
Ken Plum: Celebrating Black history
One of the meaningful traditions that has evolved in the Virginia House of Delegates over the last couple of decades has been the celebration of Black History Month.

One of the meaningful traditions that has evolved in the Virginia House of Delegates over the last couple of decades has been the celebration of Black History Month.

Petersburg Mayor Sam Parham and Vice Mayor Annette Smith-Lee joined Jennifer Carroll Foy in Petersburg on Saturday to announce their support of her candidacy for governor.

AARP Virginia invites community organizations and local governments across the state to apply for the 2021 Community Challenge grant program.

Give Solar, a Harrisonburg-based program of New Community Project, has announced the launch of a regenerating Solar Seed Fund benefitting Central Valley Habitat for Humanity homeowners.

Tenants interested in applying for help through the Virginia Rent Relief Program should check their eligibility by completing the self-assessment at dhcd.virginia.gov/eligibility or by dialing 2-1-1 from their phones.

The Virginia Outdoors Foundation has made grant awards totaling $1,946,044 for 33 local projects in 25 localities that create, expand and make more accessible public open space, including one project in Nelson County.

The Commission to Examine Racial Inequity in the Law issued its second report outlining policy recommendations to confront the impacts of discriminatory laws on Thursday.

More than $3.8 million in Community Development Block Grant funding will support projects benefitting more than 1,400 low- to moderate-income Virginians throughout six Rural Virginia communities.

Babylon Micro-Farms will invest $140,000 to expand operations and relocate to the City of Richmond.

The work of the University of Virginia-Community Working Group formed by President Jim Ryan in 2019 paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but it is now set to resume, with the addition soon of a fifth group focused on public health.
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