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.

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.

Bulk Trash reminder:
In addition to bi-weekly bulk and brush collections that coincide with the recycling collection schedule, the City’s Department of Public Work’s Neighborhood Clean-Up Program is another service provided to help residents dispose of bulk items. Residents in each of the designated neighborhood zones across the city will have two additional opportunities during the year to place bulk and brush items out for collection.
The program runs on selected Saturdays starting on March 12 and ending November 19.
DPW crews will collect items curbside and in alleys (wherever trash is normally placed to be collected) from 8 a.m. until noon on the designated Saturdays.
Examples of acceptable items include: furniture, mattresses, tires (four per household) and appliances.
All brush must be cut into four foot lengths and bundled.
They will take everything except: electronics, construction debris, hazardous waste items and broken glass.

May 14 / September 24 – Zone 7 – Oregon Hill

In recycling news, if you’ve ordered a new recycling bin from Central Virginia Waste Management, the bins are still on backorder because of supply chain issues. Bins ordered in April and May should be delivered in 8-10 weeks. In the meantime, CVWMA says you can use your own container.

In national recycling news, while Gov. Youngkin’s administration seems to be in Big Plastic’s pocket, California will investigate whether fossil fuel companies have broken the law by perpetuating myths about plastic recycling, their Attorney General Rob Bonta announced last week. The main premise is that companies have misled consumers into thinking that recycling keeps plastic out of landfills and ecosystems. (A good reminder that we need to be CITIZENS, and not just consumers!).

Tech Exchange’s Spring Sale And New Hours

The Tech Exchange, a used electronics/video game shop on W. Cary, posted an announcement on their FaceBook page:

It’s that time of year again, folks! Come down and see us this weekend (Saturday & Sunday) for our 2022 SPRING CLEANING SALE! Everything in the Store will be 20% OFF, and we’ve got some extra sweet stuff in right now. We’ve never had this amount or quality level of inventory in stock!
Also, we are changing our store hours. Starting in May, we will now be open Tuesday – Saturday 11AM – 7PM and Closed on Sundays and Mondays!

5th District Town Hall On Zoom Wednesday Evening

Councilmember Stephanie Lynch will be hosting an online, 5th District ‘Town Hall’ meeting on Wednesday, April 27 at 6 pm.

Draft Agenda:
o Budget Discussion
o Q&A

To get the Zoom link and/or phone call info, go to this FaceBook page,
https://www.facebook.com/events/297863402520623
or contact Councilmember Lynch’s liaison, Amy Robins at amy.robins@richmondgov.com or by calling 8046465724.

Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association Meeting Tomorrow Night

The Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association (OHNA) is meeting tomorrow night at 7 pm. The agenda includes VCU liaison, proposed amendments to the Richmond 300 land use plan, and traffic issues.

From meeting announcement:

Good evening OHNA members,

I look forward to seeing everyone Tuesday at 7pm for our monthly OHNA meeting.

St. Andrew’s Church has kindly allowed us to use their chapel again. They have asked that we remain masked and socially distanced during the meeting. We will also make the meeting available by Zoom, for those who choose to join us that way.

The Zoom link is provided below. This should allow for full remote participation.

I have attached to this email
1. the agenda for the 26 April meeting (also pasted in below),
2. the minutes for the 22 March 2022 meeting, and
3. the 2022 meeting schedule.

We look forward to seeing everyone tomorrow evening.

Thanks,
Bryan

To receive the rest of the email, including the actual Zoom link and minutes and things, please send an email to ohnarva@gmail.com

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.

Bulk Trash reminder:
In addition to bi-weekly bulk and brush collections that coincide with the recycling collection schedule, the City’s Department of Public Work’s Neighborhood Clean-Up Program is another service provided to help residents dispose of bulk items. Residents in each of the designated neighborhood zones across the city will have two additional opportunities during the year to place bulk and brush items out for collection.
The program runs on selected Saturdays starting on March 12 and ending November 19.
DPW crews will collect items curbside and in alleys (wherever trash is normally placed to be collected) from 8 a.m. until noon on the designated Saturdays.
Examples of acceptable items include: furniture, mattresses, tires (four per household) and appliances.
All brush must be cut into four foot lengths and bundled.
They will take everything except: electronics, construction debris, hazardous waste items and broken glass.

May 14 / September 24 – Zone 7 – Oregon Hill

Vinyl Conflict Record Store Moving

This past week, RichmondBizsense.com reported that Vinyl Conflict record store is moving out of 324 S. Pine St., where it first opened in 2008, and plans to reopen at 300 E. Grace St. in early June.
Owner Bobby Egger said he was driven to end the shop’s 14-year run on Pine Street by the need for a larger space in a more commercial-oriented part of town.

In a comment on the Oregon Hill Community FaceBook page, Egger said “To call it bittersweet to leave the building is an understatement.”
Certainly neighbors wish Vinyl Conflict more success and are glad that Egger and his wife continue to live in the Oregon Hill.

A previous article on RichmondBizsense.com reported that the owners of oddities shop Rest in Pieces, purchased that store’s location at 349 S. Laurel St.
Justin Torone and Alaina Gearhart paid $675,000 to buy the building from their landlord Nolen Blackwood in a deal that was recorded with the city in mid-March, according to online property records.