Mayor Dwight C. Jones created Neighbor-To-Neighbor (N2N) to increase the collaboration of civic engagement and volunteerism throughout the City of Richmond. N2N recruits volunteers of all ages, races, ethnicity, gender, and faith persuasions who reside in the great City of Richmond, leveraging service as a strategy to “Build the Best Richmond." For a list of upcoming volunteer opportunities, click here .

The Richmond City Council has adopted two resolutions that will ensure the incorporation of health into future planning and programs. This legislation, unanimously adopted by City Council, serves to incorporate health considerations into decision-making processes across sectors that influence health. The Health in All Policies (HiAP) and Healthy Eating and Active Living (HEAL) Cities and Towns Resolutions are outgrowths of Mayor Dwight Jones’ Blue Ribbon Commission on Health Policy and fall under the auspices of the Mayor’s Healthy Richmond Campaign. The HiAP legislation calls for the City to incorporate “fair and just” principles into policymaking and to consider the health impacts of decisions made by all aspects of local government. A team of City departmental leaders will be formed to implement the HiAP framework across all departments, agencies, and offices, in order to promote health, and well-being and overall quality of life of all residents, regardless of whom they are or whe...

~Project component of East End Transformation Plan~ The intersection of 25th Street, Nine Mile Road and Fairmount Road will undergo major improvements with the installation of a roundabout. Construction is set to begin next week to re-design the intersection, which will include the removal of existing traffic lights. The $1.2 million project has received state and federal funding. The roundabout is a component of the East End Transformation Plan, which includes major sidewalk and landscaping improvements, modernization of public housing and revitalization of blighted residential areas. City transportation engineers say once the roundabout is in place, it will reduce the number of accidents in that area and increase traffic efficiency. The most recent traffic study at the intersection indicated 11 accidents occurred there during a three year time frame. Currently the City operates five modern roundabouts and expects to begin construction on several more this year. Experts say ...

Mayor Dwight C. Jones today announced the appointment of Richmond Police Department Deputy Chief Alfred Durham as the next Chief of Police. When naming Alfred Durham, Mayor Jones acknowledged the wealth of experience at senior levels in Richmond’s police department, and the department’s success with community policing. “When Chief Ray Tarasovic told me last fall that he wanted to retire, I decided then that I wanted the next Chief to continue two hallmarks of his tenure. First, I expect crime rates to stay low and I expect a continued commitment to community policing,” said Mayor Jones. “We’ve had five straight years of violent crime reduction, with rates the lowest in the 40 years I’ve been in Richmond, and that’s helping to fuel the Richmond Resurgence.” Mayor Jones noted that Alfred Durham brings a wealth of experience to the position, having previously worked in Richmond serving on former Chief Rodney Monroe’s leadership team. Durham worked in Richmond from 2005 to 2007. He is a g...

Mayor Dwight C. Jones State of the City Address Thursday, January 29, 2015 Click here to view the 2015 State of the City Address. Click here to view the 2015 State of the City Address Accomplishments video. Remarks as prepared for delivery Hello Richmond…I'm so excited that you are here tonight so we can talk about our city.   The World Championships of cycling, back in the US for the first time in 30 years.   This beautiful high school--the first new one in 40 years.   The country's coolest craft brewery, coming to Richmond and bringing people and jobs to Fulton.   We're finally building an expanded public transportation system, with Bus Rapid Transit, and not just dreaming and hoping.   Look around, and you know the list goes on and on. You don't need me to say it, but I will anyway…   My friends, the state of this city is Resurgent… and for the first time in my lifetime, we all know that Richmond's best days are ahead of us! ...

~ Funding will facilitate alley collection in some areas ~ Following a rigorous process involving municipalities throughout the southeast, Richmond has been selected as one of four cities to partner with Curbside Value Partnership (CVP) during a first of its kind private/public recycling agreement, called CVP’s The Recycling Partnership. The program will help the City move forward with plans to collect recycling in alleys in neighborhoods where trash is picked up in alleys. Currently recycling is limited to curbside pick-up. Under the terms of the Richmond agreement, the City will receive nearly $560,000. Of that amount, $350,000 will be used to purchase the 95-gallon recycling carts, each equipped with a radio frequency identification device (RFID) tag tracking mechanism; another $210,000 will go toward an expanded community outreach/education campaign and the implementation of a six month phase-in program to begin alley collection at approximately 6,000 homes. The plan is to expa...

Today, Mayor Dwight C. Jones issued the following statement during a joint press conference held with Richmond Police Chief Ray Tarasovic: “I’m here to announce the decision of Ray Tarasovic to step down as police chief for the City of Richmond. Ray plans to return to a life of retirement and will officially leave the post as of February 20th. “Chief Tarasovic and I have been in discussion for some months now about his plans. When Ray joined the City of Richmond in February of 2013, he allowed me to draw him out of what was a fifth retirement when he agreed to serve the citizens of Richmond again.  It was clear at the onset that he was here to fill a gap in leadership in our police department and that he was willing to do so for as long as necessary during my tenure. “Ray has been an excellent police chief. I’ve appreciated all of the energy and effort that he has put into the job. He has worked with a real heart for the community of Richmond and the public that he serves and love...