Past Projects

The 2024 Richmond Mayorathon was a blast! We sat down with Richmond’s five candidates for mayor to talk about the issues that matter most to the future of our community. Questions from the event–developed by 30+ community-based organizations in Richmond–focused on 5 issue areas: housing, community safety, transportation, the environment, and youth & families. While our audience gathered at the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, hundreds more tuned in via Facebook Live.

Watch the event recording here.

2020 Mayorathon is a collaborative civic project of over 20 Richmond-based community organizations. We represent residents and members from all corners of the city committed to seeing local government deliver smart policies that make Richmond a more equitable, thriving, and urban place to live. Through questionnaires, forums, and events, we hope to educate Richmonders about their candidates and elected leaders while keeping those leaders accountable to build a progressive future for our city.

A Focus on the 5th is a collaborative civic project of over 17 Richmond-based community organizations. We represent residents and members from all corners of the city committed to seeing our local government deliver smart policies that make Richmond a more equitable, thriving, urban, and progressive place to live. Through questionnaires, forums, and events we hope to educate Richmonders about their elected leaders while keeping those leaders accountable to building a progressive future for our city.

A public event called Mayorathon 2019 reviewed Mayor Levar Stoney’s first two years in office and discussed future priorities. Hosted by Richmond magazine and over a dozen nonprofits, the event featured an informal discussion with Mayor Stoney on key policy issues such as neighborhoods, safety, education, transportation, and the urban environment. Participating organizations shared their reviews of the mayor’s work and suggested steps for the future, while the audience provided input on the administration’s priorities for the remainder of his term.

The seven candidates for mayor in Richmond turned their attention to public education, transportation and the river Thursday during an hour-and-a-half long forum that posed some of the toughest policy-oriented questions of the campaign.

Dubbed “Mayorathon 2016,” the event was hosted by a coalition of non-profit organizations — The James River Association, Richmond Forward, RVA Rapid Transit, Sports Backers, and StoreFront for Community Design– and Richmond Magazine