Speaking through art/John Marshall High School students Denaisja Jones, 16, left, and Nikisha Flemming, 15, put finishing touches on a 13-week mural project at the North Side school titled, “The Voices of John Marshall.” The students participate in ART180’s after-school community program, with the mural designed and created by 15 students with the co-leadership of local artist-volunteers Austin “Auz” Miles and Justice Dwight. It is one of 16 projects ART180 has throughout the city. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

This long vacant tobacco plant at 2220 Stockton St. is being transformed into a new home for CARITAS, a nonprofit that serves people who are homeless or struggling with substance abuse. The $27 million renovation will provide a new home base for the organization led by Karen Stanley, in addition to one of the area’s largest recovery centers for female addicts. When complete and opened next spring, the building will have 160 beds for women in recovery, plus 47 apartments for women moving into the next stage of their lives. (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)

Oliver Hill Day/Lamont K. Barnes, left, program coordinator with the Richmond Department of Justice Services, receives the Unsung Hero Award from attorney James M. Nachman during the 22nd Annual Oliver Hill Day on May 10 at the Oliver Hill Courts Building. The theme: “Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society.” The event honors the memory of Mr. Hill, a lawyer and civil rights icon whose successful legal battles against racial discrimination helped end the unconstitutional doctrine of “separate but equal.” (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

Oliver Hill Day/ The 22nd Annual Oliver Hill Day on May 10 at the Oliver Hill Courts Building. The theme: “Free Speech, Free Press, Free Society.” The event honors the memory of Mr. Hill, a lawyer and civil rights icon whose successful legal battles against racial discrimination helped end the unconstitutional doctrine of “separate but equal.” Mr. Hill’s son, Dr. Oliver W. Hill Jr., second from right, a professor at Virginia State University, was among the keynote speakers for the event hosted by the Richmond Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court. With Mr. Hill are, from right, his wife, Dr. Renee Hill, an associate professor at VSU, and her parents, retired Lt. Col. Nelson Bickley and historian Dr. Ancella Bickley. Other keynote speakers were former Richmond Circuit Court Judge Richard D. Taylor Jr. and University of Richmond law professor Jonathan K. Stubbs. (Regina H. Boone/Richmond Free Press)

Daylillies in The Fan (Sandra Sellars/Richmond Free Press)