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Op-Ed: The Trouble With Reva’s Receipts

David Dominique | October 29, 2020

Topics: amy wentz, Coalson Enterprises, Election 2020, Reva Trammell, Richmond city council

In the face of allegations of impropriety from both the mayor’s office and her 2020 election opponent, David Dominique writes that Councilmember Reva Trammell may be taking desperate measures to save her political career.

Last week, Richmond City Councilmember Reva Trammell’s campaign allegedly weaponized information extracted from one of my Instagram posts. While I continue to call for transparency in campaign financing, I disavow Councilmember Trammell’s deceptive attack on her opponent, Amy Wentz.

As a sitting Councilmember who has herself allegedly engaged in ethical improprieties in 2020, Ms. Trammell is sitting inside the most fragile of glass houses; she might avoid throwing stones.

During this election cycle alone, Ms. Trammell has accepted multiple eyebrow-raising donations, in addition to allegedly distributing cash-equivalent gift cards to political supporters and surrogates, in what her opponent considers thinly-veiled bribes.

According to Wentz, Trammell justifies these unregulated, unsupervised distributions of gift cards by labelling them “constituent services.” While Wentz points out that distribution of resources is not inherently suspicious, the issues raised by these activities are many.

A review of Virginia Public Access Project records showed that Trammell has not reported these gift cards as cash or in-kind donations, nor has she reported their distribution. If the cards are political gifts, the law requires Ms. Trammell disclose the donors and ultimate recipients. If they are public distributions being made by an elected official, how are they funded, who else in city hall is privy to the details, what accounting is being done, and what oversight has occurred? If the cards are private gifts, why are they being sent with a note on Richmond City Council letterhead, a municipal resource intended for communication of official government business?

In images obtained by the author, Trammell’s selective gift-giving explicitly invoked her position on Council, and seemed to imply her wish for professional collaboration with the recipient. In a note printed on Richmond City Council letterhead, and sent with a gift card, Trammell wrote “I look forward to working with you in the future…,” an implicit acknowledgment of her political position and activities. 

Photo via David Dominique

Trammell appears to be using civic resources — City Council letterhead as well as printing services — to distribute a personal gift that primarily serves her relationship interests and has no connection to government business. According to Wentz, there is no process for constituents in the 8th District to apply for such gifts, and many constituents are not aware of them. How is Trammell deciding which constituents receive these gifts? Equally important, who is funding the gift cards? 

Though Wentz does not have access to records, through conversations with those privy to the practice, Wentz estimates that Trammell may be distributing $10,000 to $16,000 in gift cards per year to approximately six hundred constituents who serve as Trammell’s political “surrogates.” 

For Ms. Trammell, leveraging the power of her elected office to serve her political interests may be a pattern. 

Earlier this year, Mayor Stoney’s Press Secretary, James Nolan, called Ms. Trammell’s advocacy in support of at least one group of her political donors “wholly inappropriate.” 

In a story widely reported in local media, on February 24, 2020 Ms. Trammell used her City Council seat to call for the FBI to investigate multiple departments in City Hall on behalf of one of her top donors, Coalson Enterprises. In comments presented to Council, Trammell alleged that Coalson was receiving unfair treatment in its application for a permit in the 8th District. However, according to Wentz and a neighbor whose property abuts the Coalson project in question, Coalson’s issues were self-inflicted by their failure to obtain proper permitting and the damage they caused to the neighbor’s property. 

Photo via David Dominique

More troublingly, Coalson’s issues with the city were solved during a period when Ms.Trammell applied significant legal and political pressure to city departments on Coalson’s behalf, while Ms. Trammell simultaneously received thousands of dollars in donations from both Coalson Enterprises and an individual Coalson family member.

In 2019 and 2020, the Coalsons only donated to one politician, Reva Trammell, and became her top donors by a significant margin, making at least six donations totalling $13,000, according to the Virginia Public Access Project. For reference, Trammell’s next-largest donor has been the Homebuilders Association of Richmond, a well-funded construction industry bundler that has donated Trammell less than half the funds donated by the Coalsons.

