Meet with 9th District Richmond City Councilman Doug Conner and business leaders in the community. The purpose of these meetings is to share information with business owners, the public, and community officials. It’s a great opportunity to share concerns related to businesses and city officials. This is not an exclusive meeting, so go down there and be heard, or at least seen.

Where? Why the 2nd Police Precinct at 177 Belt Blvd. at 3pm this Wednesday (tomorrow). Meet the ever popular Cpt. Steve Drew and his excellent team of officers as well as great people like Mr. Conner who has been helping develop the Rails and Trails initiative as well as cleaning up the district, championing career and technical education and many other issues.

Southside Richmond Community and Business Leader’s Meeting with Councilman Doug Conner, 9th District Representative to organize and discuss community organization, to make Southside a better place to better place to live, work, learn, play, visit, and raise a family.

Invited attendees include representatives and leaders from: Beaufont Hills Civic Association, Broad Rock Merchant’s Association, Midlothian Business Association, Chesterfield Square Tenants Association, Endicott Community Association, Take-A-Stand Association, Fawnbrook Neighborhood Association, Hollendale Subdivision Civic Association, McGuire Manor Civic Association, South Central Roundtable, Swansboro Business Association, Swanson Woods Association, Town & Country Seniors Association, Warwick Road Neighborhood Watch, Westover South and Woods, Worthington Farms Civic Association.

Wednesday, November 4th, 2009 3:00PM – 4:30PM at the Richmond Police Second Precinct 177 E. Belt Blvd Richmond, VA 23224

For more information, please contact

Doug Conner at 804-363-3443 or email eli.wong@richmondgov.com

Dirty neighborhood? Clean it up! Meet your neighbors and help improve your community by joining Richmond’s own 9th District Councilman Doug Conner this Saturday for a community cleanup.

The South Richmond Community Cleanup is a volunteer event. All individuals, community groups, businesses, families, friends, neighbors, and organizations are invited to come out and help.

Community volunteers and participants include: Southside Baptist Christian School, Richmond Outreach Center, and Virginia Commonwealth University.

WHEN             SATURDAY, OCTOBER 17, 2009
8:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.
WHERE          Meet-up at Southside Baptist Christian School
5515 Bryce Lane, Richmond, Virginia 23224

More information: Eli Wong at 804.233.8288 or eli.wong@richmondgov.com

Check out these images from previous cleanups:

Councilman Conner allowed me to tag along as he travelled from party to party on National Night Out. In total we attended 12 parties. Although some were larger than others, the spirit of community was present at every event.

The forthcoming 9th District Community Meeting will feature a special presentation on an exciting potential project to transform the old CSX railroad corridor into an urban trail for Southside Richmond. (The 2.3 mile corridor currently runs from George Wythe High School, beside Reedy Creek, behind the new GRTC headquarters, to McGuire Hospital.)

Join us on Tuesday, July 28, 2009 at 5:00pm as we hear from Sheila Sheppard, Director of Partnership for Smarter Growth, on how trails can transform urban communities, plus learn about the Rails to Trails Conservancy and its efforts around the country.

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Councilman Doug Conner, 9th District Representative will host  a meeting to organize and discuss community development, to make Southside a better place to better place to live, work, learn, play, visit, and raise a family.

Invited attendees include representatives and leaders from:  Beaufont Hills Civic Association, Broad Rock Merchant’s Association, Midlothian Business Association, Chesterfield Square Tenants Association, Endicott Community Association, Fawnbrook Neighborhood Association, Hollendale Subdivision Civic Association, McGuire Manor Civic Association, South Central Roundtable, Swansboro Business Association, Swanson Woods Association, Town & Country Seniors Association, Warwick Road Neighborhood Watch, Westover South and Woods, Worthington Farms Civic Association

Wednesday, July 1st, 2009

3:00PM – 4:30PM

Richmond Police Second Precinct

177 E. Belt Blvd

Richmond, VA 23224

For more information, please contact Doug Conner at 804-363-3443 or email eli.wong@richmondgov.com

9th District Councilman Doug Conner will be hosting the 2009 Civic Association Workshop on Saturday, May 30th from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at Southside Baptist Christian School located at 5515 Bryce Lane, Richmond, VA.

Topics:

• Establishing Civic and Neighborhood Watch Associations
• Finance Department Billing
• Parks and Recreation Plans
• Police, Community, and Schools Updates

For more information contact: Councilman Doug Conner 804.233.8288 or Clean City Commissioner Thomas Barnes 804.869.0215

9th District Councilman Doug Conner has passed along the following letter from the city assessor’s office to better inform the public about the upcoming assessment process.

Click the read more link to continue!

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If you ride the bus, drive downtown, or generally care about mass transit, then meet with the Southside’s own 9th District Councilman Doug Conner at Southside Baptist Christian School, 5515 Bryce Lane in Richmond.

The meeting to be held April 28, will begin at 5:00 and continue until 7:00.

This is a great opportunity for citizens to chat with their representative regarding the GRTC Main Street Transfer Station and other issues.

The Southside Richmond Community Cleanup, a group developed by councilman Doug Conner and the Clean City Commission, will hold a community beautification cleanup and invites all individuals, community groups, businesses, families, friends, neighbors, and organizations to come out and help make Richmond’s 9th District an even better place to live, work, learn, play, visit, and raise a family.

WHEN: Saturday, February 21, 2009 8:00 a.m. -12:00 p.m.
WHERE: Meet up at Southside Baptist Christian School, 5515 Bryce Lane,
Richmond, VA 23224
WHO: The Honorable Doug Conner, Councilman, South Central District 9
CONTACT: For more information, please contact Eli Wong at 804.363.3443
or email eli.wong@richmondgov.com

Councilman Doug Conner invites you to the..

FINAL 9th DISTRICT MEETING OF THE YEAR!

The 9th District Meeting will be held Tuesday, December 2nd at 5:00PM – 7:00PM

Location: Southside Baptist Christian School
5515 Bryce Lane, Richmond , VA 23224

Agenda:

2008 9th District Highlights and 2009 9th District goals.

A free dinner will be served!

For more information, please call Councilman Doug Conner at 804-233-8288.

Now that Kathy Graziano, Doug Conner, and Reva Trammell have retained their seats on city council, residents of the Southside look forward to having their civic needs represented and fulfilled by the experience each of these council-persons bring to the table.

Crime , public health, schools, infrastructure, and blight continue to be primary issues Richmond and the Southside endure. What will new mayor-elect Dwight Jones bring to the table? Will his experience as a delegate and preacher be enough to pull the fractured city back together?

Since the terms have been stretched to four years, it seems likely that each of our representatives will have plenty of time to accomplish projects without the distraction of campaigning.

Now is a time of great transition in the city of Richmond. Let us hope that our representatives will seize the momentum Barack Obama has developed nationally and utilize the spirit of change locally.

In a press release today, the Richmond Education Association (REA) made their endorsement of the mayor and several Southside candidates.

Drum roll please!

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On Saturday the 20th of September, Councilman Doug Conner will be hosting the monthly 9th district meeting at the “Daytona Dumpsite” where efforts made by the conjunction of Mr. Conner and the Clean City Commission have already made a tremendous improvement in cleaning up a notorious dumping site.

The tent event will also involve a clean up of the area and removing half of the fencing at the site.

Event Information is contained in the full post.

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