Open Letter In Regard To ONE VCU Master Plan Draft Open Houses

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In Regard To ONE VCU Master Plan Draft Open Houses, the following was recently sent to VCU officials, local media, local government, neighbors, and ‘community partners’:

Dear Dr. Weiss,

Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association representatives have met with you repeatedly, and have repeatedly respectfully requested two things:
1) A commitment that VCU will not encroach further south of West Cary Street into the Oregon Hill Historic District.
2) A commitment that VCU will limit the height of buildings on the north side of West Cary Street to 3 or four stories out of respect for the Oregon Hill Historic District across the street.

Unfortunately, to my knowledge the neighborhood has yet to receive any commitment to these two issues.

Oregon Hill residents have pointed out that since VCU has a Memorandum of Understanding with the distant country of Cuba, it is perplexing why VCU cannot engage with a Memorandum of Understanding on these two points of neighborhood concern with VCU’s adjacent neighbor, Oregon Hill.

As you are finalizing the draft of the VCU Master Plan, please consider these valid concerns of your neighbors in Oregon Hill.

Sincerely,

Scott Burger
(served as President of the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association, 2003 to 2010, and as OHNA VCU liaison)

Tredegar Circa World War I

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Stealing from Dogtown Dish’s FaceBook feed for this ‘Throwback Thursday’ post:

Tredegar Ironworks During World War I, Richmond, VA. Date: Circa 1914-1918. “An interior photograph of the machine shop at the Tredegar ironworks shows production taking place during World War I. Though by late in the nineteenth century Tredegar had lost its position as one of the premier southern industrial enterprises, the company survived as a manufacturing entity into the 1980s.” Credit: Encyclopedia Virginia

Storm Parking Prep Offer From VCU

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From email announcement:

Dear Neighbors

Oregon Hill has been hit in the past by Hurricanes. Our soil is now saturated from the Summer’s record rainfall. If you live and park near a big tree or drive a ragtop or have a motorbike, you might consider taking VCU up on their offer.

VCU Parking and Transportation will provide free parking for the Richmond community in several of its Monroe Park Campus parking decks in preparation for Hurricane Florence.

Members of the community who need a sheltered parking option for their vehicles may use one of the following VCU parking locations on a first-come, first-served basis, from Thursday, Sept. 13 at 7 a.m. until Monday, Sept. 17 at 7 a.m.:

Henry Street Deck – East
201 N. Henry Street

Henry Street Deck – West
200 N. Henry Street

Jefferson Street Deck
100 S. Jefferson Street

Laurel Street Deck
805 W. Grace Street

West Cary Street Deck
1201 W. Cary Street

West Main Street Deck
801 W. Main Street

Fire Call On S. Laurel Last Night

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Fire personnel were called to 600 block of S. Laurel around 1:15 am last night. According to reports a electrical outlet had burst into flame, but no larger conflagration and no injuries reported. The house electrical and frame was inspected for any further problems. A neighbor reported that a Dominion truck had been doing work earlier in the afternoon in the back alley, but no word on any connection between that and the fire. Neighborhood thanks to Richmond emergency crews. If nothing else, this serves as a good reminder to check the batteries on smoke detectors.

Trash/Recycling Pickup Tomorrow and… Recycling Event Postponed

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This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. 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- this may be more important than usual, depending on the hurricane.

If you have not done so already, don’t forget to sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.

And…

The RVA Clean City Commission E-Cycle Day Event scheduled for Saturday, September 15 at 6807
Midlothian Turnpike has been postponed due to the storm.

Recent Crimes

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From CommunityCrimeMap.com:

ALL OTHER LARCENY
6XX ALBEMARLE ST
Sep 9, 2018 at 3:34 pm
Data provided by Richmond Police Department

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
6XX CHINA ST
Sep 9, 2018 at 12:30 am
Data provided by Richmond Police Department

HIT AND RUN
3XX S LAUREL ST
Sep 7, 2018 at 6:00 pm
Data provided by Richmond Police Department

THEFT FROM MOTOR VEHICLE
6XX CUMBERLAND ST
Sep 7, 2018 at 2:30 pm
Data provided by Richmond Police Department

GRTC’s Richmond Public Schools Ridership Program

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More good news, from RVA Rapid Transit:

The unlimited bus pass program for RPS high school students begins on October 1st! If you’re a parent or guardian of an RPS high school student, and want them to have unlimited bus access to all our City has to offer (at no cost to you!), you’ll need to fill out this permission slip (PDF) and return it to your school’s liaison. If you have any questions about how the program works, you should read this handy FAQ, and if you’ve still got questions, shoot an email to Pass Program Administrator Kendra Norrell (kendra.norrell@ridegrtc.com).

That said, don’t forget the big picture.