Drivers on Idlewood Avenue are adjusting to a new bump between S. Linden Street and South Pine Street. Believe it or not, this speed bump was originally requested as speed calming measure about a decade ago on behalf of the nearby St. Andrews School. For whatever reason, other speed bumps were installed on South Laurel Street, South Pine Street, and South Cherry Street before this one.
Local author, Clay Blancett, will be reading from his new novel, ‘White Boy’, at the Richmond Public Library this Sunday.
His earlier novel, ‘The Avenue Of Champions’, described and captured a grittier Oregon Hill and Richmond from the past.
From Style Magazine:
The book “Haunted Colleges and Universities of Virginia” explores ghostlore on Virginia campuses. Author Sharon Pajka’s book release will be held on Aug. 4 at 821 Café from 7:30 to 8 p.m. in conjunction with Haunts of Richmond’s Creepy Tales on Campus tour which follows the book signing.
Tomorrow is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup.
Please go over what can be recycled.
NOTE: CVWMA (Central Virginia Waste Management Authority) has announced that all curbside recycling must now be INSIDE the CVWMA containers with lid closed. Items beside the container or on top of it will not be collected. In fact, incorrect setouts may not be collected at all. This is new as of July 1 for all our curbside recyclers, with the exception of townhomes/condos still using small bins. (And yes, this also applies to flattened cardboard boxes.)
Ideally, rolling recycling containers are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night. More CVWMA information can be found at this link:
https://cvwma.com/cvwma-locations/richmond/
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.
In local recycling news, Henrico County Fire crews had to battle a dumpster fire at an East End recycling facility.
In national recycling news, researchers publishing in Nature Food magazine looked at what might happen if food waste bans now used in places such as Massachusetts and Vermont were adopted across the U.S. As WBUR reported, their analysis showed that sending food scraps to recycling systems instead of landfills could shrink food waste’s overall climate impact by up to 99%. Nationwide food-waste recycling would cut methane as well as landfill nutrient pollution linked to toxic algal blooms, lowering risks to waterways and nearby communities. The study also projected a major plastics drawback: Without better packaging and sorting, contaminated compost under a nationwide ban could spread up to 20,000 tons of plastic onto farmland each year.
Its subsided now, but this was the scene earlier this afternoon at the northeast corner of China and Laura Streets.
The City has still not resolved this longstanding, reported issue.
Looks like the truth is coming out.
With many people doing the end of July moving thing, a lot of new people are moving into the neighborhood.
From FaceBook post by neighbor Mariah Huffman:
Welcome to Oregon Hill – a free neighborhood guide!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1g_sTm3_awALk3OcJjQigMQoUExwPaXIDAAoQMLSIz4Q/edit?usp=sharing
This is as mobile-friendly doc, and an ongoing work in progress! Anyone should be able to view and share.
Thank you to everyone who has helped add to this so far. Both Stephenie Lynch’s office and Verenda Cobb from VCU have offered to help print this out. I am still working on a print-friendly version that will be easy to read. At the August OHNA meeting I will ask for help planning how to distribute the printed versions (they will have a QR code for easier link access).
We (we being neighbors) have also been invited to come hang out with Verenda at the VCU SOVO Fair on Friday, Aug. 21 from 3-6pm in Monroe Park. This is the student activities fair that kicks off the school year. I will work on a condensed print-out we can leave at the table for OH resident students.
In addition, the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association has this page on its website:
https://ohnarva.org/oregon-hill-411/
From the FaceBook event page:
Join us for a potluck dinner (bring a covered dish to share) and then enjoy a Bridge to Terabithia on the big screen in our fellowship hall. Tired of being bullied at school and neglected at home, Jess Aarons and Leslie Burke escape into the woods, where Leslie opens Jess’s mind to the amazing kingdom of Terabithia. Bring your tissues.
Enter through the Albemarle Street Door. The dinner begins at 6:00 pm and the movie at 6:45 pm.