Richmond City Councilwoman Cynthia I. Newbille, East End 7th District be a panelist regarding Richmond’s historic Fulton neighborhood during the upcoming Sixth Annual Susan Carter Williams Memorial Seminar entitled: Historic Fulton: Past, Present & Future, presented by the Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods.
RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
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COUNCIL PUBLIC INFORMATION NEWS ADVISORY
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Monday, 10 March 2010
Councilwoman Cynthia Newbille to take part in panel discussion on Richmond’s historic Fulton neighborhood
Sixth Annual Susan Carter Williams Memorial Seminar entitled: Historic Fulton: Past, Present & Future: Entire Richmond Community invited and encouraged to attend
WHAT Richmond City Councilwoman Cynthia I. Newbille, East End 7th District be a panelist regarding Richmond’s historic Fulton neighborhood during the upcoming Sixth Annual Susan Carter Williams Memorial Seminar entitled: Historic Fulton: Past, Present & Future, presented by the Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods.
Admission (which includes lunch) for the seminar is $10 ($5 for Seniors and Students with ID) and free for members of the Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods and Mount Calvary Baptist Church. An RSVP is Required by MAY 13, 2010 to Reserve a space. To RSVP or for information, please call 804.644.5040 or email mskinner@richmondneighborhoods.org.
WHEN Saturday, 15 May 2010
11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.
WHERE Richmond Public Library (Main Branch)
101 East Franklin Street
AGENDA ____________________________________________________________
11:00 a.m. Welcome
David Herring, Director
Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods
11:30 a.m. Fulton: A Visual History of the Hill & Valley
Selden Richardson, architectural historian and author of
Built By Blacks: African-American Architecture and Neighborhoods in Richmond, VA
Noon Moments in Fulton Time, from Powhatan to "Patience Gromes" Harry Kollatz, historian and author of True Richmond Stories, and Richmond in Ragtime: Socialists, Suffragists, Sex & Murder
12:30 p.m. Lunch
1:00 p.m. Part 1. Hope, Renewal & Revitalization- Veronica Jemmott, Virginia Local Initiative Support Corporation (LISC)
Part 2. Can Fulton’s Future Honor It’s Past?
A panel discussion, with a question-and-answer period open to the audience. The panel will include:
• The Honorable, Cynthia I. Newbille, Councilwoman, Richmond City Council, East End 7th District
• Paul DiPasquale, Sculpture and longtime resident of the Greater Fulton Area
• Spencer Jones (Fulton Family Reunion Committee)
• Veronica Jemmott
• Brooke Hardin, Richmond Department of Planning and Development Review
• Selden Richardson, Architectural Historian and Author
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CONTACT For more information, and to RSVP, please call 804.644.5040 or send email to mskinner@richmondneighborhoods.org.
Background _______________________________________________________________________
This seminar will provide information on one of Richmond’s most historic neighborhoods that today is unknown to many Richmonders. An area that was once home to Algonquian Native Americans and included a town named Powhatan, the Fulton neighborhood is located in the East End of Richmond and generally includes the area from Gillies Creek to the Richmond City limits; often including the Fulton Bottom and Montrose Heights areas. The program is sponsored by Lotsey & Hardy Tire Co., Fulton Hill Community Business Association, Greater Fulton Hill Association Prospect Mortgage, Sixth Mount Zion Baptist Church and individual donors.
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