At last month’s Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association meeting, the membership voted to recognize and reward Marty, Mark, and John for their part in apprehending a robbery suspect this past July. Since then, I have heard that federal officials became interested in the suspect concerning some previous crimes. The awards were rather meager- restaurant gift certificates, [...]
Last of the current trilogy of planning posts. As mentioned before, Oregon Hill residents are very concerned about Ved Jain’s plans for Belvidere St. It does not help that rezoning has still not gone through. It does not help that greenway plans still need to be settled. Click on this link to see the plans [...]
Salvation Tattoo moved from 324 S. Pine to 819 W. Cary, but VINYL CONFLICT will be opening at 324 S. Pine noon this Saturday, September 13th. There will, of course, be new and used vinyl records of the punk, hardcore, metal, power pop, indie, new wave, grind, sludge, and pop punk persuasion as well as [...]
Just a reminder, that this Saturday, September 13th at 2:00 P.M., there will be a ceremony to dedicate recently placed Confederate soldiers’ markers in the Confederate Section ofthe cemetery. There will be artillery (cannon) fire at approximately 2:45 P.M.
Statistically speaking, August was a really good month for Oregon Hill. Overall we seen a 66% decrease in Major Crimes in your neighborhood. During the month we had only 3 crimes, one was the theft of a moped and unfortunately 2 were robberies. The first robbery occurred at 200 S. Cherry on 8/4 at approx. [...]
Lets work to keep it Open in Oregon Hill. Thanks, Scott For Immediate Release Contact: Charles Pyle September 10, 2008 Director of Communications (804) 371-2420 Julie C. Grimes Communications Manager (804) 225-2775 Virginia Schools Earn Federal Blue Ribbon Honors The U.S. Department of Education has designated seven Virginia public schools and three parochial schools as [...]
Hi Everyone- We are having our September Oregon Hill Community dinner THIS Monday at 6pm!!!! Our doors will be open to anyone who wants to come and share a meal with neighbors and meet our new 2008/2009. We do ask if you can to bring something to share, even if its small or a paper [...]
Still on the theme of plans. Last post was of a prospectus for a museum that never happened. This post is of something that did happen- the linear park along Belvidere. These plans (link takes you to .pdf file, which may take a little time to load) are dated 1990, but the idea for the [...]
Times Dispatch shares the bad news. The work week is going to start with higher tolls for many Richmond-area commuters. The tolls go up tomorrow on the highways, bridges and ramps owned by the Richmond Metropolitan Authority. Where exactly is all the money going?
The mayoral race is running hot and heavy. Meanwhile, the Downtown Master Plan still simmers… I have been hinting at various other plans, both past and future, and with Murden’s help I am going to try to unearth and present some past ones here. Starting with this prospectus for a Virginia Transportation Museum (this is [...]
