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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!

Oct 4
Oct 4 Good morning, RVA: A nationwide test, Walk to School Day, and mayonnaise tattoos

Ross Catrow

I will probably drop whatever I am holding and make some sort of unintentional and embarrassing noise.

Oct 3
Oct 3 Good morning, RVA: A pedestrian safety plan, a spicy article, and a local grocery store sale

Ross Catrow

Let’s extend some of VCU’s pedestrian safety recommendations to the entire city.

Oct 2
Oct 2 Good morning, RVA: More density, transportation funding, and banning books

Ross Catrow

I’d ban new interchanges and highways for just a couple of years and pay for 100% of every locality’s bike and pedestrian plan.

Sep 29
Sep 29 Good morning, RVA: A trails survey, donating to a good cause, and fried food

Ross Catrow

For me it’s always: More trails to more places with more safe connections to and from those trails.

Sep 28
Sep 28 Good morning, RVA: Another mess, a vote by mail error, and invasives

Ross Catrow

I find this large pumpkin to be very off putting.

Sep 27
Sep 27 Good morning, RVA: Run for something, BRT survey, and union jobs

Ross Catrow

Sep 26
Sep 26 Good morning, RVA: Casino jobs, ADUs and Airbnbs pass, and RVA’s bike trips

Ross Catrow

Compensation != Salary is a lesson I had to learn at one point in my life.

Sep 25
Sep 25 Good morning, RVA: Free COVID-19 tests, corrections, and exciting ordinances

Ross Catrow

Go order some free COVID-19 tests—the whole process takes less than a minute.

Sep 22
Sep 22 Good morning, RVA: Storm’s comin’, downtown detours, and a cool job

Ross Catrow

The Once and Future Temporary Transfer Plaza will rise from its grave and again handle transfers until things get sorted.

Sep 21
Sep 21 Good morning, RVA: An AI Directive, Finance Committee resolutions, and a trailhead facility

Ross Catrow

I think about AI constantly, it is my Roman Empire.

Sep 20
Sep 20 Good morning, RVA: School Board follow up, ADUs, and planting trees

Ross Catrow

ADUs Everywhere is an easy policy change that will give more people more places to live.

Sep 19
Sep 19 Good morning, RVA: A specialty school discussion, casino developer cash, and big baseball

Ross Catrow

Should Casino 2.0 pass, whatever we’re asking for in return is clearly orders of magnitude too small.

Sep 18
Sep 18 Good morning, RVA: School Board meeting, bittersweet news, and tortillas

Ross Catrow

Keep an eye on the public comment at tonight’s School Board meeting

Sep 15
Sep 15 Good morning, RVA: Speciality schools, the Fall Line Trail, and a budget signed

Ross Catrow

We must do what we can to break these entrenched and calcified systems and remake them in more equitable ways.

Sep 14
Sep 14 Good morning, RVA: Running T-Rexes, animal walkways, and canned beer

Ross Catrow

Animals need infrastructure, too, probably.

Sep 13
Sep 13 Good morning, RVA: Getchyer new COVID-19 boosters!, so many fans, and a candidate forum

Ross Catrow

We’re headed straight for Richmond in the Fall—the best time of year!

Sep 12
Sep 12 Good morning, RVA: New vaccines soon, a new transfer station, and an old PDF

Ross Catrow

Any time I see elected officials advocating for more frequent and far-reaching regional transit, I count it as progress.

Sep 11
Sep 11 Good morning, RVA: Casino 2.0 op-eds, Council continuations, and James River Week

Ross Catrow

If you’ve got a copy of the “Great, Wet Central Park” PDF, please send it my way!

Sep 8
Sep 8 Good morning, RVA: New bike lane survey, big weekend for GRTC, and my favorite food festival

Ross Catrow

The City’s Department of Public Works dropped a new bike lane survey, and I’m assigning it as over-the-weekend homework.

Sep 7
Sep 7 Good morning, RVA: Long COVID, a zoning update, and wacky pants

Ross Catrow

As we head into the fall, it’s worth remembering all the tools we have in our respiratory disease toolbox.

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