Community Movie This Friday – Ghostbusters: Afterlife
Reply
Open High Art Expo Auction!
From Open High’s newsletter:
Please support our Fine Arts Department by visiting our online Art Expo Auction! Just scan the QR code above or visit: https://m.charityauctionstoday.com/m/auctions/31000. This year’s goal is to raise $5,000 to purchase art supplies for all art classes in school year 2022-23. See below for images of the annual AP Art & Design Show held on Friday. Under the guidance of art teacher Brigette Newberry, these amazing artists develop substantive portfolios that showcase their ideas and skills with different materials and processes.
$10/Bag Book Sale At Main Library This Saturday
Trash/Recycling (Might Be) Tomorrow
Tomorrow (Thursday) is hopefully a trash/recycling pickup since the usual “Red Wednesday” was put off by the Memorial Day three-day weekend, which hopefully means trash and recycling pickup. I say hopefully, because the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority has struggled to maintain its schedule due to a shortage of workers and has missed some pickups recently and had to reschedule. That said, as neighbors, we should do our best to help.
One tool that might help ameliorate the situation if pickup does not come is this online form:
https://cvwma.com/programs/residential-recycling/recycling-service-request-form/
Please go over what can be recycled. 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 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.
In recycling news, Atlantic magazine has a provocatively titled article called “Plastic Recycling Doesn’t Work and Will Never Work”. The teaser on it says “If the plastics industry is following the tobacco industry’s playbook, it may never admit to the failure of plastics recycling”, which Richmond, as a bastion of ‘the tobacco industry’, may take interest in.
OHNA Meeting Tomorrow Night
The monthly Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association meeting is scheduled for Tuesday 24 May 2022, at 7:00PM
This meeting will be by Zoom only.
Email ohnarva@gmail.com for the Zoom link and passcode information.
The meeting agenda includes updates by Lt. Brian Robinson, City of Richmond Police Section Lt, 4th Precinct, VCU police liaisons, Ms. Stephanie Lynch, 5th District Councilperson, and Ms. Colette McEachin, Richmond Commonwealth’s Attorney.
The agenda topic list also has VCU relations including student party issues, proposed amendments to the Richmond 300 Land Use Plan, and traffic issues along Idlewood at Cherry and Pine Streets.
The current OHNA officers:
Bryan Clark Green, President
David Cary, Co-Vice-President
Jennifer Hancock, Co-Vice-President
Chris Hughes, Co-Vice-President
Harrison Moenich, Secretary
John Bolecek, Treasurer
House Fire On 200 Block Of S.Pine
A house fire broke out around 4 am on Saturday morning. Police and fire department responded. Thankfully, no one was injured.
Trash/Recycling (Might Be) Tomorrow
This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which hopefully means trash and recycling pickup. I say hopefully, because the Central Virginia Waste Management Authority has struggled to maintain its schedule due to a shortage of workers and has missed some pickups recently and had to reschedule. That said, as neighbors, we should do our best to help.
One tool that might help ameliorate the situation if pickup does not come is this online form:
https://cvwma.com/programs/residential-recycling/recycling-service-request-form/
Please go over what can be recycled. 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 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.
In recycling news, the Greek island of Tilos is a pioneer.
Plan Ahead For Riverrock
The popular sports and music festival, Dominion Riverrock, will take place Friday, May 20 through Sunday, May 22. The event, hosted by Richmond Sport Backers, is expected to bring several thousand participants and spectators to Browns Island during the weekend.
The following streets will be CLOSED with NO PARKING in effect from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Friday, Saturday and Sunday:
• Brown’s Island Way and 2nd Street Connector between Tredegar and South 2nd Streets;
• South 5th Street between East Byrd and Tredegar streets;
• Tredegar Street between the Dominion Resource Entrance and South 7th Street.
The following street will be CLOSED with NO PARKING in effect from 10 a.m. until 7 p.m. on Thursday:
• Tredegar Street between South 5th and South 7th streets.
Please check the Dominion Riverrock website for more information about the event: https://www.sportsbackers.org/events/riverrock/
Neighborhood “Bulk” Pickup This Saturday
THIS SATURDAY May 14 – – city is doing “bulk” pickup, take stuff to the curb…..Examples of acceptable items include: furniture, mattresses, tires (four per household) and appliances. They take everything except: electronics, construction debris, hazardous waste items and broken glass. All brush must be cut into four foot lengths and bundled.
For more information, go to https://www.rva.gov/public-works/neighborhoodcleanups or email AskPublicWorks@rva.gov or call 804-646-8325.
Park Improvements
Over the last few weeks, there’s been a lot of improvements made to local park amenities.
For one, old brush has been cleared and new plantings put in around the ramp up to the Belle Island pedestrian bridge.
For another, portions of the trail down to the river and the North Bank Trail have recently been paved.
The new paved path, as connected to the ramp coming down from the Overlook, makes the area much more accessible for persons with disabilities.
The work is welcome (as long as previous suggestions of turning the area into a parking lot are forever rejected). Hopefully it will continue and the Kanawha Canal can soon be re-watered for recreational use.