Bittersweet news: This is the last edition of _Good Morning, RVA_ for the foreseeable future!
Would you trade green space for housing? Could we do both?
I need people to start speaking to me at 2x in real life.
[James Earl Jones voice] Baseball.
Beware! People will probably stare up into the sun while driving their cars today!
Chamberlayne Avenue is a complex corridor and will need a thoughtful planning process to figure out how best to incorporate great transit.
As foretold, I spent my bus trips yesterday with an absolute must-listen episode of The Boring Show.
I’ll probably spend a bit of time today on a bus listening to the budget session while starting out the window with a melancholic expression on my face.
The Mayor did a good job with his budget presentation, and I think it might be the easiest way to get yourself oriented towards the budget’s big-picture items.
I need to work on replacing my initial reaction of “complain about this infrastructure online” with “submit a 3-1-1 ticket first and then maybe complain about it online.”
Am I bummed or just old?
PDFs of both the Annual Fiscal Plan (operating budget) and Capital Improvement Plan (capital budget) should be available online soon.
Notice how the new stadium fronts the street!
Budget season officially kicks off today!
Budget season is one of my favorite times of the year, and it all starts next week!
I’ve been making weird Richmond-based internet projects for a long time.
Bonus content: Links to every councilmember newsletter that I could find.
Quote of the week: “You can win, but you have to be stronger and more disciplined than the bamboo.”
Maybe we can get DPW to stop collecting the trash from the brand new, real-estate-tax-free General Assembly building.
Btw, Richmond Ivy dad hats do exist.