Good Morning, RVA!
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Good morning, RVA: Housing, housing, and more housing
January 29, 2024 12:56 - 8.37 MBI try to avoid “top whatever cities” articles because then I have to spend an hour of my life figuring out their methodology.
Good morning, RVA: A home for buses, a cool new trail, and digging into dirt
January 26, 2024 12:50 - 8.02 MBSomeone should send me examples of bus transfer stations integrated into mixed-use buildings.
Good morning, RVA: An apology, two big projects, and two transit meetings
January 25, 2024 12:53 - 8.3 MBI joke on it, but I think I’d be pretty stoked to ceremonially lift dirt out of a box for a big project.
Good morning, RVA: Budget Season!, local news experiments, and two papers
January 24, 2024 12:53 - 8.68 MBIt’s the most wonderful time of the year: Budget Season!
Good morning, RVA: Lowering speed limits, density, and the French Film Festival
January 23, 2024 12:46 - 7.27 MBI know it’s exhausting work, but I still want early-morning reporting on important School Board meetings.
Good morning, RVA: Schools budget, education funding, and VCU’s athletic village
January 22, 2024 12:35 - 7.07 MBFull, meaty agenda for School Board tonight.
Good morning, RVA: The Board and the Supe, Food Hall declines, and interesting bills
January 19, 2024 12:48 - 8.1 MBThis email might read real stupid on Tuesday morning.
Good morning, RVA: The RPS Report, municipal finance, and MUTCD
January 18, 2024 12:49 - 9.37 MBOK, stay with me here, but I really enjoyed this presentation about the City’s debt capacity.
Good morning, RVA: A bike lane meeting, two RPS reports, and how bills die
January 17, 2024 12:58 - 9.02 MBExpanding public transportation is mostly about connecting people and jobs.
Good morning, RVA: The Dillon Rule, a new bridge, and off-the-beaten-path spots
January 16, 2024 13:01 - 7.91 MBGood morning, RVA! It's 31 °F, and it snowed, kind of. Today you can expect temperatures right around freezing with some off-and-on rain—which is annoying and not at all a wintery delight. If you’ve got to travel this morning, stay alert because the National Weather Service has extended the Winter Weather Advisory until 11:00 AM. Additionally, schools across the region have delayed starts, so also keep an eye out for wayward children circulating at odd times of the day. Water cooler VPM’s ...
Good morning, RVA: New bus service, sign a petition, and marijuana bills
January 12, 2024 12:47 - 8.79 MBThis new bus service! I’m impressed with what we’ve got and excited for what’s next.
Good morning, RVA: Canal Walk racquet sports, e-bike bill, and bikepacking
January 11, 2024 12:55 - 8.59 MBIt’s mostly foolish to link to a bill on the second day of the General Assembly session, buuuut...
Good morning, RVA: GA begins, an MPW twist, and we should ban gas-powered leaf blowers
January 10, 2024 12:51 - 7.39 MBCould it be? Could my long, loud personal nightmare be coming to an end??
Good morning, RVA: Fall Line Trail updates, Mayo Island’s official, and a bummer quote
January 09, 2024 12:45 - 7.8 MBHenrico County is fully stoked on the Fall Line Trail.
Good morning, RVA: Diamond District changes, bike lane survey, and a cheaper CSO
January 08, 2024 12:44 - 7.2 MBWhat if you could ride your bike to Target?
Good morning, RVA: Public school funding, meals tax update, and the return of a local reporter
January 05, 2024 12:57 - 8.06 MBWelcome Sabrina Moreno back to our local bylines!
Good morning, RVA: A regressive budget, meals tax issues, and municipal finance dark arts
January 04, 2024 12:51 - 8.06 MBI hope that Democrats in the General Assembly have a good plan for scrapping the more regressive parts of the Governor’s budget.
Good morning, RVA: New-look Council, books!, and e-bike rebates
January 03, 2024 12:42 - 6.58 MBYou should definitely get library cards at all three local libraries.
Good morning, RVA: 2024!, interesting legislation, and regional public transportation
January 02, 2024 12:53 - 9.23 MBIt feels like 2023 was a mostly chill year for City Council—at least in terms of the legislation they passed.
Good morning, RVA: Frustrating surveys, goodbye Ned, and a logistical note
December 20, 2023 12:54 - 10.3 MBThese surveys made me feel bad about myself!
Good morning, RVA: New school construction, new school funding, and banning TikTok
December 19, 2023 12:49 - 7.2 MBI hope that the process to rebuild the next 30 schools goes smoothly and moves quickly.
Good morning, RVA: Affirmative action, new laws, and two logistical notes
June 30, 2023 11:47 - 7.98 MBI don’t think I’ve ever been part of a better online community than this one, so thanks for that!
Good morning, RVA: Orange air quality alert, combating climate change, and chili bowls
June 29, 2023 11:47 - 7.66 MBDo you have the Air Quality Guide for Particle Pollution PDF bookmarked? Because now I do.
Good morning, RVA: E-bike incentives, state budget breakdown, and a sewer PDF
June 28, 2023 12:01 - 8.26 MBRichmond should build an e-bike incentive program into the coming year’s budget.
Good morning, RVA: Three examples, do you have a VPN?, and join the GMRVA Patreon!
June 27, 2023 12:04 - 9.96 MBWhat you browse is your own personal business, not the General Assembly’s and certainly not some random internet company.
Good morning, RVA: Three interesting papers, a press conference cancelled, and riding through the forest
June 26, 2023 11:58 - 7.49 MBVirginia, especially the Blue Ridge Mountains and the Shenandoah Valley, are just incredibly beautiful.
