The City’s Adopt A Tree Program has a new deadline of Sept.1. If you are interested in having a new tree planted, and adopting it, see the details here.

The city will pick up brush and large items next week, July 19-23. To arrange a pick up, you must call 311 and give the address.  Items should be placed where your trash is collected.  The next scheduled pick up is Aug. 16-20.

The Department of Public Works has started improvements to Williamsburg Road in response to citizen concerns over damage to parked cars and faded crosswalks. The striping defines the travel lanes, helping drivers to stay out of the parking zones. Crosswalks are being re-painted as well. Hopefully these improvements will also slow traffic by making drivers more aware of the road, parked cars, and pedestrian crosswalks.

Just in time for spring showers we have rain barrels. 60 gallon capacity.

Finished rain barrels $32.00 or 2 for $60.00
Unfinished rain barrels $20.00

Call for more information

Your support of the Richmond Habitat ReStore will improve the living conditions of many people right here, locally. In addition, we can save thousands of pounds of usable construction materials from the landfill. The ReStore is operated as an action arm of Richmond Metropolitan Habitat for Humanity located at 1901 Roane Street, Richmond VA 23222 804-228-1305. Open Monday – Saturday 9am -6pm.

NBC12 has an update on the mysterious smell that sometime floats around the East End:

Neighbors say the smell is like rotten eggs mixed with sulfur. And it gets so bad at certain times, that some neighbors are afraid to have people visit them at their house.

Eric Leabough lives in Midview Farms – where the streets are new, and the homes are big. Only recently did he learn about the big smell.

“Smells like gas, leakage, or some sort of rotten egg…just horrible,” Leabough said. It’s not noticeable all the time; mostly in the morning, or at night.

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The fire was reported a little after 3 a.m. in a industrial structure. At this time the cause is not known.

The building, in the 5200 block of Hatcher Street, just south of Williamsburg Road near the Henrico County line, is a large, steel-siding structure, and the first crews on scene found heavy fire and heard small explosions coming from the structure.

Once it was determined that there were storage tanks on site for acetylene, which is used in welding torches, Richmond firefighters called for more crews from the city as well as Henrico.

For the full story see RTD

The Neighborhood Resource Center is looking for some volunteers to help get the Perennial Garden ready for spring by adding new soil and stone work. Come out this Friday, January 15, from 4PM-6:30PM. Sign up to be a volunteer!