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Twister This Friday
Community Movie Night this Friday, July 23 at 8:15 pm in Pleasants Park behind the church. Free refreshments: grilled hot dogs, sides, and beverages.
Neighborhood Yard Sale Saturday And Sunday
From Craigslist ad:
Yard Sales at 15-20 Oregon Hill Homes. S. Laurel St – S. Pine St. – Albemarle St. – S. Cherry St.
Sat. 7/17 & Sun. 12/18 8 am-12:30 pm.
Wide Variety: Surfboard, Vintage Photo Stuff, Gardening Supplies, Furniture, Letterpress Items, Stereo Gear & Record Players, Collectibles, Movies, Artifacts, Bike Stuff, Artworks, Kitchen Stuff, Tools, Dog Crate, Bose Speakers, Books, Music Equip., *1000 LPs*, Records, CDs, Lots More.
More Details at the Facebook Event:
https://www.facebook.com/events/4078764752187232
North Bank Trail Recognized
The magazine states, “The North Bank offers top-notch views of the James River. However, if your experience allows, our vote is heading to the off-road trail. There, you’ll find rolling hills mixed in with a few steep climbs, creek and river crossings, and multiple access points and trailheads on either side of the river.”
Trash/Recycling Pickup Tomorrow
This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. 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…
There was a recent explosion at a recycling center in Wytheville, VA.
University of Virginia in Charlottesville has announced that it will no longer purchase single-use plastic bags, plastic cutlery, plastic food containers and plastic straws beginning July 21. Some existing inventory will be used until depleted. The University will phase out plastic water bottles and plastic bag liners over the coming year to the extent possible, with significant reductions in plastic water bottles by July 21. (What about it, University of Richmond? VCU? Virginia Union?)
Movie Tonight + New Mulch For Holly Street Playground
Pine Street Baptist Church sponsors Community Movie Night tonight!:
Raiders of the Lost Ark – 40th Anniversary
Friday, July 9 @ 8:15 pm
Pleasants Park
Free refreshments served: grilled hot dogs, sides, and beverages.
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New mulch was blown in Holly Street playground this morning.
Neighborhood Wide Yard Sale In The Works For July
Multiple families are planning to have yard sales in Oregon Hill either Saturday or Sunday or both days (July 17-18).
Sparse on details so far, but click here for Facebook event page.
Trash/Recycling Pickup Tomorrow
This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. 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, according to the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality’s latest annual report on solid waste management, a quarter of all of the waste that winds up in Virginia comes from outside the commonwealth.
So where, exactly, does it come from?
Neighboring Maryland, D.C. and North Carolina — along with New York and New Jersey — are the biggest sources of waste from outside the state.
Nearly 22.5 million tons of waste overall were collected by Virginia in 2020, a small decrease of approximately 24,800 tons from the amount reported in 2019, according to the report.
The amount of waste from outside Virginia decreased as well, by 1.9% or 108,000 tons.
The report showed about 72% of all trash went to landfills. Another 12% was incinerated and most of the rest was either recycled, mulched or composted.
The DEQ said its annual recycling report for 2020 will be issued later this year.
Tree Equity
In a new post on Treehugger.com, entitled “Communities of Color Have Fewer Trees—This ‘Tree Equity’ Score Wants to Change That”, the City of Richmond is mentioned as a partner in this scoring endeavor.
We can be proud that Oregon Hill, despite being densely developed, scored an admirable 86 points. The score for Monroe Park and the surrounding VCU area is a measly 65.
This should come as no surprise. Neighbors have mentioned this before, even as VCU, the Science Museum, the Valentine Museum have all brought up the disparities in the context of ‘heat islands’ (of course, some Oregon Hill neighbors brought up locally the environmental heat island effects decades before, only to be scoffed at, before they came into vogue with the current social justice set). What these institutions refuse to address is how Monroe Park was purposefully and cruelly de-forested under the Monroe Park ‘Conservancy’ lease.
This is something that should be discussed more publicly, but doesn’t look like it will be with a current City Council that would rather have a desert in Monroe Park as long as the City skates on the cost of maintenance. Councilperson Lynch’s answers to recent inquiries about this are very disappointing- there is no sense of alarm or accountability.
On a more positive note, applications will open on July 1 to become a certified Richmond Tree Steward.
The application window will close Aug. 15 and they will notify successful applicants within a week. The $150 cost for the course must be paid before the first class.
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination will be required at the first meeting.
Here is the link: https://richmondtreestewards.org/support/become-a-tree-steward/
Purdie’s Pine Street
Neighbor Todd Woodson shared this sketch of Pine Street, done by his late family friend, mentor, and fellow music educator, Hunter Purdie. Woodson says Purdie grew up in Oregon Hill, taught at Freeman High School for decades, and contributed singificantly to the VCU Jazz Department.