Good Morning, RVA!
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Good morning, RVA: Dogwood Dell play-by-play, three fun zoning changes, and the Senate passes a climate bill
August 08, 2022 11:42 - 7.62 MBCooler weather later this week? Do we dare to dream?
Good morning, RVA: COVID-19, monkeypox, and the Moonlight ride
August 05, 2022 11:45 - 7.1 MBI don't know if this newsletter can handle tracking data for two public health emergencies.
Good morning, RVA: More Dogwood Dell confusion, a School Board recap, and Memory Wars finale
August 04, 2022 12:01 - 8.48 MBThis RPD + Dogwood Dell situation just keeps getting messier and messier.
Good morning, RVA: Kansas votes no, a sketchy donation, and more thoughts on the gas utility
August 03, 2022 12:03 - 9.47 MBWe probably shouldn't be expanding our natural gas infrastructure, right?
Good morning, RVA: Advocate for the climate, job openings, and public stairs
August 02, 2022 11:49 - 7.3 MBWhere are your favorite public stairs? Everyone has favorite public stairs, right?
Good morning, RVA: Variable speed limits, scooter deserts, and a City Council vacation
August 01, 2022 11:49 - 7.22 MBHow do we get more micromobility on the Southside?
Good morning, RVA: COVID-19 Community Level is real HIGH, boosters on the horizon, and The Lake
July 29, 2022 11:49 - 6.83 MBPretty stoked about potentially getting another COVID-19 booster soon.
Good morning, RVA: RVA Sweep 16, a climate bill?, and talkin' transit
July 28, 2022 11:40 - 6.98 MBI know the new climate bill doesn't go as far as it should, but it exists!
Good morning, RVA: Utility rate increases, white CEOs, and a food forest
July 27, 2022 11:46 - 7.07 MBIs it normal for a city to own the gas utility?
Good morning, RVA: Precrimes, City employees can unionize!, and tons of old magazines
July 26, 2022 11:49 - 7.07 MBCongratulations, City employees!
Good morning, RVA: Body-cam footage, a vote on collective bargaining, and 16 really great drone photos
July 25, 2022 11:55 - 7.75 MBIf we make it through today, I think we can expect cooler temperatures tomorrow.
Good morning, RVA: HIGH COVID-19 Community Level, evaluating risk, and a patriotic beer belt
July 22, 2022 11:46 - 8.53 MBI know it's so freaking hot, but you should still be wearing a mask in indoors public places.
Good morning, RVA: Monkeypox vaccine, Enrichmond, and development in Manchester
July 21, 2022 11:50 - 7.81 MBIf you're at high risk, fill out this monkeypox vaccine interest form: rhhd.gov/monkeypoxvax
Good morning, RVA: Keeping our bike lanes clean, gubernatorial powers, and some useful maps
July 20, 2022 11:46 - 8.54 MBSeeing the Mini Street and Sidewalk Sweeper in the wild is like finding an ice cream truck but for old people on bikes.
Good morning, RVA: A collective bargaining ordinance, abortion stats, and love bombs
July 19, 2022 11:42 - 7.57 MBShout out to Knitorious M.E.G. for doing a cool thing for 10 entire years!
Good morning, RVA: Welcome back!, a collective bargaining compromise, and building over a view
July 18, 2022 11:48 - 8.23 MBWelcome back to myself!
Good morning, RVA: Thank you!, COVID-19 levels are HIGH, and a framework for capping a highway
July 01, 2022 11:54 - 9.31 MBY'all have a great two weeks! Let me know if something important happens, OK?
Good morning, RVA: Progressive infrastructure options, another RPS fire, and pickleball
June 30, 2022 11:34 - 7.17 MBI'm not sure I've ever seen green bike lanes, red transit lanes, and sidewalks all in the same infrastructure survey before.
Good morning, RVA: Big generosity, reconnecting Jackson Ward, and a new noise ordinance
June 29, 2022 11:56 - 8.87 MBWho among us is brave enough to introduce an ordinance banning gas-powered leaf blowers??
Good morning, RVA: 48.5% of the way there, gasping at the housing market, and a sandwich cake
June 28, 2022 11:53 - 8.52 MBJust think of all the different things we could put in the cake format!
Good morning, RVA: Membership drive!, two good newsletters, and more barrels
June 27, 2022 11:44 - 8.72 MBChip in a couple of bucks, and join the GMRVA Patreon today!
Good morning, RVA: A change in the COVID-19 level, the State Board of Health, and drone photos (of graves)
June 24, 2022 11:36 - 7.2 MBI'm living vicariously though students on summer break right now.
Good morning, RVA: Vaccines for little kids, the Jefferson Davis statue, and saying goodbye to reporters
June 23, 2022 11:44 - 6.7 MBI spent yesterday afternoon hiding from the storm in my basement. Related: The Virginia Mercury is hiring a climate reporter.
Good morning, RVA: Another transportation survey, Oregon Hill clarification, and that new Beyoncé song
June 22, 2022 11:40 - 6.96 MBBikepeople! Take your vast knowledge of where our streets are unsafe and cram it into this Richmond Connects survey!
