by admin | Oct 23, 2007 | Uncategorized
Exhibitors from the Green Chamber of Commerce filled the Lovonya DeJean Middle School auditorium on Saturday. Meanwhile, the Richmond Chamber of Commerce is up to its old tricks, writing its members to oppose the “manufacturing tax,” although the proposed...
by admin | Oct 23, 2007 | Uncategorized
Dr. Louis Hagler was a resident of Marina Bay until train horns drove him away to the relative quietude of the Berkeley Hills last year. Before he left, however, he played a major role in establishing Richmond”s four railroad Quiet Zones, and he continues to...
by admin | Oct 20, 2007 | Uncategorized
My City Council colleague, Jim Rogers, asked me to post the following on the E-FORUM: Look at almost any media these days, and there are numerous articles about various efforts to go green and clean. Thanks to the unanimous support of the Richmond City Council, future...
by admin | Oct 20, 2007 | Uncategorized
I just returned from quick trip to Washington, DC to attend the Childhood Obesity Prevention Summit sponsored by the Leadership for Healthy Communities, a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. This was not, by far, my first exposure to the subject....
by admin | Oct 20, 2007 | Uncategorized
The National Wildlife Federation will honor Bringing Back the Natives Garden Tour Coordinator Kathy Kramer in Washington, D.C. on Nov. 1 at its annual National Achievement Awards and Dinner. Among the dozen other recipients receiving awards that evening are Al Gore...