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PSG's River City Saunter.
You'll park and ride...and cruise...and walk...and learn...and eat...and drink...and rediscover Richmond. You might even help select the newest line dance to hit the South! This first annual tour of Richmond by canal cruise, bus, and foot, will culminate with a feast to the tunes of Bluegrass at Legend Brewery. Sunday, September 21st, tour at 2:00 p.m., feast from 4:00-6:00.
Stay tuned for more details on how you can have a good time supporting PSG! Having trouble deciding what to do with your stimulus check and tax return? Boost the economy and invest in the future of our community and quality of life with a tax deductable donation to PSG.
Thanks to those of you who donated your Ukrops Golden Gift Points to PSG! |
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Thank you for subscribing to Partnership for Smarter Growth's Enewsletter, the Regional Scoop. We want to keep you connected to what's happening in your neighborhood, your region, and in the Smart Growth community worldwide. You need be at the table in deciding the future of your community!
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| Locality Highlights: Richmond & Henrico |
Seminar on the Downtown Master Plan and Your Role for a More Vibrant River City
Do you want to support the Downtown Master Plan, but are not sure entirely what it entails, or how to most effectively advocate for it?
Join us at Common Groundz Coffee, 734 W. Broad, on Wed. June 25th, 5:30 p.m., and emerge armed with the knowledge and skills you need to take action for a better city.
5:30 - 6:00: Networking and Coffee.
5% of the proceeds go to PSG!
7:00 - 7:45: Leveraging Constituency Power & Letter to your Legislator Workshop, Helen O'Beirne, Director of Housing Leadership, Housing Opportunities Made Equal
 Please RSVP to Sheila Sheppard, PSG Coordinator. This event is sponsored by PSG and Back Porch Initiatives, working to support the Envision Richmond campaign for a better city.
Envision Henrico Forms for Better Public Process
Concerned citizens from Henrico have connected with one another to take an active role in the Vision 2026 Henrico Comprehensive Plan and ensure better public process in the creation of this powerful document.
The county's Community Open Houses, held in May at 5 locations, provided accessible information to residents. However, citizens have yet to encounter the basic option of engaging in a public, transparent discourse on the Plan and what is at stake for Henrico. Private conversations, public information sessions, and 1 survey do not constitute good public process. For the Richmond Times-Dispatch's coverage, see Growth a concern in eastern Henrico.
Envision Henrico's next meeting is Thursday, July 17th, 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m., at the fellowship hall at Sandston Presbyterian Church, 13 North Confederate Avenue. All committed to shaping Henrico's future are welcome. Email Sheila for more information. |
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Green, Regional Thinking
The Capital Region Greenway Group has recently formed to assist the communities and local governments of the Richmond Metropolitan area in creating, developing, and maintaining a system of multi-use, non-motorized trails that will interconnect the people of our region to their homes, businesses, historic sites, churches, schools, parks, open spaces, and other places. If you are interested in participating in this dynamic group of leaders across the region and state, please email City of Richmond Council Member Doug Conner at doug.conner@richmondgov.com. |
| PSG News: 100k Hike Fundraiser, Back Porch Initiatives |
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100k Hiker raises $256 for PSG 
Many thanks to Caroline Cobb for spearheading a fundraising campaign for PSG to support her Sierra Club 100K hike from Georgetown in Washington D.C. to Harper's Ferry, West Virginia - all accomplished in 1 day. Jay Ford, Matt Jacobs, Gaurav Mallick, Margaret & Brett Wohler were her stalwart companions.
PSG Celebrates New Working Relationship with Back Porch Iniatives PSG is happy to announce a working relationship with Back Porch Initiatives, a non-profit organization committed to collaborating with the Richmond community by developing practical, economic, and environmental solutions. Their approach to environmental concepts is to bring them out of politics, media, and academia and into our homes, congregations, grocery stores, and onto our back porches. PSG and Back Porch will team up on Envision Richmond efforts, a Constituency Corps Training Program in October, and other exciting ventures. |
Volunteer/ Commute/ Quote of the Month
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Volunteer of the Month
PSG welcomes Gee Sisk as our new Intern. She is giving 8 hours per week toward advancing the cause of Smarter Growth in the Richmond Region. A lifelong resident of the Richmond area, Gee grew up in Hanover County and currently lives and works in the Fan. An avid bicyclist and appreciator of the James River, Gee contributes greatly to PSG's mission with her insights, impressive organizational skills, and enthusiasm. Thank you, Gee!
Commute of the Month
Looking for a transportation alternative to avoid $4 gallon gas? Consider a "Neighborhood Electric Vehicle," which just might be the future of the automobile industry. See Don't Honk - Golf Car is Really a Car.
Quote of the Month
"Virginia has to change the way it looks at land use. It will have to encourage smart growth and more flexible zoning so that simple tasks such as grocery shopping do not require long trips in the car... Rather than subsidizing sprawl, the state should require new development to pay for itself."
- June 22nd Richmond Times Dispatch Editorial on Transportation. Read the full editorial: Special Education. | |
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The grassroots movement for smarter growth starts with you. Thank you for staying connected and taking action.
Sincerely,
Sheila Sheppard
Partnership for Smarter Growth |
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