According to Wentz, Trammell’s privileged handling of Coalson’s affairs has not resulted in a positive relationship between the developer and the community. In one 8th District meeting, owner Jackie Coalson allegedly threatened to turn the unpermitted property into a landfill if the community did not help him in his quest to obtain permits. Mr. Coalson also allegedly mentioned that he would be creating a park and naming it for Ms. Trammell, a not-so-subtle reciprocation for Ms. Trammell’s efforts in her role on Council, efforts which came amid Coalson’s significant donations to her campaign.

Reva Trammell’s hypocrisy in criticizing Amy Wentz’s fundraising is self-evident. Ms. Trammell’s behavior on City Council is cause for censure by that body, and perhaps cause for an investigation into whether she has improperly leveraged her Council position to make serious legal threats on behalf of her top donor. Similarly, her distribution of gift cards, funded by unknown sources, requires serious inquiry. 

This Tuesday, voters in the 8th District will have the opportunity to decide whether Reva Trammell’s priority is serving her constituents, or serving the interests of developers and other big donors who have funded her political career. 

Richmond deserves fairness and transparency in its politics. 

Richmond deserves a new council. 

Reva Trammell and Coalson Enterprises did not respond to requests for comment for this editorial.

Note: Op-Eds are contributions from guest writers and do not reflect editorial policy.

Top Photo via Reva Trammell/Facebook

Turning The Tide For Southside

Will Gonzalez | October 14, 2020

Topics: amy wentz, Black Restaurant Experience, BLK RVA, Election 2020, food deserts, Reva Trammell, Richmond city council, richmond public schools, richmond tourism

BLK RVA founder Amy Wentz hopes to challenge Reva Trammell’s multi-decade hold on Richmond’s 8th District and bring a new energy to Southside Richmond.

Richmond City Councilwoman Reva Trammell has been in office for a very long time — having presided over Richmond’s 8th district since 1998. Though it appears the residents of the 8th district love Councilwoman Trammell, not much has changed over her 22 years of representing the city’s geographically largest voting district — and arguably its most neglected.

When Councilwoman Trammell first took office in 1998, the district in Richmond’s Southside had no grocery stores. Today the number of grocery stores in the district remains the same, with the exception of a few small storefronts along Route 1 and Broad Rock Boulevard. 

Being a food desert is just one of the many problems that needs to be addressed in the district, and Amy Wentz, who is running to unseat Trammell, intends to bring those problems to light so that the 8th district can get on pace with the rest of the city.

Wentz was born and raised in Richmond’s Southside. After graduating from Huguenot High School on Forest Hill Avenue, she joined the military, spending two years in Afghanistan before returning to Richmond. Wentz has lived in the 8th district for the past 11 years. She first became involved with local government after attending a meeting and seeing that complacency had set in with her representative, who wasn’t even taking questions from residents. The lack of communication between City Hall and the 8th district, and the obvious lack of attention given to the Southside of Richmond in general, is what prompted Wentz to run for city council.

“Being from Southside and seeing the neglect and seeing the way that our area has gone down over the years has been an eyesore. It has been hard and painful to watch,” Wentz said. “And although I’ve been able to do a lot of community work and community service to help in certain areas, I really felt like it was time for me to transition my community service into public service.”

Wentz is the creator of BLK RVA and co-founded Virginia Black Restaurant Experience, two tourism platforms that highlight Black culture in the Richmond area. Through those organizations, she’s worked to make clear to the outside world that Richmond is about more than the Civil War.

“For a long time we’ve had this Capital of the Confederacy cloud over us, where we feel like we have to highlight the Confederate history as a means towards tourism here in the city,” Wentz said. “We want to tell the whole story of Richmond’s history, and make sure that tourists know that there is Black culture that is thriving here. We want to highlight and uplift that.”

Richmond’s Public Schools are known for their lack of quality, and having gone to school in the Southside, Wentz knows how quality of public schools is connected to wealth inequality.

“Unfortunately, all the schools in the 8th district are what we call Title 1 schools, and that means the majority of students come from families that are experiencing poverty,” Wentz said. “That in itself is a tough pill to swallow.” In addition to improving the schools the 8th district’s kids attend, Wentz wants to improve access to adult education programs for the Southside’s residents. Right now, all of the programs the city offers are located North of the James River.

As the representative for the 8th district, Wentz wants to restore the line of communication between the residents and the local government.

