Cityscape/It took 16 months and $2.8 million to build. Now Richmond’s new training center for emergency dispatchers is ready for use at 3516 N. Hopkins Road. The new 4,300-square-foot addition was dedicated May 30, bringing the total square footage of the building to 19,300. While primarily a center for training communications officers to field emergency calls, officials said the building will double as a command center during hurricanes and other disasters. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

Cityscape/It took 16 months and $2.8 million to build. Now Richmond’s new training center for emergency dispatchers is ready for use at 3516 N. Hopkins Road. The new 4,300-square-foot addition was dedicated May 30, bringing the total square footage of the building to 19,300. Dispatchers work in the building's existing operations center during an open house where tours showed the similar equipment set up in the new training center. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

Busy bee on South Side (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

Broad Appétit dishes out food, fun/ Thousands turned out to sample the offerings of 60 plus Richmond area chefs at the 12th edition of Broad Appétit, a food festival like no other. Sunday’s event once again created a palate-tickling paradise in four blocks of Broad Street between Adams and Henry streets in Downtown. Participants ponied up $4 for each sample they taste-tested, with proceeds from the festive event benefiting FeedMore and the Central Virginia Food Bank. Along with mouth-watering treats, the event also featured live music and an art project for children. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

Broad Appétit dishes out food, fun/ Thousands turned out to sample the offerings of 60 plus Richmond area chefs at the 12th edition of Broad Appétit, a food festival like no other. The Clarke family from Chester share a plate of “butterfly chips.” Sunday’s event once again created a palate-tickling paradise in four blocks of Broad Street between Adams and Henry streets in Downtown. Participants ponied up $4 for each sample they taste-tested, with proceeds from the festive event benefiting FeedMore and the Central Virginia Food Bank. Along with mouth-watering treats, the event also featured live music and an art project for children. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

Broad Appétit dishes out food, fun Thousands turned out to sample the offerings of 60 plus Richmond area chefs at the 12th edition of Broad Appétit, a food festival like no other. Beverly and Gary Claiborne of Glen Allen feast. Sunday’s event once again created a palate-tickling paradise in four blocks of Broad Street between Adams and Henry streets in Downtown. Participants ponied up $4 for each sample they taste-tested, with proceeds from the festive event benefiting FeedMore and the Central Virginia Food Bank. Along with mouth-watering treats, the event also featured live music and an art project for children. (Regina H. Boone)

‘I Have a Dream’ Festival Music and camaraderie were on display at the “I Have a Dream” Festival near Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School. The event had a purpose: To promote creation of a public park on unused city property that sits at O and 18th streets behind the school and underneath the Martin Luther King Jr. Bridge. Left, the rollicking No BS! Brass Band leads a Unity Parade beneath the bridge to showcase the potential park area. Marchers included Mayor Levar M. Stoney, Richmond Public Schools Superintendent Jason Kamras, 6th District City Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson, 7th District School Board member Cheryl Burke and state Sen. Rosalyn R. Dance. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

‘I Have a Dream’ Festival Music and camaraderie were on display at the “I Have a Dream” Festival near Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School. The event had a purpose: To promote creation of a public park on unused city property that sits at O and 18th streets behind the school and underneath the Martin Luther King Jr. Bridge. Nutzy and his friend, Nutasha, of the Richmond Squirrels, VCU’s Rodney Ram and McGruff the Crime Dog chill with children at the event. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

‘I Have a Dream’ Festival Music and camaraderie were on display at the “I Have a Dream” Festival near Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School. The event had a purpose: To promote creation of a public park on unused city property that sits at O and 18th streets behind the school and underneath the Martin Luther King Jr. Bridge. Two mounted police officers, Amanda Acuff on Scooter and Gene Carter on Toby, also took part in the festivities. (Regina H. Boone)