Yeah he will be a beast. He's not as fast as Navy Jones, but he has good vision of the field. Byrd had one of the most overused fields in the area and it showed. They desperately needed the upgrade.
I graduated from good old Osbourn back in '83. Handley's current principal was in my class, and the principal at Clarke when my daughter went there left to be the principal at Osbourn.
I talked to one of Armstrong's assistants back in April. He was actually from Galax of all places. He basically told me that there was not much hope for the program. Good kids over there but it's hard when you're surrounded by 4 projects, one of which has had 6 homicides just this year. I want to see the Richmond Public Schools do well so bad!
Gilpin isn't any better. I hear that ANYBODY who wants to play football and live on the Northside goes to Herm, Varina, or HS. I even heard that TJ lost a good player to Matoaca this past year.
That would be typical for a new high school. When Warhill opened here no senior class the first year only freshmen thru Juniors. What administration wants Seniors after 3 years spend their last year at a different and new school with some friends left behind?
Having worked for 15 years in Richmond near the diamond (ABC) the problem is nice areas such as the Fan and Carytown is literally blocks from high crime sections. Tough to get any broad commitment from that scenario. Everyone is going west to Short Pump in Henricp and Goochland.
Relocating the warehouse and possibly the central office personnel has been talked about for years. But it is a very hot political potatoe to move anything out of Richmond City. The warehouse is too small for future business and instead of relocating as a private business would have about 7 years ago they put in a whole new warehouse system for some 10-12 million. But it will not be sufficient going out 10-20 years. I would suspect that they will go to multiple watehouses in several key areas and eventually go away from one central warehouse for the whole state. Logistically that would make sense but who knows what's going to happen. When I left 17 months very little was in the works but maybe now with change from
when I left 18 months ago very little was on tap. But when as of July 1 2018 when they chang from executive branch agency to an independent agency and have far more independence in their decisions- including pay I don't doubt it. The Richmond warehouse in just a few years will be strapped to receive and ship the neccesay volumes and they already have put in the best new handling system a half dozen years ago. That location would be very good. Maybe I'll ask a few questions!
Moved down from Loudoun Co. 20 years ago just as the crazy traffic and overbuilding was beggining. Been up on business many times over the years and I just don't know how they all contend with it every day.
I live here mostly because of work-got to live where the jobs are in your career field. I do wish I lived in an more rural area like Dinwiddie. I really like NOVA, but for the following reasons:
As long as we keep voting in career politicians and not making Constitutional Amendments for term limits in the Legislative Branch, this country will go nowhere.