Please share your World Championship photos! So much is going on around the Richmond Region as everyone embraces the World Championships. When you are enjoying the race, a race related event, see cool bike themed artwork, or anything showing support for the races, please snap a few pictures. Send us your cool, interesting, definitely Richmond images to Info.UCI@Richmondgov.com.

J. Sargeant Reynolds Community College welcomed City of Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones, the Greater Richmond Chamber of Commerce (GRCC), Altria, Bon Secours Richmond Health System, and Dominion Virginia Power to unveil and dedicate a public artwork on Thursday, August 13, 2015, at 11 a.m. at the corner of 7th Street East Jackson Street in front of Reynolds’ Downtown Campus. The artwork, titled “In search of our hopes and dreams, a long road traveled,” was created by award-winning artist Ed Trask and is part of GRCC’s “Go Bike!” community project, which features unique artistic works mounted on functional bike racks throughout the city ahead of the 2015 Road World Cycling Championships. “Like many of the infrastructure improvements performed in anticipation of the World Cycling Championships, these functional, public art, bike racks will be here for future generations,” said Mayor Dwight C. Jones. “This project also forwards our Center for Workforce Innovation efforts as program partic...

Several streets in Shockoe Bottom are being converted from one-way to two-way streets. The planned street conversions are part of the City’s Downtown Master Plan, and were also recommended in the Shockoe Bottom Transportation Study. Phased in conversions have been taking place since 2010. Beginning Saturday, July 25, 18th Street between Grace and Broad will be two-way. Work crews have marked pavement, modified traffic signals and will integrate angled parking within areas of the project limits. Work on 17th Street continues, and conversion to two-way on 17th is expected to follow in the next several weeks. Converting streets from one-way to two-way has been indicated to help businesses thrive, improve walkability, and balance traffic movements with livability. Studies have shown that two-way streets are healthier for on-street retail businesses and expanding visibility. All of the changes support improved vehicular circulation in Shockoe Bottom.  These traffic flow improvem...

The City’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities will hold its 9th Annual CarMax Summer Basketball League championship games on Tuesday, July 28, at Virginia Commonwealth University’s Stuart C. Siegel Center, 1200 West Broad Street. The league, funded with a $85,000 grant from the CarMax Foundation this year, gives hundreds of city children from ages 10 to 17 the opportunity to play organized basketball throughout the summer. The final championship games at the Siegel Center will be free to the public and events will tip off at 6 p.m. with a basketball skills challenge for league players only. U-10, U-12, U-14, U-17 division games will begin shortly thereafter. A brief ceremony will be held before the start of the games to recognize the CarMax Foundation and media sponsor 106.5 The Beat. Lane Casadonte, sports anchor with WTVR Ch. 6, will serve as the master of ceremonies for the program, and Tom Folliard, President/CEO of CarMax will provide remarks. Since...

The City of Richmond Office of Minority Business Development offers free courses in business start-up and management.  These courses are designed to prepare you to not only start your own business, but learn how to make your start up in the City of Richmond a successful business. Take the first step today and sign-up for our Summer Series of electives and prepare to enter our Richmond Emerging Small Business Series this Fall.  Best of all, its absolutely free! The Power of Advertising: Affordable Ways to Market Your Business July 23, 2015 Center for Workforce Innovation 900 East Marshall Street,  Richmond, VA 23219 Take your business to the next level.   By attending this workshop you will several strategies on how to market your small business, in a cost effective manner. Money Talks: The Bottom Line on Business Communication & Proposal Writing July 30, 2015 Center for Workforce Innovation 900 East Marshall Street,  Richmond, VA 23219 This...

WHO:             Honorable Mayor Dwight C. Jones                         Thomas Wilds, President, Church Hill Association                         City Officials                         Richmond Cycling Corps WHAT:           Opening of 23rd Street between Grace and Franklin streets as the 23rd Street cobblestone renovation project is complete. WHEN:           Wednesday, July 8, 2015, at 2:45 p.m.  WHERE:        Intersection of 23rd Street and Franklin Street Richmond, VA BACKGROUND: Mayor Dwight Jones and Thomas Wilds, President of the Church Hill Association will join in opening 23rd Street between Grace and Franklin streets and to mark the completion of the 23rd Street cobblestone restora...

Food, family, friends, and fun are all part of an Independence Day celebration. As many people are pulling out the grill to celebrate, some are thinking about shooting fireworks or firearms into the air – Both are illegal in the city. In 2014, Brendon’s Law (§ 18.2-56.1) was enacted to implement harsher penalties for reckless handling of a firearm, including celebratory gunfire, resulting in serious injury.  The Richmond Police Department would like to remind citizens of the following: Randomly firing a weapon in the city is illegal. Firecrackers, skyrockets, torpedoes and other fireworks that explode, travel laterally, rise into the air, or fire projectiles are prohibited.   Legal fireworks displays planned at Brown’s Island on Friday, July 3 and Dogwood Dell on Saturday, July 4. On Friday, legal parking is available for a fee at 5th and Byrd streets in the parking deck. Illegal parking will be strictly enforced.  Do not impede the flow of traffic to vi...