Checking the pulse of the city //
Richmond Mayor Levar M. Stoney, center, leads a group of about 40 people Wednesday during a tour of the Brookland Park Boulevard business corridor in North Side. Accompanied by City Council President Chris A. Hilbert, 3rd District, Mayor Stoney was shown buildings tagged with graffiti that need to be cleaned as well as Scott’s Funeral Home’s new chapel. The mayor also met business owners along the route, including including the proprietors of the renovated Two Pillars Tattoo and Sign Shop. Walking to his left is Richard A. Lambert Sr., president and owner of the funeral home. Saying he wants to be a “hands on, visible mayor,” Mayor Stoney plans to walk the Jefferson Davis Highway corridor in South Richmond next week with 8th District City Council member Reva M. Trammell.
