Carver Area Civic Improvement League

The Carver Area Civic Improvement League was founded in the 1950s and continues to work in preserving a healthy and vibrant community. Through CACIL, neighbors work together to address issues such as housing, public improvements, land use, litter control and planning the neighborhood’s future. Citizen involvement is critical to the success of Carver’s development.

Membership is open to Carver residents, as well as business and property owners who may not live in the Carver community. A yearly membership fee of $5 is required for residents. The fee for associate members is $15.

CACIL meets the last Tuesday of every month at 7 p.m. in Moore Street Baptist’s Social Center located at 1408 W. Leigh St. Meetings do not occur in July and August.

The history of Carver

Download the 30-page history of the Carver community, “A History of the Carver and Newtowne Neighborhood,” by Kathryn E. Colwell. [PDF]

Additional information about the history of Carver is available in Special Collections and Archives at VCU’s James Cabell Branch Library.

Contact us

For more information, please e-mail Charleen Baylor, CACIL president, or call (804) 916-0179.