“The communication strategy in the 8th district as it stands now is nonexistent,” Wentz said. “We’re the only district that does not receive newsletters or any sort of communication from our district representatives.” Wentz believes the lack of communication and inability for the residents of the 8th district to provide feedback or ask questions is directly responsible for the complacency and lack of accountability that has plagued the district’s representatives in City Hall.

The 8th district still faces many of the challenges they’ve been dealing with for decades. The district leads the city in evictions and health disparity. It’s at the bottom of the municipal infrastructure budget as well as access to GRTC, despite being the city’s largest district. According to Wentz, Councilwoman Trammell is good at providing “band-aid” fixes for some of the problems her constituents are facing, such as giving gift cards and rides around the city. But she feels that it will take institutional change to reverse all the damage that has been done to the 8th district over the years. 

“I want to usher in policy that could really affect our quality of life, so that we’re not leaning on those things as much as we have been in the past,” Wentz said. “We’re operating with a sense of integrity on our campaign, doing things the right way, and so it gets tough to try to compete with the types of practices that have been in place for 18 years.”

All photos via Amy Wentz/Facebook

Reva Trammell and the “Mammy” Jar

Zach Armstrong | May 15, 2020

Topics: amy wentz, Dr. Michael Jones, Levar Stoney, racist iconography, Reva Trammell, Richmond city council

A social media post recently revealed that Richmond City Council representative Reva Trammell has a Jim Crow-era caricature displayed in her kitchen, a fact that’s put her in hot water with some constituents.

Richmond City Council member Reva Trammell has represented the city’s majority-African American 8th district since 1998. In her role on City Council, she has often been outspoken for the poor and elderly. But now she is facing a controversy with her black constituents, after a facebook post in April revealed that a mammy cookie jar, based on a caricature from the Jim Crow era, was displayed in her kitchen.

The image in the facebook post showed the councilwoman and her son joking about being in need of a haircut. The jar could be seen above the cupboards. The image has drawn harsh criticism from constituents and colleagues. Ninth District City Councilman Dr. Michael Jones tweeted in response to the controversy, “Google Racist Iconography and the ‘mammy’ jar that is in one of my colleagues house will come up. There is no excusing this away. Reva Trammell needs to give an account for this immediately.”

Mayor Levar Stoney, who Trammell has criticized during City Council meetings, also weighed in, tweeting, “I was raised by a woman who worked in the homes of white people. This image isn’t just ‘hurtful to many people.’ Call it what it is — just plain racist against Black people.”

The figure of “Mammy” is one of the most prominent archetypes from the Jim Crow era. It’s meant to symbolize the contentment of African Americans in their roles as servants. “Mammy” is typically illustrated as an obese African American woman with a large smile, wearing a bonnet with a silk velvet mantle.

The Jim Crow Museum of Racist Memorabilia’s website states, “Her wide grin, hearty laughter, and loyal servitude were offered as evidence of the supposed humanity of the institution of slavery. She had great love for her white ‘family,’ but often treated her own family with disdain. She had no black friends; the white family was her entire world.”

Image via RVA Dirt/Twitter

The archetype has made several appearances in notable movies and novels. The character was portrayed by Jennie Lee in the racist 1915 silent film Birth of a Nation, and by Hattie McDaniel in Gone with the Wind — a portrayal for which McDaniel received an Oscar. Aunt Chloe in Uncle Tom’s Cabin and Calpurnia in To Kill a Mockingbird are also based on the “mammy” archetype. 

In a facebook post in response to the controversy, Councilwoman Trammell stated, “The figurine was given to me about 35 years ago and has been on top of the kitchen cabinet ever since. I never thought much about it, but I do now realize that it is a hurtful item to many people.”

The councilwoman went to say that she has since discarded the jar and that she is “dedicated to serving the fine citizens of Richmond’s 8th district of all races and backgrounds.”

The image has been removed from Trammell’s facebook account. However, this is not the first incident to raise concerns over Trammell’s view on race relations. Trammell was one of only two council members who opposed a symbolic resolution earlier this year to request the state to authority over confederate monuments over to local governments. 

According to the Daily Progress, Trammell cited her constituents’ complaints influencing her vote, stating, “I was getting calls and I could show you the texts where people said: Don’t we have other things to worry about?”

Amy Wentz, best known in Richmond as one of the founders of Richmond Black Restaurant Experience, is running against Trammell for the seat in November. The controversy surrounding the jar may hurt re-election hopes for the councilwoman who has held her seat for over two decades.

