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RVA 5x5 - March 4, 2023

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STORY #1 — RVA = DIY
Jack Jacobs at Richmond BizSense has an update about the ongoing fallout from the collapse of the EnRichmond Foundation last summer. All of the small organizations that used EnRichmond as a fiduciary and lost access to their money (which may be gone for good, stay tuned) and other things like insurance coverage.

While there are efforts underway to transfer two historically black cemeteries to the City that were under EnRichmond’s purview, there has not been any statement, hint, clue, concern, or any sign of emotion uttered by the Mayor about when or if the City will help restore the funding of these small groups that do a lot of valuable work to help the City and save staff time.

Since no one at City Hall seems to be interested in helping, Richmonders are doing what they do best - they are doing it themselves (aka DIY).

For example, the group RVA Clean Sweep counts nearly 1,500 peopl…