, Bicycling and Trails Planning Commission; Workforce Development and Anti-Poverty Initiative; groundbreakings for new schools.
• October 18, 2010
  2nd Street Festival; Richmond Folk Festival; 5th Street Alley Project; National City Year program cleans up Gillies Creek Park; Mayor's Pedestrian, Bicycle and Trails Planning Commission; economic development update.
• September 13, 2010
  Best Tennis Town in America; Richmond Coliseum to host CAA Men's Basketball Championships through 2014; Coliseum Study Group; pre-applications sought for Contractor Loan Program; Safe Corridors Initiative; Mayor's Participation and Communications Corps; Richmond's Community Conversation: Educational Alignment for Young Children.
• August 16, 2010
  27th Annual National Night Out; CarMax Summer Basketball League; Friday Pictures in the Park series; 20th Annual Down Home Family Reunion; school supply giveaway events; MPACC; Greening of the Capitol groundbreaking; green alleys; being a green city.
• July 12, 2010
  Mayor's Youth Academy; Promise Neighborhood planning grant application for the East End; Cities of Service Leadership Grant; Pfizer's Global Consumer Health R&D facility; Commercial Area Revitalization Effort program (CARE); Landing at Fountain Lake in Byrd Park; non-powered watercraft allowed on Shields, Swan and Forest Hill lakes; 54th Annual Festival of the Arts; Friday Pictures in the Park.
• June 14, 2010
  Richmond ranks 11th in country on American Fitness Index; 16th Annual Bike to Work Day; newly restored Forest Hill Lake ribbon cutting; Greater Richmond ARC ribbon cutting; East End Charrette; semi-annual real estate tax collections.
• May 17, 2010
  Mayor's Youth Academy; RPS 2010 valedictorians; Richmond's Celebrity Maestro at the Carpenter Theatre; High-Speed Pursuit Policy Review; Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Policy; East End Charrette.
• April 19, 2010
  FY2011 city budget preview; Richmond Flying Squirrels home opener; groundbreaking for CEPHAS Industries; Youth Art Month; Building a Better Richmond Schools Improvement Program update; 2010 Youth Academy and Summer Works Initiative; Green Richmond Initiative.
• March 16, 2010
  Community forums on the city budget scheduled; potholes update; MeadWestvaco's grand opening; Census 2010; economic and community development update; DECD to move to Main Street Station; Recovery Zone Facility Bonds; revolving loan fund for small and minority businesses and neighborhood development.
• February 16, 2010
  Debut of new arena football team, the Richmond Raiders; Project Recovery; new markers and guided walking tours for the Slave Trail; opposition to the proposed changes in the local composite index; support for House Bill 1234 (gun show loophole).
• January 12, 2010
  Ribbon cutting ceremony for the Richmond Riverfront phase of the Virginia Capital Trail; dedication ceremony of the renovated and expanded Manchester General District Courthouse; budget update; State of the City address announced.
• December 14, 2009
  Thanksgiving baskets for families affected by homicides; City of Richmond and Radio One Holiday Toy Drive; Uncovering Richmond's Cobblestone Streets event; high-speed rail and the Four Billion.com Coalition; new schools construction update; Richmond drops to 99th in city crime rankings; Triangle Residential Options for Substance Abusers, Inc.; Richmond Police's Six Points Initiative.
• November 16, 2009
  Town Hall at John Marshall High School; Sister City agreement with city of Segou of the Republic of Mali; National League of Cities, Congress of Cities and Exposition in San Antonio, Texas; SunTrust Richmond Marathon; Green Government Challenge; International Council for Local Environmental Initiative Local Governments for Sustainability; Energy Efficient and Conservation Block Grant; Green City Commission; "Stop the Pain 804" film; jail alternative programs.
• October 12, 2009
  Northside Town Hall, 2nd Street Festival; Richmond Folk Festival; Urban Park Summit for the National Recreation and Park Association; CEO for Cities Urban Leaders Summit; Leadership Metro Richmond regionalism panel; baseball returns to The Diamond; Urban Blight Reduction Program.
• September 14, 2009
  First Fridays Art Walk; ribbon cutting ceremony for Richmond CenterStage; Richmond Folk Festival; Rock! Richmond and the 50 Million Pound Challenge Walk Off; flu season and H1N1 precautions; Safe Corridors Initiative.
• August 17, 2009
  High speed rail; ribbon cutting ceremony for Oak Summit at Goose Creek; Richmond Stimulus Tracker; handicapped parking around City Hall; Southside Town Hall meeting; 2010 census; American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; infrastructure improvements; Old Manchester Plaza and Croaker's Spot; Hunter Holmes McGuire Richmond Veterans Affairs Medical Center's Polytrauma Transitional Rehabilitation facility; Richmond education and health care employment increases 10 percent; Mayor's Participation and Communication Corps (MPACC).
• July 20, 2009
  Zach Bonner of the Little Red Wagon Foundation highlights youth homelessness; 4th of July at Dogwood Dell; ZT-LOG Project; Richmond Stimulus Tracker; new Chief Administrative Officer Byron Marshall approved by City Council; Deputy Chief Administrative Officer of Finance and Administration Marcus Jones, DCAO of Economic and Community Development Peter Chapman, and DCAO of Operations Chris Beschler appointed; Church Hill named 12th Best Place to Buy an Old House in the South; Richmond named 6th Best Place to Start Over by Business Week and 19th Best Hotspot for Young Professionals to Live and Work in the U.S. by Next Generation Consulting; Westover Hills Library 50th anniversary; library renovations.
• June 22, 2009
  James River Conservation Easement; James Farrior of the Pittsburgh Steelers and the James Farrior Foundation receives key to the city; U.S. Conference of Mayors; highlights of state of city address delivered to Greater Richmond Chamber and Richmond Business Council breakfast; Second Responders program recognized by Ash Institute for Democratic Governance and Innovation at Harvard University; Downtown Master Plan receives 2009 Outstanding Plan Award from American Planning Association; Information Technology department pioneers national 911 standard regarding data exchanges; Federal Recovery Act Stimulus funds assist law enforcement, public housing modernization; new projects updates with Miller & Rhoads, First Market Bankshares, Bow Tie Cinemas, Odell Associates, K-Line.
• May 18, 2009
  City's biennial budget; Dominion Riverrocks; ribbon cutting at Beaufont Health and Rehabilitation Center; groundbreaking at Hunter Holmes McGuire Veterans Affairs Medical Center; National Bike to Work Day; RPS' "The Choice" campaign, Richmond high schools fully accredited; high-speed rail; Richmond Animal Care and Control receives Maddie's Fund Lifesaver Award; Port of Richmond awarded Port Security Grant; State Water Control Board announces funding for stormwater system.
• April 13, 2009
  Becoming a One Tier city; New Beginnings charts course for administration; city employee recognition; Real Estate Task Force; collaboration with City Auditor; Downtown Master Plan is "The People's Plan;" regional cooperation; Shockoe Bottom outreach for public safety, development, parking, and nightclub ordinances; fiscal prudence, pursuit of Triple A bond rating; multi-tiered schools promotional project "The Choice;" biennial budget; Capital Improvement Plan for Fiscal Years 2010-14; Stimulus Funds.