Top Photo via Reva Trammell/Facebook

A Week Of Culinary Black Excellence

Adrian Teran-Tapia | February 28, 2020

Topics: afrikana film festival, Altria Theater, amy wentz, Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, Kelli Lemon, Mobile Soul Sunday, Richmond Black Restaurant Experience, Richmond food trucks, richmond foodies, richmond restaurants, Shemica Bowen, Stick A Fork In It!, Urban Hang Suite, Urban League of Greater Ricmond Young Professionals, Vagabond

The fourth annual Richmond Black Restaurant Experience shows that in a city gaining a reputation as a food destination, black restaurants and black culture are an essential factor.

As the first week of March approaches, black restaurant owners and cooks all over Richmond prepare for the fourth annual Richmond Black Restaurant Experience, a week-long celebration of black excellence in the culinary world. Established by Amy Wentz, Shemica Bowen, and Kelli Lemon, RBRE was founded on the premise of giving black minority restaurateurs the same exposure other Richmond restaurants have been given in recent years. 

“There was just a need for the black culinary industry in Richmond, that has a presence amongst [the black community],” Lemon said, “but wasn’t getting the national exposure, as Richmond was starting to make all these lists for being this foodie town.”

Over the past couple of years, several lists from publications like Bon Appetit, Insider, and Yelp have named Richmond as an up and coming destination for food lovers. With the national spotlight on the city, many restaurants have made the most of this attention by being involved in the city’s several food festivals. 

According to the founders of Richmond Black Restaurant Experience, Richmond Restaurant Week — a twice-yearly event that has been known to be very competitive and exclusive — has had a lack of representation for black restaurant owners. So they decided to create that representation themselves.

“We didn’t wait to be asked to be sat at the table, we just built the table,” Lemon said. “We just decided that we don’t have to wait to celebrate our culture.”

The goal of RBRE, Lemon said, is to introduce all of Richmond to black culinary ownership through a “celebration of cuisine.”

“We just want to make sure that when we are looking at Richmond as a whole, [black restaurants] are not left out of that whole,” said Lemon.

Over the past four years, RBRE has showcased over 20 restaurants, food trucks, and caterers each year, and has partnered with several non-profit organizations aimed to help the black community in Richmond.

This year RBRE, which has several sponsors including Dominion Energy, the City of Richmond, and the Virginia Lottery, will feature 35 different restaurants, food trucks, and caterers, including Mama J’s, Soul Taco, Southern Kitchen, and Chef MaMusu’s Africanne on Main. For a full list of participants, visit vablackrestaurantexperience.com.

RBRE will also be partnering with the Urban League of Greater Richmond Young Professionals (ULGRYP) as their non-profit beneficiary. In the past the RBRE has partnered with several food related organizations, but this year they decided on the ULGRYP because of their many initiatives that promote philanthropy and community engagement among young people of color, while also uplifting and finding the resources needed to support these individuals.

Although the main attraction to this week’s festivities is the food, Lemon also said that the goal is to focus on ALL artists of color in Richmond. According to Lemon, this week is about the complete black Richmond experience, not just the food.

“One of the things that we felt was missing this week was the art component,” Lemon said. “We look at food as art, but then there’s also music and fashion, hence these other activities planned.”

This year’s Richmond Black Restaurant Experience begins on Sunday, March 1 and lasts for eight days. The full schedule is as follows:

  • Sunday, March 1: Mobile Soul Sunday- Food Truck Fest at Kanawha Plaza, 12-5pm (Get tickets HERE)
  • Monday, March 2 thru Wednesday, March 4: Restaurant Focus- just eat, go to black owned restaurants and enjoy yourselves
  • Thursday, March 5: Afrikana Film Festival- Film Screening of Boss at Black History Museum and Cultural Center (‘dinner and a movie’), 7-9pm
  • Friday, March 6: Ready to Give- “Basement sweaty” dance party in the ‘Rabbit Hole’ at Vagabond
  • Saturday, March 7: ART for the Soul- Fashion, art and music showcase with culinary delights at Studio Two Three, 5-10pm (Get tickets HERE)
  • Sunday, March 8: Stick a Fork in It! – Chef demos and cooking contest put on by Richmond chefs and caterers at the Altria Theater, 12-5pm (Get tickets HERE)

All revenue from ticketed events like Mobile Soul, Ready to Give, Art for the Soul and Stick a Fork in It! will go to Urban League of Greater Richmond. As far as the restaurants themselves, check their social media pages for any food and drink specials offered throughout the week.

