Richmond off-topic postings

[burt]

This isn't the type of history we want here in Virginia.

I woke up this afternoon to my aunt's voice distressed. She was worried that we heard no word from a cousin who's at VT studying engineering. But we were able to find out he's okay, but no word on his roommate.

It's a terrible situation. I'm sure many of the dead have not yet been identified. Thank God that your cousin is all right.

[burt]

Ryan Ramsey, the founder and mainstay of Richmond City Watch, is an alumnus of Virginia Tech. There may be others who contribute to these forums who call the University their alma mater.

It is a time for grieving.

[cityhopper]

Now that I will be an official Richmonder in a few weeks, I was curious of how I can begin to get involved in groups related to Richmond development and real estate. I aspire to become a developer one day but for now, I just want to stay up to date by attending meetings and functions.

Thx

Edited April 19, 2007 by sbc

[wrldcoupe4]

Venture Richmond is probably the most prominent group, though if you're into historic buildings and such, Historic Richmond Foundation hosts many events throughout the year. Just last week, they (in collaboration with Venture Richmond, the Virginia Center for Architecture, et al) hosted an event regarding a proposed state office building that will require the demolition of a historic hotel.

[burt]

Venture Richmond is probably the most prominent group, though if you're into historic buildings and such, Historic Richmond Foundation hosts many events throughout the year. Just last week, they (in collaboration with Venture Richmond, the Virginia Center for Architecture, et al) hosted an event regarding a proposed state office building that will require the demolition of a historic hotel.

There's also a very active group of young people in an organization called OPUS, sbc. Their focus is The Arts, but I don't know their web site address. Maybe someone else can supply it.

[burt]

sbc, maybe someone here can give you the contact, but there is another group that organizes walking tours of remote and little known downtown landmarks for groups of young adults -- usually ending the evening at a local bar or restaurant. I've forgotten its name, but I bet Coupe could tell you.

[cityhopper]

Thanks, I appreciate all the info!!!

[burt]

Thanks, I appreciate all the info!!!

Weren't you "sbc" a few minutes ago? Have you switched identities to "cityhopper"?

Whoever you are, welcome again.

[cityhopper]

Weren't you "sbc" a few minutes ago? Have you switched identities to "cityhopper"?

Whoever you are, welcome again.

Quick on your feet.

HAHA ... YES, I endured a name change to reflect the new changes before. I have now held licenses in 4 states within 9 years, thus the name cityhopper.

Thanks for the welcoming!!!!!!!!!!

Edited April 19, 2007 by cityhopper

[wrldcoupe4]

Over the next 10 days, the FBI and Marine Corps will be conducting urban training exercises, including low flying helicopters and artillery fire using blank munitions. So, don't be alarmed

---From NBC12

[burt]

A friend was here and scanned the pix from Style's Archectural section of which I spoke. The renderings are up in the Richmond Development thread.

[Downtowner]

Just heard on the News there was a big fire downtown on 2nd and Grace Streets. Theres no word on what caused the fire.

Edited April 23, 2007 by Downtowner

[Cadeho]

I believe it's these buildings that caught on fire. One of them, closest to the deck, is destroyed. At least that's what I gather from Channel 6's news.

[Downtowner]

wonder if they will just Demo those and put a parking lot. Lets hope not haha. Hopefully a developer some point and time will do something with that property.

[BGW]

According to the city's traffic alert page, there's another fire in a vacant building at 1st & Leigh.

[Cadeho]

According to the city's traffic alert page, there's another fire in a vacant building at 1st & Leigh.

Very resourceful site BGW. I wonder what address on 1st? It's odd I was downtown for a little bit today. I'm uploading now.

[burt]

Does anyone else have trouble posting at RCW? I was just there and tried to send a message to source about his photos of Hopewell. Everytime I clicked "submit", a sign would pop up saying "Invalid session. Please resubmit form."

After 26 clicks, it finally went thru.

A bit earlier I had posted about Richmond CenterStage and it required only three clicks of "submit".

And I think I am the only poster over there who can get to the Forum page instantly and read everything there, but when posting, I am required to log in.

It is a mystery, but a big frustration. Coupe is trying to help out, but I'd like to know if I'm the only one having this problem.

[jonbeattie]

Very resourceful site BGW. I wonder what address on 1st? It's odd I was downtown for a little bit today. I'm uploading now.

Must have been a fire weekend! There was a fire in our building Friday night that dumped thousands of gallons of water into one of our Banquet rooms. No one was hurt thank goodness and thier kitties hid in a closet for saftey

[wrldcoupe4]

Wow, I'm glad your building is safe.

[burt]

If it is any consolation, I heard on the news last night that Newark (NJ) had its 24th murder since the beginning of 2007 - a slight reduction from last year. Newark is larger and more diverse than Richmond, but its gratifying to note a decline in both cities. Isn't the figure now 11 in Richmond?

[wrldcoupe4]

well it looks like the times-dispatch website no longer exists... it's been replaced by inRICH.com... http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/home.html

[Cadeho]

I don't like the name. They should have asked us about this.

[burt]

Well, there goes my prime news source! I could only find about four local news stories, no local sports and lousy business coverage. Of course, the culprit just may be my lack of computer knowledge preventing me from finding all the goodies in the new format.

They asked for comments, but as I seem to have a thing about "submit" buttons, it didn't go thru. Did send an email expressing my displeasure, however.

I rarely check out Richmond dot com, but guess that'll be my route to local happenings in the future.

Dana Craig's restaurant reviews are still there.

Edited April 26, 2007 by burt

[burt]

My first reprint from the new RTD: Read all about the Queen's visit.

http://www.timesdispatch.com/cva/ric/news/...04-26-0091.html

[JSI]

Burt, bookmark this link (hopefully it won't change) in order to get to something similar to what we had before:

http://www.inrich.com/cva/ric/times_dispatch.html