Holly Street Park Improvements Coming

The City’s Parks and Rec Dept. is moving forward on new playground plans for Holly Street Park. As agreed by Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association‘s Holly Street Park committee, the first step will be removing the large overhang attached to the playground house. This will open up the area visually and prevent folks from hiding/sleeping in the area. The old playground equipment will be removed and new equipment installed beginning the week of December 1st. The sand will be replaced with engineered wood fiber.

Click here for a pdf of the new playground plan.

After this portion is completed, the committee can look at locations for new tree plantings.

Oregon Hill Tour: ‘Solid & Steady’

Annie Tobey took a Historic Richmond tour of the neighborhood this past month and wrote about it as part of the Yahoo Contributor Network.

From the article:

During my October tour, Halloween decorations added a bit of fun to the 19th century facades. The houses are modest and still primarily middle class and exude a sense of being solid and dependable. The architecture tells interesting tales, with some rows of matching homes interspersed with unique structures.