RICHMOND CITY
COUNCIL
Richmond
City Council – Richmond City Hall - 900 E. Broad Street, Suite 305 - Richmond, Virginia 23219
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Tuesday, 6 June 2017
Today: Councilwoman Ellen F.
Robertson invites community to Grand Opening of Six Points
Innovation Center
Entire community invited and encouraged to attend
WHAT (Richmond, Virginia U.S.A.) - The
Honorable Ellen F. Robertson, Councilwoman, Richmond City Council, Richmond Gateway
6th Voter District, invites the entire community to the Grand Opening of the
Six Points Innovation Center, located at 3001 Meadowbridge Road in the Highland Park Neighborhood.
Six
Points Innovation Center will be a programmed teen center where neighborhood youth have access to programming
in the arts, urban ecology, education assistance, public media, history, and
advocacy. It is located in a newly renovated 4,000 square-foot building in the in the Richmond Gateway 6th Voter District.
Beginning
June 7, 2016, the Six
Points Innovation Center will be open to the public from Monday through Friday from 9:00 a.m. -
5:00 p.m. After-hours and weekend operations will be specific to youth
programming and events. Homework assistance will be offered between 3:00 p.m.
and 5:00 p.m., two to three days per week.
WHEN Tuesday, June 6, 2017
6:00
p.m. - 8:00 p.m.
WHERE Six Points Innovation Center
3001 Meadowbridge
Road; Richmond, Virginia
CONTACT For
more information, please contact Mr. Kiya Stokes, Liaison for The Honorable
Ellen F. Robertson, Councilwoman, Richmond City Council, Richmond Gateway 6th
Voter District, at 804.646.7964 (tel), or kiya.stokes@richmondgov.com (email)
Background _______________________________________________________________________
Funding for the renovation of the Boaz &
Ruth-owned building was made possible by a Robins Foundation Community Innovation Grant. The space was
designed by neighborhood youth with the assistance of volunteers from Baskervill, Glave & Holmes, and BCWH Architects.
Multiple
nonprofit organizations will offer a variety of youth programs, including the
creation of a youth council. The partner organizations behind Six Points Innovation Center include: Storefront for
Community Design, Saving Our Youth, Groundwork RVA, ART180, Boaz & Ruth, the Virginia Local Initiatives
Support Corporation, and the Community
Preservation and Development Corporation. The youth-serving organizations that will
create programming include:
Storefront for Community Design
Storefront pairs community design needs with
volunteer design professionals and will spearhead architecture and design
education with youth. Additionally, Storefront will manage Storefront Studio which offers a creative way to engage,
educate and empower young people to both learn and tell their own community
stories through public media and public history projects. Youth will have
access to a recording booth and field recording kits that provide hands-on
learning.
Contacts:
Ryan Rinn, Executive Director, ryan@storfrontrontichmond.org (email)
Kelley Libby, Co-Creator of Storefront Studio, kelleylibby@gmail.com (email)
Free Engufemi, Co-Creator of Storefront
Studio, joinus@untoldrva.com (email)
Saving Our Youth
Saving Our Youth seeks to keep youth on track
toward a positive future in school and in the workforce. Saving Our Youth will
offer high school and college assistance programming for youth in addition to
employment assistance and professional training.
Contact: Jo White, Executive Director, joeloisewhite@gmail.com (email)
Groundwork RVA
Groundwork RVA works with Richmond youth to
design and build vibrant community spaces. Groundwork RVA's Green Team and
Green Workforce programs will connect youth through service and green-collar
job training with the natural and urban environment.
Contact: Giles Harnesberger, Executive
Director, giles@groundworkrva.org (email)
ART180
ART 180 creates and provides art-related
programs for young people living in challenging circumstances, encouraging
personal and community change through self-expression. ART 180 works with local
artists to provide multi-week after school programs that allow young people to
discover ways they can positively engage in and influence their surroundings.
Contact: Taekia Glass, Program Director, taekia@art180.org (email)
Changemakers Council
The Changemakers Council will be a leadership
group of elected teens representing each Six Points Innovation Center program. This council will drive a youth-led
community agenda for the Highland Park Neighborhood and shape the vision for
the Center.
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