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Once upon a time I ran a news site, now I just have opinions on the news. 

Good Morning, RVA!
My goal is to get you everything you need to know to have intelligent conversations with the folks you encounter throughout the day. Plus, jokes!

Jan 7
Jan 7 Good morning, RVA: We’re gonna ask for permission, regional public transit funding, and goodbye Comfort

Ross Catrow

The details of a potential regional public transportation funding bill are so, so important. We’ve got to get it right the first time!

Jan 6
Jan 6 Good morning, RVA: A long-awaited report, taking down our Confederate monuments, and the General Assembly returns

Ross Catrow

Passing a resolution to ask the GA for the authority to take down our Confederate monuments is a no-brainer.

Dec 20
Dec 20 Good morning, RVA: Housing, trains, and coffee cake beer

Ross Catrow

I am so super excited about this huge train news.

Dec 19
Dec 19 Good morning, RVA: Impeached, the shocking truth about mistletoe, and the final Navy Hill Development Advisory Commission public hearing

Ross Catrow

Y’all, did you know mistletoe is a parasitic plant??

Dec 18
Dec 18 Good morning, RVA: Buses three ways, a new budget, and a property auction

Ross Catrow

I couldn’t stop talking about buses this morning, sorry!

Dec 17
Dec 17 Good morning, RVA: A disappointing non-vote, new Northside development, and state-level education funding

Ross Catrow

I feel disappointed, angry, and disrespected by the School Board.

Dec 16
Dec 16 Good morning, RVA: School rezoning tonight!, a(nother) new monument, and protecting a historic view

Ross Catrow

School Board will vote on the Northside rezoning options tonight, and I have no idea what’s going to happen.

Dec 13
Dec 13 Good morning, RVA: RRHA, tactical urbanism, missing scooters

Ross Catrow

Help support Untitled Urbanism Project #2!

Dec 12
Dec 12 Good morning, RVA: School rezoning, #NoCarNovember thoughts, and Rumors of War

Ross Catrow

I’m back from New Orleans, and so much happened while I was gone!

Dec 6
Dec 6 Good morning, RVA: Removing racist laws, Whole Foods now hiring, and a logistical note

Ross Catrow

There are at least 600 amazing things happening between now and Thursday.

Dec 5
Dec 5 Good morning, RVA: A transit video, Brown’s Island vibes, and theme-based middle schools

Ross Catrow

Richmond is leading on public transportation, and we should do everything we can to keep. it. up.

Dec 4
Dec 4 Good morning, RVA: Rhetoric, naturally-occurring affordable housing, and seclusions

Ross Catrow

Chamberlayne Avenue has such incredible potential as a transit-oriented corridor.

Dec 3
Dec 3 Good morning, RVA: Schools rezoned! Kind of!, maps of Scott’s Addition, and a new newsletter

Ross Catrow

After a year of public engagement, it’s bad process to call a special meeting with two weeks notice to hurriedly put together a new rezoning option.

Dec 2
Dec 2 Good morning, RVA: Rezoning!, equitable access, and Southside density

Ross Catrow

Tonight, School Board (theoretically) votes on rezoning!

Nov 26
Nov 26 Good morning, RVA: Murders, memorialization, and a logistical note

Ross Catrow

It’s my trash generation’s job to get out of the way and make space for the brilliant young people behind us.

Nov 25
Nov 25 Good morning, RVA: Traffic violence, public comment, and renaming schools

Ross Catrow

After a driver kills a person walking on our streets, what will the City do in response?

Nov 22
Nov 22 Good morning, RVA: Themed public schools, drones, and slowing streets with paint & posts

Ross Catrow

Should it ever exist, please let me come and learn from whatever kids end up at the RPS public service academy.

Nov 21
Nov 21 Good morning, RVA: Terrifying gun quotes, a blast from the civic past, and beer catacombs

Ross Catrow

I think I now have real fear about what the reaction in rural Virginia will be after the GA passes a handful of gun violence legislation?

Nov 20
Nov 20 Good morning, RVA: GRTC budget news, Manchester big changes, and making less trash

Ross Catrow

What are you doing to create less garbage in your life? Literal or figurative, I guess?

Nov 19
Nov 19 Good morning, RVA: School rezoning, a TIF resolution, and the Dillon Rule

Ross Catrow

Someone explain to me what this School Board resolution means and how it works.

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