RICHMOND, Va. – New parking decals for residents of the Historic Jackson Ward Restricted Parking District are available for purchase and cost $25 each. The current parking permit expires August 31. Decals are limited to three per house or building address. Residents must display the permit on their cars to park for more than the designed time restriction.  Annual Visitor Passes, which cost $35 each, are also available and limited to two per house or building address. Annual Visitors Passes must be purchased at the same time the permit is purchased and are restricted to residential homeowners.

A resident is either the residing owner of record or renter of property located within the Restricted Parking District. A City of Richmond Residential Parking Permit Application must be completed and approved prior to decal issuance. The Department of Public Works verifies residency for both homeowners residing at the property and lease agreements for renters. The following information and picture identification must be provided:

• Property owners must provide either a copy of their real estate bill or other information that verifies ownership of the property
• Renters must provide a valid written lease for the property in the Jackson Ward parking district, and have the appropriate approval of the property owner on the application they present         

Property owners and renters are required to comply with the residency requirements and the motor vehicle registration requirements of the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles.

Decals and applications are available at City Hall, Room 102, 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia. The office hours are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please call 804-646-5700 if you have any questions.

Residents can get more information, verify residency in their restricted parking district and download an application for mailing by visiting: www.rva.gov/public-works/parking-enterprise.

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The City of Richmond Department of Public Works (DPW) is one of only 195 currently accredited public works agencies in the United States. DPW’s portfolio comprises a wide array of services to include leaf collection; street, sidewalk and alley maintenance; trash collection; recycling; grass cutting;  graffiti removal; parking enforcement; urban forestry; street signs; traffic signals and pavement markings and civil engineering. In addition, DPW maintains upkeep on most city buildings; issues permits for working in the city’s right-of-way; manages the RVA Bike Share program and maintains the fleet of city vehicles. DPW’s operating budget comes from the general fund of the City of Richmond.  For more information about DPW services, click here or call 3-1-1.

Please be advised that Southside Plaza

located at 4100 Hull Street

is partially closed for City of Richmond Social

Services and Bill Payment until further notice.

Social Service Assistance: All appointments

scheduled for Southside Plaza will be held at

Marshall Street Plaza (900 East Marshall

Street) on Wednesday, July 20, 2022.

Bill Payments: If you need to pay a utility bills,

visit City Hall located at 900 East Broad Street.

If you have questions, call customer care at

3-1-1 or 804.646.7212.

For up-to-date information, please visit

RVA.gov or Twitter @CityRichmondVA.

RICHMOND, Va. –   The City of Richmond adds a Mini Street and Sidewalk Sweeper to its fleet! As Richmond continues to expand its bike network, this new state-of-the-art compact sweeper will aide in clearing bike lanes of debris, improve drainage on city streets along with keeping drop inlets free of trash and other debris. 

The City of Richmond maintains 61 miles of bike lanes. Of them, 23 lane miles are physically-separated using flex-posts or floating parking. Those separated bike lanes provide bicyclists with a greater degree of separation from motor vehicles, however, they don't allow a full-sized sweeper to fit in a narrower bike lane. The new mini, compact sweeper will allow DPW maintenance crews access to the protected bike lanes and help keep them clear and safe for cyclists.

Once the street sweeper has begun work and routes established, the schedule for the sweeper will be posted on the City’s website in early September. With additional protected bike lanes with floating parking and/or flex posts planned for implementation, there are plans to purchase another mini sweeper in the future to improve the frequency of the routes and to keep up with the growing bike lanes.

Richmond residents can assist by keeping debris, leaves and other vegetation out of the bike lanes.

Use RVA311.com or call 3-1-1 to report debris in bike lanes.

For more information on the Department of Public Works, please visit us online at www.rva.gov/public‐works or email us at AskPublicWorks@rva.gov

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The City of Richmond Department of Public Works (DPW) is one of only 195 currently accredited public works agencies in the United States. DPW’s portfolio comprises a wide array of services to include leaf collection; street, sidewalk and alley maintenance; trash collection; recycling; grass cutting;  graffiti removal; parking enforcement; urban forestry; street signs; traffic signals and pavement markings and civil engineering. In addition, DPW maintains upkeep on most city buildings; issues permits for working in the city’s right-of-way; manages the RVA Bike Share program and maintains the fleet of city vehicles. DPW’s operating budget comes from the general fund of the City of Richmond.  For more information about DPW services, click here or call 3-1-1.

It is with great excitement that we announce Richmond Public Library (with partner Richmond Public Library Foundation) is one of 12 inaugural recipients to receive a grant from the Virginia Museum of History & Culture’s Commonwealth History Fund. Richmond Public Library has been generously awarded $30,000.00.

The Commonwealth History Fund is made possible by generous funding from Dominion Energy and is administered in partnership with Virginia’s Department of Historic Resources. It was established to provide grants annually to history organizations and projects across the state of Virginia. Key selection criteria include: the significance of the project or resource as well as its impact on its community and the Commonwealth; the emphasis of the project on historically underrepresented topics and communities; as well as the need for funding and the urgency of the project. This year $402,500 was awarded to 12 organizations, and the VMHC plans to give nearly $2,000,000 over the first five years.

We are incredibly honored to be one of the 12 compelling projects chosen by the Commonwealth History Fund for its inaugural year. Through this amazing opportunity, we will be able to give back to our communities by implementing a project that will help us to continue telling the story of Virginia and have a lasting impact on future generations.

Richmond Public Library will establish a Community Memory Fellow position within the library. The position will be posted in fall of 2022 and is envisioned as a collector, interpreter, historian, and preservationist who will work closely with other cultural institutions across the City of Richmond. The Fellow’s work will include collecting oral histories across neighborhoods, faith communities, school communities, sports, and grassroots civic organizations.  The goal is to create one publicly accessible location where one can readily access a diverse, wide interpretation of public history. One will be able to learn, engage, and participate in Richmond history through traveling exhibits, outreach programs, and self-guided research.

Library Director Scott Firestine shared, “With a mission to Inform, Enrich, Empower all of Richmond, we see this position as an investment to broaden the notion of what public history is in Richmond and make that history accessible to everyone from students to scholars.”

More information on The Commonwealth History Fund can be found at VirginiaHistory.org/HistoryFund.

City Phone Systems Have Been Restored