Good morning, RVA: National attention, canine flu, and a five-year anniversary
June 22, 2023 12:02 - 7.88 MBI always get nervous when a national reporter does a deep dive on something nuanced and local!
Good morning, RVA: Election results!, new development, and potato salad
June 21, 2023 11:48 - 7.2 MBBest post-election quote in a while: “She’s just an overall better human being.”
Good morning, RVA: Go vote!, letters of support, and an underused intersection
June 20, 2023 11:43 - 6.89 MBGo vote! Local and state elections are important—do you need any more evidence than the last couple of years?
Good morning, RVA: A new utilities commission, Juneteenth, and a day off
June 16, 2023 11:36 - 7.28 MBI just opened the ordinance PDF and there it was!
Good morning, RVA: Banning books, giving away books, and Casino 2.0 language
June 15, 2023 11:56 - 7.63 MBIt’s telling that City leaders in favor of the casino would rather not mention the casino part of the deal.
Good morning, RVA: Transportation needs maps, book bans, and invasive plants
June 14, 2023 11:53 - 8.84 MBIt’s not every day you get to flip through 17 different transportation maps!
Good morning, RVA: Cars ruin Carytown, Casino 2.0, and a surprising poll
June 13, 2023 11:51 - 7.93 MBGood morning, RVA! It's 59 °F, and today looks sunny and wonderful. Expect highs around 80 °F but with a lot less of yesterday’s sticky humidity. Looking ahead at this week’s exceedingly dry (but lovely!) forecast, and I don’t know if yesterday’s intermittent sprinkles cut the mustard for all of my outside plants. If I’m late for a meeting or a hangout, it’s probably because I’m carrying buckets of water this way and that and lost track of time! Water cooler Cars ruin Carytown. That’s just...
Good morning, RVA: Packed Council agenda, fire training facility approved, and illegal deliveries
June 12, 2023 11:49 - 8.25 MBI’d love it if every councilmember had two well-paid, full-time staff.
Good morning, RVA: Haze, Hikes, and heckin’ voting
June 09, 2023 11:45 - 7.6 MBToday, June 9th, is the very last day to apply for a vote-by-mail ballot to be mailed to you for the June 20th primary!
Good morning, RVA: No more school, RGGI withdrawal, and fewer CSO events
June 08, 2023 11:56 - 7.73 MBThe Air Pollution Control Board voted to pull Virginia from RGGI on a day the air was literally unhealthy to breath due to air pollution.
Good morning, RVA: Mass shooting at a high school graduation
June 07, 2023 11:39 - 7.38 MBI’m not sure I have any helpful, or even angry, words this morning. It’s just so, so sad.
Good morning, RVA: Scott’s Addition development, Enrichmond longread, and climate grants
June 06, 2023 11:42 - 7.93 MBToday marks the seventh deathiversary of my previous news-related project, RVANews.
Good morning, RVA: Big important papers, extend the Pulse, and a fire at the zoo
June 05, 2023 11:35 - 6.92 MBIs the City working more efficiently on big projects lately or does it just seem like a lot of activity after three years of COVD-19?
Good morning, RVA: Landscaping a circle, one less parking lot, and debt ceiling lifted
June 02, 2023 11:37 - 6.68 MBThe land under Dominion’s “clean energy park” parking lot alone is worth $10 million!!
Good morning, RVA: Join the Patreon!, wetlands, and gas stoves
June 01, 2023 11:48 - 7.94 MBGoal: Increase GMRVA’s monthly patron support by $381!
Good morning, RVA: School Board progress, a bicycle bill, and silly maps
February 02, 2023 12:49 - 7.23 MBPhil! Phil Connors?!
Good morning, RVA: An unserious proposal, an unexpected-but-predictable story, and a soothing video
February 01, 2023 12:48 - 7.25 MBMaybe do the tiniest bit of outreach before announcing you want to close five schools that aren't even in your district?
Good morning, RVA: Public schools defunded, changing our streets, and the State of the City
January 31, 2023 12:51 - 8.88 MBIt’s hard to believe claims of “human error” when the errors keep lining up with their publicly stated policies.
Good morning, RVA: What will we do to make our streets safer?
January 30, 2023 12:47 - 7.49 MBWill our City’s leadership take what we know—that these are dangerous, fast streets—and implement quick fixes to keep people from dying?
Good morning, RVA: Medium COVID-19 levels, new housing data, and round one of a casino battle
January 27, 2023 12:55 - 8.66 MBThis new housing data will either bum you out or maybe move you to action.
Good morning, RVA: A bunch of ordinances, a combined meeting, and homicide numbers
January 26, 2023 12:59 - 9.19 MBIs this the first time City Council and School Board have had a combined meeting early on in budget season?
Good morning, RVA: A district meeting, a budget work session, and a scaled-down project
January 25, 2023 13:02 - 8.63 MBSometimes I read the recaps of public meetings and they just make me so, so sad.
Good morning, RVA: Gun buyback results; 1,000 homes; and the most popular baby names
January 24, 2023 12:49 - 7.43 MBYou’ll never find anything with “Ross” written on it for sale at a gas station or in a gift shop. This is my burden.
Good morning, RVA: Richmond 300 amendments, heated patios, and an urban forester
January 23, 2023 12:41 - 6.52 MB637 days since its introduction, City Council will finally vote on RES. 2021-R026, the confusing, conflicting laundry list of proposed amendments to Richmond 300.