In the past, RBRE has been accused of being racist for having the word ‘black’ in the title. Lemon responded by saying that they don’t mind getting slammed for putting that word if it means people are now able to learn about something new and get out of their comfort zone.

“We created something because no one else would let us in,” Lemon said. “So people can be exposed to something different and start a conversation.”

Lemon, who is also the owner of Urban Hang Suite, a social cafe located at 304 E Broad St, acknowledges that there’s a lack of communication between the diverse groups of people in Richmond, which is why she built the cafe; to start that conversation.

With its controversial history, Lemon refers to Richmond as a tale of two cities; there’s Richmond and there’s RVA. Richmond is the food deserts, lack of affordable housing, lack of public transportation, high crime, and poor education. And then there’s RVA: the James River, craft beer, great food, and a good place to start your business. Lemon says that because of the city’s long history of division and segregation, these two places don’t know each other.

“Black Richmond knows, feels and is ready to take back our heritage,” Lemon said. “White Richmond wants us to forget about it; ‘The past is the past; we’re not that anymore’.”

Although black Richmond is still struggling in terms of opportunity, Lemon said that events like RBRE are letting the world know that, “Yeah, Richmond has a very horrible history, but what has come out of it is pride, leadership and a sense of belonging.”

At the end of the day, Lemon just wants people from all races and all areas of the city to come out and enjoy the vibes and atmosphere.

“Grab your family, grab your friend, grab your coworker, and go experience this with someone,” said Lemon. “There are a lot of different options, and we took care of everyone’s dietary needs.”

Appreciation of local culture in all its forms is Richmond Black Restaurant Experience’s ultimate goal, Lemon said.

“We just want people to think outside the box and celebrate a culture that in Richmond is truly vibrant.”

Photos courtesy Richmond Black Restaurant Experience

Rooted & Rising: Richmond Thrives With BLK RVA

Norrin Nicholas | September 11, 2019

Topics: addis ethiopian, afrikana film festival, amy wentz, art, big herms kitchen, black history museeum, black owned business, Black Restaurant Experience, black rva, blackrva, blkrva, C'est le Vin, chesterfield, Elegba Folklore Society, hanover, henrico, hippodrome, History, local business, mecca williams, music, nadira chase, new kent, Nickelus F, samantha willis, sheep hill bistro, tourism, treat shop rva

“It’s more than just what’s in your history books.” BLK RVA showcases the booming black cultural scene that’s made Richmond what it is today. 

In the last 10 years, Richmond has exploded as a creative hub — in a good way. As someone who was born and raised here, I understand the potential culture this city has to offer, and recently it has acted on that potential. Now more than ever, creative spaces are being opened, small festivals are spread out across the city throughout the year, and even small indie and underground artists are gaining an increase in recognition.

But as natives, this is something we’re all used to; we’re almost unbothered by some of these things, because they happen so often. Yet as we reach 2020, the city has grown into a creative hub not many would have believed possible looking back on it years ago. It’s not the largest hub there is, but it’s definitely there — and it’s definitely working. 

Photo via BLKRVA

Inside of the gears of the City of Richmond, the black community has been working tirelessly to bring more attention to the cultural efforts they’ve produced in our home. What they’ve produced is nothing short of amazing, and it’s been influential to the culture of the entire River City. 

The black community has helped complete an unfinished circle in the perfect Virginia experience: one that many people who call themselves Virginians have never truly seen before. Luckily for them, a platform that emphasizes this black Richmond experience is here, and sits at our fingertips at this very moment. 

BLKRVA is a platform that highlights black spaces and black faces. It showcases Richmond to travelers from all around the world, working to spread the history and culture of the city to the extent that it deserves. 

Its central base is a tourism website, which features a plethora of black-owned businesses, events, and artists — ultimately it’s everything you’d want to see in Richmond, that you’d never know is right around the corner. 

“We’re the only ones in the Commonwealth to do something like this, and I believe we’re the second in the nation, behind Philadelphia,” said Amy Wentz, Member of BLKRVA Action Team. 

