Fulton Hill’s Run to the River is a new, challenging 10k event to benefit the Neighborhood Resource Center (NRC). The event will lead runners along Richmond’s historic and scenic riverfront, with a 5K walk through Greater Fulton taking place simultaneously. Runners and walkers will celebrate at the finishing line party, which will feature an alternative health fair, healthy food, and live music in the NRC’s new Garden Cafe. [via]

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Richmond’s Neighborhood Gardens & Parks: “It’s a Community Thing” in this week’s Urban Views Weekly looks at community gardens across Richmond and has good words about the learning garden at Fulton Hill’s Neighborhood Resource Center:

“The idea is a learning garden because we have a preschool here,” says Mary Lou Decossaux, Co-Executive Director. “We also have an afterschool program here. Both groups of children participate in everything from planting the garden, to watering and weeding the garden, to picking the vegetables and eating them. We also have a café, a community kitchen which will serve vegetables picked from the garden. We serve them during Sunday brunch.”

About 35 people showed up Saturday morning for the 7th District Meeting hosted by Delores McQuinn at Mt.Tabor Baptist Church on Fairmount Avenue. The meeting agenda included the city budget conflict, the Downtown Master Plan (and Echo Harbor), crime, and community concerns.

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The next 7th District Town Hall Meeting, hosted by 7th District Council VP Delores McQuinn, will be held on Saturday, July 26th, from 11:30AM-1PM @ Mt. Tabor Baptist Church (2011 Fairmount Avenue).

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Tricycle Gardens are presenting the first of a series of workshops on organic gardening: Introduction to Organic Gardening (7/24), Getting Started with Organic Gardening (8/7), and Fall Gardening and Winter Preparations (9/11). Each workshop will cost $15 and take place at 211 West 7th Street in Old Manchester. Please contact allison@tricyclegardens.org if you have questions.

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A teenage boy was shot at the Powhatan Hill Community Center just after 4PM today. The unidentified victim is at the VCU medical center, where he is in critical but stable condition. [via]

The Richmond Parcel Mapper is a map of the city of Richmond that “permits querying and display of real estate Parcels”. It also makes it easy to find out the Richmond/Henrico border.

Tricycle Gardens has an update on the gardens at the NRC:

After lots of planning, building gardens, seed starting, planting and enthusiastic support, the Neighborhood Resource Center garden has started to produce vegetables, herbs, and flowers for all to enjoy! Children came to the NRC after school and were involved throughout the process of getting the gardening season underway. Some of the children in the after school program were able to attend a field trip to Victory Farms in Hanover to see how vegetables are grown on a larger scale. Now that summer has officially begun and school is out, we are continuing what was started during the spring season.

The RTD is reporting that a man was shot in the abdomen at around 11PM in the 5200 block of Salem Street.

Richmond’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities serves free meals to children between the age of 1 and 18 at more than 120 locations throughout the city from June 16 to Aug. 29 through its participation in the U. S. Department of Agriculture’s Summer Meals for Kids Program. Last summer, the department served more than 306,000 free meals to children in the Richmond area.

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Are you interested in starting a community garden in your neighborhood? Tricycle Gardens is hosting several workshops on how to jump start a community garden (Wed. June 25th, July 9th, July 30th, and Aug.13th). All workshops are free, and are from 6:30-9PM at the Tricycle Gardens office @ 211 W. 7th Street in old Manchester. More information is available at lisa@tricyclegardens.org or (804)231-7767. [via]

Richmond’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities will open its eight outdoor public swimming pools for the summer at 1PM tomorrow, including the Powhatan Pool at 5051 Northampton Street. The pools are free for the public to use and open Mondays through Fridays from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m., Saturdays from noon to 5 p.m., and Sundays from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. In addition, each pool offers family or adult only swim times.

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In the contest for the 7th district council seat, it will be Clarence Kenney vs incumbent Delores L. McQuinn. Five candidates will vie for the school board seat: Ronald L. Bond, Harry H. Bradley Jr., Donald L. Coleman, Torey J. Edmonds, and Carletta Wilson. [via]

While no opposition has yet emerged for 7th District Council Representative Delores McQuinn, three candidates have announced their intention to run for the 7th District School Board seat being vacated by Keith West. So far in the race are Torey Edmonds, Carletta Wilson, and Don Coleman.

From Style Weekly’s Tiki Barber’s Fulton Project Gets Green Light:

Former New York Giants University of Virginia running back Tiki Barber will redevelop Woodcroft Village, a 250-unit apartment complex at the corner of Jennie Scher and Government roads in the East End neighborhood. Earlier this month, the state awarded $2.2 million in low-income housing tax credits to Barber. In return, Barber’s firm, Tiki Ventures LLC, and its partner, New York City-based Related Affordable, pledge to keep the rent in the government-prescribed “affordable” bracket for the next 50 years, says Joanna Rose, a Related spokeswoman. They plan to close on the developments either late this year or early next year, she says.

Two of the four public hearings scheduled by the School Board to receive citizen’s input on the search for the next Superintendent of Richmond Public Schools remain. The next and closest will be this Wednesday from 6-8PM at Franklin Military School. Check out a presentation about the search. (PDF)

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Today at the 7th District Meeting, Seventh District Representative and Council VP Delores McQuinn announced officially that she will be running for reelection. Petitions of support are circulating the community.

7th District Representative and City Council VP Delores McQuinn will be hosting a 7th District Community Meeting this Saturday, May 17th from 11AM–1PM at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church (3200 East Broad Street). Agenda items include the Oakwood Heights Condominium Project, 7th District Community Concerns, and a 7th District Police Report update.

Attend Tricycle Gardens’ rain barrel work shop and build your own rain barrel! This Sunday, May 18, 2008, from 12-2:30ish @ Neighborhood Resource Center. Take home your own rain barrel for $40 OR $10 to attend and learn only.

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Books on Wheels has some photos of their work at the Neighborhood Resource Center today.