Bus transfer center opening soon

Free Press staff report

The replacement GRTC transfer center in Downtown is projected to open around Thursday, June 15, the transit company has indicated.

GRTC stated Monday that most buses will begin in mid-June using the new center located in a former parking lot for city employees bounded by Leigh, Clay, 8th and 9th streets, across from the John Marshall Courts Building. The new site will replace the current transfer center largely located along 9th

Street between Clay and Leigh streets. The current center also uses a portion of Leigh Street between 9th and 10th streets. GRTC has invested about $2.2 million to transform the parking lot into a transfer center, with work starting last September.

Jamestown Settlement to commemorate Jamestown’s founding

Free Press staff report

WILLIAMSBURG

Jamestown Settlement, a museum of 17th century Virginia, will present a full day of programs and live demonstrations Saturday, May 13, to commemorate the 1607 founding lish agriculture. Presentations also will explore methods of English beer making and period cooking, as well as programs on English and Powhatan comparative weaponry and military tactics, including a pike drill and the firing of a 17th century falcon.

Courtesy of Jamestown, America’s first permanent English settlement, and honor the enduring legacies and traditions of the Virginia Indians who have occupied the land for centuries.

Indigenous Arts Day, beginning at 11 a.m. on May 13, will celebrate enduring legacies of Indigenous culture with traditional and contemporary art forms by Indigenous artists, including special outdoor performances of music and dance.

Jamestown Day

Jamestown Settlement family friendly programs on May 13 will feature Jamestown Day with military salutes and maritime demonstrations. A 10 a.m. artillery salute will signal the departure of the Godspeed, one of the three re-created ships that brought English colonists to Jamestown in 1607, to show sailing maneuvers in the James River, weather permitting.

Visitors to the ships’ pier also can board the Susan Constant and Discovery and learn how sailors navigated the seas in the 17th century with a special program on celestial navigation and hauling cargo out of the ship’s hold. In the museum’s re-created fort and Paspahegh Town, visitors can enjoy programs on English and Powhatan trade, Powhatan games and recreation and Eng-

Indigenous Arts Day

Indigenous Arts Day, beginning at 11 a.m., will celebrate enduring legacies of Indigenous culture with traditional and contemporary art forms by Indigenous artists, including special outdoor performances of music and dance. Clark Stewart (Chickahominy) will emcee performances on Jamestown Settlement’s mall, where a variety of Indigenous artists and craftspeople will display and demonstrate their work throughout the day, some of which will be available for purchase. In case of inclement weather, programs and vendors will move indoors. Red Crooked Sky American Indian Dance Troupe will lead the day’s performances with Stoney Creek Singers on drum, along with Nottoway flutist Nathan Elliott and Lakota storyteller Felicity Meza-Luna.

A new exhibition, “Tribal Truths,” opening May 11 through Sept. 10, will be on display during the event in the Elmon and Pam Gray Presentation Hall.

Jamestown Settlement, open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, is located on Route 31 just southwest of Williamsburg, and adjacent to Historic Jamestowne, which also will commemorate Jamestown Day May 13. Parking is free.

Mr. Davis, who built the family-owned and operated firm into one of the region’s largest Black-owned commercial contractors, died Sunday, July 17, 2022, at age 80.

As commercial contractors, the company was involved in construction projects from Washington, D.C., to Georgia, including the Greater Richmond Convention Center, Richmond International Airport, the Altria Theater and the State Capitol.

The final ceremony will take place 1 p.m. Friday, May 26, on the portion of East Charity Street located between its intersections with North 1st Street and North 2nd Street. The block designated to honor the late Rev. Kenneth E. Dennis Sr. is just in front of Greater Mt. Moriah Baptist Church where he was pastor for nearly 34 years.

Rev. Dennis was a native of Miami, but he graduated from Virginia Union University and became a leader in Richmond’s religious life. In addition to serving Greater Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, he acted as a grief counselor and chaplain for the city’s police department, taught classes as an adjunct instructor at VUU, and co-hosted the television program “Focus on Black Religious Life” for 15 years. Rev. Dennis died Feb. 18, 2021 at the age of 65.