Photo via BLKRVA

Because of our city’s history with slavery and as the capital of the Confederacy, outsiders may have cringed at the thought of visiting Richmond. But with the light in our dark history, we’ve grown with the past, and Richmond is more now than just a scarred city. Much of that is thanks to the very people who were scarred by that history. 

While the black experience is not all there is in Richmond, it’s a major part of the overall Virginia experience. BLKRVA has given this experience a louder voice, telling the public, “It’s more than just what’s in your history books, and you’ll never know until you see it.” 

Their key tagline, “Rooted & Rising,” serves as both a reminder and realization: a reminder of their rich history in the state of Virginia, but also a “call to action,” rising against the negative connotations that come with it. 

Richmond is a hot spot in commemorating the history of America, and with that comes a commemoration of enslaved Africans. Over time, they helped advance Richmond into what it is today, despite the hardships they faced in their lives. 

Though the BLKRVA campaign was only launched earlier this summer, the organizers have been working behind the scenes on this plan for years. They have seen success working with larger black-owned events, such as the Afrikana Film Festival and The Black Restaurant Experience, which brought crowds of people nationwide to see the new cultural perspective Richmond has to offer. As time went on, the members of the campaign noticed a surging trend in foreign visitors coming to appreciate the efforts of black Richmond culture. This led them to reformat their work, bringing a focus to black-owned businesses that are staples of the city. 

Photo via BLKRVA

From there, the BLKRVA campaign was created with Richmond Region Tourism as a one-stop-shop, categorizing all the different black Richmond events for visitors and residents alike. 

Their listings include well over 100 restaurants, attractions, and events that take place across the city throughout the year. Listings include Addis Ethiopian, the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia, Big Herm’s Kitchen, Treat Shop RVA, C’est Le Vin Art & Wine Gallery, the Hippodrome Theater, Elegba Folklore Society’s Cultural Center, Sheep Hill Bistro, and many more.

Along with highlighting these black spaces in Richmond, BLKRVA also tells the stories of black citizens in the city, focusing on black creatives and writers. With this platform, creatives can explain their day-to-day activities to tell the story of a day in the life of a black Richmonder. Their interviews and features put the spotlight on public figures like Mecca Williams, Nadira Chase, Nickelus F, and Samantha Willis. 

Photo via BLKRVA

“If you want to be as a local would be, these interviews will give you everything you need,” said Wentz. 

It’s not often that people like this are given a voice, which makes their recommendations even more special than before. Ultimately, it fills the visiting experience for those who want to see our city from a different perspective. 

“It’s time for us to start celebrating and uplifting the black experience here; because of the easier access to travelling now, it’s up to us to change that connotation about Virginia,” Wentz said. “And it starts with things like this.”

PHOTO: BLKRVA

A decade ago, Wentz started “BlackRVA” single-handedly, as the original plan for showcasing black events and black-owned business in Richmond. With the help of her action team, she was able to manifest BLKRVA into the large, influential position it’s in today. 

“When I first started it, I had so much going on. I could hardly manage it how it should be… how it is now,” said Wentz. “So I’m very grateful to be able to work with so many different creatives, and bring out the true potential that BLKRVA had to offer.” 

As BlackRVA grew into BLKRVA, a Richmond Region Tourism platform, the potential to highlight the black culture scene in Richmond has grown along with it. They’ve expanded their coverage beyond the Greater Richmond area, and further into surrounding counties like Hanover, New Kent, Henrico, and Chesterfield.

Because of the innovative boom in the city, a new atmosphere has grown. It has allowed BLKRVA to flourish and prosper into successful platform — from one woman’s idea to the powerhouse of a team it is today, time has treated BLKRVA well, and given the team the tools they needed to build the organization up. 

“It feels great to know that these places are trusting us with what we do, because it’s never been done before. If we don’t make these places noticeable, they may never get the recognition they deserve,” said Wentz. “It’s one thing to do your own advertising, but to work with a cohesive brand and a team of other businesses just makes the impact more effective.” 

If you want to get involved with BLKRVA, check out their website to become a part of their upcoming events in the 2019 season, or message them to talk about volunteer or donation opportunities. 

Whenever you’re thinking about how to change your Richmond experience, I’d advise paying BLKRVA’s website, at visitblkrva.com, a visit. You may find exactly what you’re looking for. 

Top Image via BLKRVA

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