Oregon Hill resident Marissa Freeman supplied some photos of beautiful blooms in her garden…
There are rumors of a garden tour for next spring.
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Throwback Thursday: Oregon Hill Rock’n’Roll
Photo from Bobby Simms. On left: Sonny Ford, Joe Martin with microphone, Bobby Simms on drums John Bennet on guitar. The Good Times.
Trash/Recycling Pickup Tomorrow
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.
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.
This is a good time to remind neighbors who are moving that there a number of thrift stores in the area that will take used items for resale, which is a much better option that throwing them in trash/recycling bins. In addition, there are some neighbors who have expressed interest in holding a neighborhood-wide yard sale later this month. More details on that should be forthcoming.
Sudden Street Closure On Laurel Street
Perhaps instead of raising taxes and fees, the City should fine developers and other entities when they suddenly close streets without advanced warning.
GWAR Announces Brockie Memorial For Hollywood Cemetery
Richmond’s outer space metal monster band GWAR has announced that there will be an unveiling of a memorial monument to its late lead singer Dave Brockie, aka Oderus Urungus in Hollywood Cemetery at 2 pm on Friday, August 30, which is Brockie’s 56th birthday. A least a few of GWAR’s band members, including Brockie, lived at different points in Oregon Hill.
Pita Pit Chain Coming To Oregon Hill
Pita Pit signed a lease in recent weeks to take about 900 square feet in the 805W project – a four-story, 100-unit apartment development with about 8,000 square feet of ground floor space – that’s under construction at 805 W. Cary St.
School Rezoning and Oregon Hill
Laurel Street neighbor Teresa Birchett wants to be sure that neighbors are aware of the rezoning discussion.
Richmond is currently exploring rezoning of schools. They have released two potential options. If you look at both options they would impact Oregon Hill. For elementary we are currently zoned Cary. From what I can tell for elementary schools, Option 1 would divide the neighborhood at the expressway with some kids zoned for Carver and the majority of the neighborhood Cary. For Option 2 Oregon Hill would be completely rezoned for Carver. For middle school the entire neighborhood is currently zoned Binford. Option one would divide the neighborhood again at the expressway, with the upper half of the neighborhood zoned Hill and the lower Binford. Option two would keep the neighborhood Binford. For high school we are currently zoned Thomas Jefferson. Option one and two would rezone the neighborhood to John Marshall High School. If you have concerns or support one of these changes, now is the time to let RPS know.
Here is a link to the two possible proposed zoning changes, the proposed map changes are at the bottom of the document.
Bumblebee Movie Friday
Bikes Stolen On S. Pine
From CommunityCrimeMap.com:
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6XX S PINE ST
Jun 24, 2019 at 5:00 pm
Data provided by Richmond Police Department (VA)
From neighbor:
Be on the lookout for bike thieves. I just had 2 bikes in my back yard stolen in the last 3 days on the 600 block of Pine. A green Gary Fisher “Mountain Bike” and a Black Schwinn Ocean Breeze ” old school bike”!with basket.
Warning: Roundup In Monroe Park
From neighbor and Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association President Todd Woodson:
I just confirmed with workers in Monroe Park that they are spraying Roundup™ weed killer on the entire lawn. In 2015, the World Health Organization International Agency for Research on Cancer declared glyphosate a carcinogen. More than 50 cities and counties have banned the chemical. Many consider glyphosate a significant cause of bee deaths. The Monroe Park “Conservancy” is a horrible steward of the environment and their lease must be terminated. Enter the park at your own risk!
In other Monroe Park news, VCU representatives Catherine Howard and Brian Shaw have dropped off the Monroe Park Conservancy’s board and Vice Provost Dr Charles Klink and VCU planner Jeff Eastman have been tapped to replace them. Sadly, no news on adding more community representation, despite past promises to City Council.