Good morning, RVA: Vaccines for all, a State budget, and Richmond Connects
June 21, 2022 11:51 - 8.55 MBI’m pretty excited about the Richmond Connects process—which kicks off in earnest today.
Good morning, RVA: Racism is a public health crisis, HIGH COVID-19 level, and Juneteenth
June 17, 2022 11:36 - 9.62 MBRacism is still a public health crisis.
Good morning, RVA: More progress on baby vax, racism is a public health crisis, and red bus lanes
June 16, 2022 11:57 - 10.8 MBRacism is a public health crisis.
Good morning, RVA: Baby vax event horizon, river islands, and breakfast for dinner
June 15, 2022 11:46 - 7.86 MBThe James River is our very best thing, and folks shouldn't be able to buy and hoard that for themselves.
Good morning, RVA: Budget hints, VCU's athletic village, and gun buyback best practices
June 14, 2022 11:43 - 7.21 MBI'm pretty excited about the bike/ped improvements that should come out of the Diamond District and VCU's Athletic Village.
Good morning, RVA: The tiniest bit of gun legislation, a new bike lane survey, and Breakaway RVA
June 13, 2022 11:53 - 7.47 MBTake the bike lane survey! Tell them sharrows are bad!
Good morning, RVA: HIGH COVID-19 Community Level, RPS budget stress, and poke weed
June 10, 2022 11:44 - 7.93 MBToday I've got two stories about native plants—it's Richmond's only zoning, budget, and plant-obsessed email newsletter!
Good morning, RVA: Safer intersections, a new podcast, and papusas
June 09, 2022 11:56 - 8.29 MBIf we wanted to, there are many, many cheap and easy ways to make our streets safer.
Good morning, RVA: The future of the paper, a Diamond District meeting, and gun buybacks
June 08, 2022 11:41 - 7.85 MBTake a minute this morning to financially support our local journalists however you can by subscribing, donating, joining, patreoning, or participating in whatever other business models are out there!
Good morning, RVA: RTD has a new publisher, a great gardening column, and trains
June 07, 2022 11:43 - 7.32 MBDo you know about rose rosette disease? Do you see it everywhere and constantly point it out to your eye-rolly family?
Good morning, RVA: Congratulations Julie Timm, a handful of Council updates, and bike races
June 06, 2022 11:43 - 7.2 MBRanked-choice voting for City Council sounds great, let’s make it happen!
Good morning, RVA: High COVID-19 level, high casino drama, and getting high off of Delta-8
June 03, 2022 11:45 - 8.5 MBI was wondering what would suck up all of my attention this summer, and it sure looks like it'll be casino round two.
Good morning, RVA: A budget comparison, shipping containers, and a bike event
June 02, 2022 11:40 - 7.26 MBThis state budget comparison PDF from The Commonwealth Institute is incredible!
Good morning, RVA: A pedestrian killed by a driver, state budget vote, and priority investment neighborhoods
June 01, 2022 11:48 - 7.11 MBWe know our streets are dangerous and deadly, but what are we going to do about it?
Good morning, RVA: The devil is in the budget’s details, Hull Street Corridor improvements, and the coming fire ant invasion
May 31, 2022 11:48 - 7.32 MBDang, you can put all kinds of stuff in a budget.
Good morning, RVA: HIGH COVID-19, Monkeypox, and a budget for the State
May 27, 2022 11:36 - 7.03 MBHave a great, excellent, and hopefully long weekend!
Good morning, RVA: Zero fares for FY23, lead the Office of Sustainability, and food halls
May 26, 2022 11:44 - 7.04 MBDo you want to head up the City's new Office of Sustainability?
Good morning, RVA: Uvalde
May 25, 2022 11:22 - 5.61 MBThe future seems incredibly clear but incredibly dark.
Good morning, RVA: Council papers, remote workers, and Bike Walk Talks
May 24, 2022 11:26 - 6.47 MBIt’s wild how long things can stick around on City Council’s agenda.
Good morning, RVA: Monkeypox, telework, and redistricting wraps up
May 23, 2022 11:44 - 7.76 MBWelcome to the 3rd District, a bunch of ex-2nd Districters!
Good morning, RVA: Yellow everywhere, an education report, and Riverrock!
May 20, 2022 11:41 - 7.95 MBGood luck to everyone competing in the heat! Stay cool!
Good morning, RVA: School Board recap, Belle Isle bridge, Breakaway RVA
May 19, 2022 11:43 - 7.32 MBIt must be nice and cool for folks who live places where they don't feel deep anxiety over what their schoolboard may do next.
Good morning, RVA: We all have a part to play, 5–11yo boosters, and river rules
May 18, 2022 11:35 - 8.7 MBMake a plan to get your 5–11yos boosted this weekend.
Good morning, RVA: Ride the coronawaves, free COVID-19 tests, and free fares live (for now)
May 17, 2022 11:57 - 9.5 MBGo and get your eight free COVID-19 tests from covid.gov/tests!
Good morning, RVA: City Center progress, Bike Month continues, and lampreys
May 16, 2022 11:33 - 6.62 MBThe river is full of wonderful things.
Good morning, RVA: Green to yellow, red Pulse lanes, yelling until he’s blue in the face
May 13, 2022 11:44 - 7.67 MBBe cool. Don’t be all, like, uncool.