Good Morning, RVA!

Bittersweet news: This is the last edition of _Good Morning, RVA_ for the foreseeable future!

Would you trade green space for housing? Could we do both?

I need people to start speaking to me at 2x in real life.

[James Earl Jones voice] Baseball.

Beware! People will probably stare up into the sun while driving their cars today!

Chamberlayne Avenue is a complex corridor and will need a thoughtful planning process to figure out how best to incorporate great transit.

As foretold, I spent my bus trips yesterday with an absolute must-listen episode of The Boring Show.

I'll probably spend a bit of time today on a bus listening to the budget session while starting out the window with a melancholic expression on my face.

The Mayor did a good job with his budget presentation, and I think it might be the easiest way to get yourself oriented towards the budget's big-picture items.

I need to work on replacing my initial reaction of “complain about this infrastructure online” with “submit a 3-1-1 ticket first and then maybe complain about it online.”

Am I bummed or just old?

PDFs of both the Annual Fiscal Plan (operating budget) and Capital Improvement Plan (capital budget) should be available online soon.

Notice how the new stadium fronts the street!

Budget season officially kicks off today!

Budget season is one of my favorite times of the year, and it all starts next week!

I've been making weird Richmond-based internet projects for a long time.

Bonus content: Links to every councilmember newsletter that I could find.

Quote of the week: “You can win, but you have to be stronger and more disciplined than the bamboo.”

Maybe we can get DPW to stop collecting the trash from the brand new, real-estate-tax-free General Assembly building.

Btw, Richmond Ivy dad hats do exist.

I'm gonna need a Richmond Ivy dad hat immediately.

A new section of the newsletter (that I am not promising to revisit often or even ever again)!

I can't not think about infrastructure nearly all of the time.

If you're 65 and older, it might be time for another COVID-19 vaccine!

The first—and critical—step is getting Richmond Connects adopted by full City Council.

Great work on your ledes this morning, reporters!

The new guidance still asks that you don't spit in anyone's mouth, or whatever.

I hope you won't fault me for a lack of Super Tuesday excitement!

FOIAing the FOIAs is a great “Well now this is happening!” thing to do.

I know he's not interested, but is he not interested enough to get out his veto pen?

I just want all Michael Paul Williams interviews as podcasts. Can someone make that happen?

Gross because I bet it works.

Master Gardener is probably my final form.

I've put together a way to track all of Richmond's mayoral, Council, and School Board candidates. Let me know what you think!

What new things are you experimenting with lately?

There is absolutely no excuse for letting your taste in music calcify to whatever was rad during your time in high school.

We are exhausting.

Want to join a committee specifically about zoning and rezoning?

Aka tweetpeepers aka chirplurkers.

A better salary range would allow for more policy-experienced folks to consider liaisoning.

Is everything north of the river...the Northside?

Now that a literally Pulitzer Prize Winner has weighed in, I hope Lamar will choose to do the right thing.

I'm not sure I've ever seen the City request feedback on a document outline before, so it's a bit odd, but I'm kind of into it!

We need to build more homes.

We're living in an age of olde-tyme baby names!

Sometimes you have to print out a 94-page document just so you can shake it sternly at your elected officials.

Get your highlighter ready: The participatory budgeting rulebook, Fall Line Vision Plan, and Cultural Resources Management Plan all drop today.

We need smart, thoughtful, and caring people to step up and run in School Board races this year. Maybe that's you?

I thought I could avoid writing about Richmond's Gun Hole.

Never read the comments, but do just this one time to get a feel for how so many people's default state is anti-housing.