Loyal to Local: Abundant Harvests Farm
By Savanna StillwagnerGuest contributor As you turn the corner onto Farmer’s Row of the Riverside Arts Market (RAM), one booth stands out. The bright red tent and tablecloths, wicker and wooden baskets, and of course, the vibrant colors of their lemons, cantaloupes, tomatoes and lettuce, define Abundant Harvests Farm. Every Saturday, owners Caria and Calvin […]
Park + King merchants, city pool resources to increase overnight patrol
By Jennifer LogueResident Community News More JSO officers will patrol Riverside’s Park and King area overnight on Friday and Saturday evenings, thanks to a partnership between the city and area merchants. Announced at a July 29 community meeting held at Riverside Church at Park and King and organized by the Park + King Area Association, […]
Loyal to Local: des Islets Florist & Gifts
.For small business owner Miranda “Randy” des Islets, combining her passion for floral and jewelry design was a natural fit, a lifetime in the making. “I used to save up my birthday money to attend jewelry camps during the summer and buy jewelry-making supplies,” she said. “I started fixing jewelry pieces on the playground.” Today, […]
The Way We Were: Brooks Andrews
If you have visited Southern Grounds on a Friday morning, you might have noticed a small group of older men chatting and drinking coffee. This group has been dubbed the Koffee Klatch. It all started in 2023, after Brooks Andrews retired from a long career as a chemical engineer. “My wife was saying ‘Brooks, you’re […]
RAP Yarden Tour Returns for 4th Year of Blooming Beauty
On the heels of the 50th anniversary of its historic home tour, Riverside Avondale Preservation (RAP) hosted its fourth annual Yarden Tour, showcasing the gardens, yards and green spaces of its neighborhoods. Participants enjoyed the self-guided stroll on Saturday, May 11 throughout the Riverside and Avondale areas, visiting 12 stops and six points of interest […]
Loyal to Local: Apollo’s Pots
The Riverside Arts Market (RAM), now in its 15th year, is a weekly makers and farmers market hosted by Riverside Avondale Preservation (RAP) on Saturdays, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., rain or shine. Each week more than 100 small business owners gather under the canopy of the Fuller Warren Bridge to sell their products […]
Loyal to Local: Southern Style Bread Pudding
The Riverside Arts Market (RAM), now in its 15th year, is a weekly makers and farmers market hosted by Riverside Avondale Preservation (RAP) on Saturdays, from 10 a.m. – 3 p.m., rain or shine. Each week more than 100 small business owners gather under the canopy of the Fuller Warren Bridge to sell their products […]
Loyal to Local: Celebrating 15 Years of RAM
The Riverside Arts Market (RAM), now in its 15th year, is a weekly makers and farmers market hosted by Riverside Avondale Preservation (RAP) on Saturdays, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., rain or shine. Each week more than 100 small business owners gather under the canopy of the Fuller Warren Bridge to sell their products […]
