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Shots Fired On Pine Street

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Around 7:15 pm last night, neighbors were greatly disturbed by some sort of altercation on the 300 block of Pine Street that included at least three gunshots as well as lots of gun waving.

According to a neighbor, active emergency call logs showed Shooting (person shot) on 800 Block of Albemarle, an accident with injuries at Pine and Idlewood and a robbery on the 300 block Pine — all within 10 minutes. The “shooting” on Albemarle was changed to “robbery, investigate.”
And another neighbor said that someone may have been struck by a car on Idlewood while fleeing the scene.

While the police did send squad cars, many neighbors are left angered and shaken and want more information on this incident and who will be held accountable.

Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association Meeting Tomorrow Night

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From email announcement:

Monthly Meeting Agenda
Tuesday 23 January 2024
7:00PM
This meeting will be held by Zoom, at the link below.

Topic: OHNA Monthly Meeting – January 2024
Time: Jan 23, 2024 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)
Join Zoom Meeting
(Editor’s note: meeting info redacted. Please contact ohnarva@gmail.com)
Welcome:

Community Updates:
Lt. Brian Robinson, City of Richmond Police Section Lt, 4th Precinct
Officer Luke Schrader, Police Liaison, VCU
Ms. Verenda Cobbs, VCU
Ms. Stephanie Lynch, 5th District Councilperson
Ms. Colette McEachin, Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney

Updates and Continued Business
End of Year Treasurer’s Report
The Friends of Oregon Hill Parks, created to plan park improvements, plantings, and park-related projects.
First meeting in February
Updates on Pleasants Park improvements
Linear Park Wall update?

New Business
Any other new items?

Valerie L’Herrou, President
Bryan Clark Green, Co-Vice President
Harrison Moenich, Co-Vice-President
Jennifer Hancock, Co-Vice-President
Mike Matthews, Secretary
John Bolecek, Treasurer

OHNA: Meeting Schedule, 2024
Fourth Tuesday of each month
Zoom information to be sent before meeting, while meeting remotely

Day
Date
Time
Tuesday
23 January 2024
7:00pm
Tuesday
27 February 2024
7:00pm
Tuesday
26 March 2024
7:00pm
Tuesday
23 April 2024
7:00pm
Tuesday
28 May 2024
7:00pm
Tuesday
25 June 2024
7:00pm
Tuesday
23 July 2024
7:00pm
Tuesday
27 August 2024
7:00pm
Tuesday
24 September 2024
7:00pm
Tuesday
22 October 2024
7:00pm
Tuesday
19 November 2024
7:00pm [moved up one week due to Thanksgiving]
Tuesday
17 December 2024
7:00pm [moved up one week to avoid Christmas]

Jame River Park’s Winter Solstice Celebration

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On December 21 Jame River Park System will co-host a midday nature hike for the public around Belle Isle to be led LERN naturalists Bill Shanabrauch and Stacey Moulds (Local Ecotype Richmond Natives) at 12 PM. Meet at the Belle Isle side of the suspension bridge.

In the evening, JRPS Programs hosts a night hike at 6 PM. Hot chocolate provided by Friends of James River Park. Both events meet at the Belle Isle side of the Suspension Bridge. Email programs@jamesriverpark.org for more information.

OHNA Meeting Tomorrow Night

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From email:

Monthly Meeting Agenda
Tuesday 18 December 2023
7:00PM
This meeting will be held by Zoom, at the link below.

Topic: OHNA Monthly Meeting – December 2023
Time: Dec 19, 2023 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
(Editor’s note: Meeting information redacted but please email ohnarva@gmail.com if you would like to receive it)

Welcome
• Treasurer’s Report

Community Updates:

1. Lt. Brian Robinson, City of Richmond Police Section Lt, 4th Precinct
2. Officer Luke Schrader, Police Liaison, VCU
3. Ms. Verenda Cobbs, VCU
4. Ms. Stephanie Lynch, 5th District Councilperson
5. Ms. Colette McEachin, Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney

Updates:

1. Continued automobile accidents in and around neighborhood.
· While some traffic calming measures are planned to coincide with repaving in 2024, are these enough?

2. Any updates on the restaurant planned for the former Mama Zu space?

Continued Business

3. A volunteer has agreed to head up a committee looking into locations for a dedicated dog park in Oregon Hill and addressing the various city requirements for such an undertaking.
· A Friends of Oregon Hill Parks has been created to plan park improvements, plantings, and to e investigate a location for a dog park

New Business

4. Any other new items?

Bryan Clark Green, President
Harrison Moenich, Co-Vice-President
Jennifer Hancock, Co-Vice-President
Mike Matthews, Secretary
John Bolecek, Treasurer

Trash/Recycling Pickup Tomorrow

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This Wednesday 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.

If it seems like pickup did not happen, use this online form:
https://cvwma.com/programs/residential-recycling/recycling-service-request-form/

In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.

In recycling news, Covanta Energy Corp. has begun operation of a new metal recycling system, the first of its kind in North America, designed to recover very small particles of non-ferrous metal at its waste-to-energy facility in Fairfax County, Va.

The Morristown, N.J.-based Covanta said in a news release the new system will annually prevent the creation of 15,000 tons of greenhouse gases from the production of new aluminum, copper and other metals from raw metal materials.

OHNA Meeting Tomorrow Night

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From email announcement:

Monthly Meeting Agenda
Tuesday 28 November 2023
7:00PM
This meeting will be held by Zoom, at the link below.
Topic: November OHNA Meeting
Time: Nov 28, 2023 07:00 PM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

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(Editor’s note: Meeting information redacted but please email ohnarva@gmail.com if you would like to receive it)

Welcome
• Treasurer’s Report

Community Updates:

1. Lt. Brian Robinson, City of Richmond Police Section Lt, 4th Precinct
2. Officer Luke Schrader, Police Liaison, VCU
3. Ms. Verenda Cobbs, VCU
4. Ms. Stephanie Lynch, 5th District Councilperson
5. Ms. Colette McEachin, Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney

Updates:

1. Pleasant’s Park upgrades
· Thank you to all of the volunteers who came to the two Saturday workdays to help construct the new fence in the park, paint new picnic benches, and otherwise clean up the park. Thank you also for Parks & Recreation for bringing out the heavy equipment and staff to remove the old chain -link fence and to dig the holes for the new posts.
· Thank you to everyone who sawed boards, dug holes, broke up brick in the holes (ugh), set the posts in concrete, attached the new boards, and did all the many other tasks it took to complete this project.
· Parks & Recreation provided the heavy equipment and knowledgeable staff; OHNA purchased the new materials, and the neighborhood provided many volunteers to see the job through.
· Once the new wood has been able to age a bit, we will return to apply a protective stain to the fence.

2. Infrastructure walk held 4pm – 5:30 Friday Oct 27.
· Thank you to all of the volunteers who helped out.

Continued Business

3. A volunteer has agreed to head up a committee looking into locations for a dedicated dog park in Oregon Hill and addressing the various city requirements for such an undertaking.
· A Friends of Oregon Hill Parks has been created to plan park improvements, plantings, and to e investigate a location for a dog park

New Business

4. OHNA elections
· Anyone interested in running?
5. Any other new items?

Bryan Clark Green, President
Harrison Moenich, Co-Vice-President
Jennifer Hancock, Co-Vice-President
Mike Matthews, Secretary
John Bolecek, Treasurer