New Housing Authority Director for Richmond

City Manager Bill Lindsay has announced that he has hired a new Executive Director for the Richmond Housing Authority. Mr. Tim Jones will begin work with the City on Tuesday, September 6th. Mr. Jones was most recently the Director of Housing Management for the Oakland...

The Last Blast

The 2005 Point Richmond Day Long Summer Music Festival Saturday September 10, starting at 11:00 AM 50 Artists showing their works + Classic Car Show + Food and Drink + Kids’ Games Live Music and Lots of it! Check out the great bands! “360” : Hip Hop...

Not Nice

This is an essay about disappointment ” disappointment about the way our City”s oldest neighborhood is too often disdained by the City Council and City government and disappointment in the majority of business property owners of that same neighborhood...

Family Reading Night at the Library

Celebrate reading at the Children”s Room of the Richmond Public Library on Wednesday, August 31, 2005, 6:30 to 7:30 pm. We”ll read “Back to School” stories, serve refreshments, and give a free book and school supplies to every child who...

Time to Throw in the Towel?

When driving the Richmond Parkway, including the east (Garrard Leg), it is hard to find any pride in this City of Pride and Purpose. When the Richmond Parkway was conceived and named well over a decade ago, it was envisioned as not just a means of transportation to...