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1927 Cafe & Bakery opening in the Altria Theatre
A new cafe and bakery is coming to the Fan District.1927 Café & Bakery will be located at 6 N. Laurel St., inside the Altria Theater, but will be open to the public daily. 1927 Café & Bakery will feature bistro fare, such as breakfast burritos and sandwiches in the morning ($4.25-$5.75) and sandwiches and wraps, including curry chicken salad, buffalo chicken and a BLT ($5.75-$6.95), at lunch and in the evening. 1927 Cafe, which is named such as an homage to opening year of The Mosque, will have extended hours during Altria performances. Generally, it will be open 6:30 AM – 7 PM and7 AM – 7 PM on the weekends. The cafe is “soft” opening on Wednesday and will have its grand opening on February 5th. More info here.

Wawa near the Diamond
A brand new Wawa location is set to open on 3100 N. Boulevard, on the razed site that once housed Bill’s Barbecue. The Wawa is planned to be open before the end of the year and will be similar to the location on Staples Mill Road. The Wawa deal comes as the debate surrounding the future of North Boulevard and The Diamond ramps up. Mayor Dwight Jones’ office has scheduled six public meetings to get feedback from residents about how best to use the 60 acres of city-owned land around the aging baseball stadium. More info here.

Have you made a resolution to give back to your community in 2016?

The 1st cleanup of the year is this Saturday, January 2nd from 1pm-2:15pm. We will be meeting outside of the Randolph Community Center (1415 Grayland Ave). This cleanup is appropriate for kids since we will be cleaning up in Petronius Jones Park which has two playgrounds available for short attention spans. We will also be cover Idlewood, Grayland, and venturing over to Parkwood which it in need of some loving.

We hope to see you on Saturday!

http://www.meetup.com/RVA-Clean-Sweep

Thanks to a nonprofit, nonpartisan project known as the Gun Violence Archive, data on gun homicides and nonfatal shootings is now available well before the federal government releases its statistics. Those data include location information that makes it possible to plot those shootings on a map showing how many have taken place in your vicinity.

If you ever hear or see anything suspicious, please call 911. Neighbors are the best partners that Richmond Police Department have in helping reduce crime.

The Richmond Fire department tweeted this link on winter safety tips when it comes to picking a Christmas tree and lighting your house this year. When picking the tree, choose a tree with fresh, green needles that do not fall off when touched. Although Christmas tree fires are not common, when they do occur, they are more likely to be serious. Before placing the tree in the stand, cut 2″ from the base of the trunk and water it daily. Make sure the tree is not blocking exits and is at least three feet away from any heat source, like fireplaces, radiators, candles, heat vents or lights.When lighting the tree, use lights that have the label of an independent testing laboratory. Replace any string of lights with worn or broken cords or loose bulb connections. Read manufacturer’s instructions for number of light strands to connect. Always turn off Christmas tree lights before leaving home or going to bed. For more tips, view the article yourself right here.

Join us for an Open Forum at the University of Richmond’s Jepson Alumni Center on Thursday, December 10 from 6-8 pm.

Discussion continues on GRTC Barn Project

According to NBC 12, Fan residents have recently been voicing their concerns about plans to turn the old GRTC bus barn on Robinson St. into luxury apartments. For more information on the community activism and to get the developer’s point of view on the topic, visit the NBC 12 article here. Also check out the plan’s blueprint above.

RVA Clean Sweep has been conducting monthly trash cleanups in Randolph since September 2014. This year volunteers removed over a ton of litter (2,000 pounds) off the streets of our neighborhood. Volunteers have stated they are starting to see the difference in certain sections of Randolph. RVA Clean Sweep has also been working with GRTC to install additional trash cans along Allen and Idlewood to help lessen the amount of street litter along these roads.

Out of the 184 volunteers hours put into our neighborhood to fight litter, Randolph neighbors provided around 16% of the support. We encourage residents of Randolph to volunteer 60-90 minutes once a year to a neighborhood cleanup. If you are unable to physically attend a cleanup, promoting the cleanups on your social media pages OR talking to your neighbors about the cleanups would be of great help. If you have school aged children that need community service volunteer hours, these cleanups count!

Volunteers covered from Powhatan to Grayland and from Meadow to Allen/Sumpter.

Our goal for 2016 is to see more neighbors faces at these monthly cleanups! We already have two cleanups schedule in January 2016.

Saturday, January 2nd – http://www.meetup.com/RVA-Clean-Sweep/events/227243263/

Saturday, January 30th – Shiver In the River Joint cleanup with Oregon Hill – http://www.meetup.com/RVA-Clean-Sweep/events/224125267/

To see more pictures of volunteers in Randolph and throughout the city please visit RVA Clean Sweep’s Facebook or Twitter pages. #pickuplitterRVA