Fourth Precinct

.The Community Assisted Public Safety (CAPS) meeting will be held:

. Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010

Time: 6:00 p.m.

Place: Linwood Holton Elementary School

1600 W Laburnum Avenue

Please bring your concerns, comments and suggestions to this meeting in order that we may address them properly.

Thank you

Jacki Page

Sr. Customer Services Representative

804-646-4150

The Valentine/Richmond History Center has published their Spring schedule of walking and Segway tours, with many activities including Hollywood Cemetery, Oregon Hill, and the riverfront. Click here for details.

One highlight is the April 10 History Hounds Explore Oregon Hill, which allows dogs to join owners.
Check it out.

“The Flying Brick is hosting a potluck this Friday, March 12th at 7pm! Bring food and friends! There might be some board games and with any luck we’ll be having a fire later on in the evening. This is a dry event, so pretty please no booze!”

and

“SynerGeo welcomes our neighbors to join us in our monthly community dinner
on Monday, March 15th at 6pm. Please bring a dish to share. We hope to
see you next week.” (This event is no alcohol also).

This past week the City put up many ‘No Parking’ signs up for performing vacuum leaf removal on Monday morning.

From announcement:

Neighborhood Clean Up/Litter Patrol with VCU SGA, Green Unity 4 VCU, & Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association

March 6, 2 pm / meet outside Mojo’s at 1:50 pm

For more info, contact Leah Fremouw (fremouwla at vcu.edu or Elle Chang (change at vcu.edu)

*pizza will be served afterwards for clean up volunteers *

Dear Monroe Park Community Advisory Group Members,

I want to advise you that VCU will conduct a tornado preparedness exercise on Tuesday, March 2, as part of statewide emergency preparedness efforts.
The VCU exercise will begin at 9:30 a.m. with the activation of 10 sirens on the Monroe Park and MCV campuses along with text messages, digital signs, Web site information and social media that are part of a multi-channel system for communicating emergency information to VCU students, employees, parents and neighbors.

Tuesday’s test is a departure from the regular noon tests each semester and will serve as the Spring 2010 full-scale test. The sirens will sound a fast, up and down wail for four minutes, and after a three minute pause, the sirens will sound a steady wail for two minutes to signal “all clear.”

In addition, VCU is conducting its first Campus-Community Emergency Response Team (C-CERT) class with the assistance of the Virginia Department of Emergency Management and Virginia Department of Transportation. Student volunteers will simulate tornado “victims” at a designated site on campus, providing the C-CERT students an opportunity for the triage portion of their final class drill.

The tornado “victims” will be staged at Park Plaza, between Cabell Library and Hibbs Hall on the Monroe Park Campus. The location also will serve as the site for an incident command post location. Emergency personnel from VCU and the City of Richmond will participate and their equipment, including vehicles, will be staged in the area.

I also would like to remind you that you and your neighbors may sign up for text messaging in order to be notified about emergencies, closings and delays due to inclement weather, and the monthly and semester emergency tests. There is no cost for enrolling, and you can sign up for text messaging now at www.vcu.edu/notify. Emergency information also is available on the VCU Alert Web site at www.vcu.edu/alert.

We hope you will find that our emergency communications are beneficial to you, and we will continue to work together to provide as safe an environment as possible. As always, we will communicate with our community neighbors when there is any enhancement or change about which you would want to know. And please, do not hesitate to forward this email to your neighbors, to help spread the word about the siren test.

Sincerely,

John M. Bennett
Senior Vice President for Finance and Administration
Virginia Commonwealth University

804-828-6116
jmbennett@vcu.edu

From City of Richmond press release:

The city of Richmond is preparing to start construction on a traffic signal upgrade project to improve intersection safety for motorists and pedestrians.

Who: City of Richmond Division of Transportation Engineering

What: Traffic signal improvements

When: Monday, March 1 through September 17

Where: Belvidere Street and Main Street; Belvidere Street and Franklin Street

Scope of Work: Installation of new mast arm signal poles and pedestrian pedestal poles; installation of pedestrian countdown indicators; installation of new wheelchair ramps; newly painted pavement markings; sidewalk restoration

For more information on city services and schedules, please visit us on line at www.RichmondGov.com.

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To support reconstruction efforts after the earthquake in Haiti; middle School student, Nadine Delano, will be hosting Kids Helping Kids,a yard-sale and bake sale from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, February 27, 2010 at William Byrd Community House (WBCH).

The Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association meets this Tuesday, 7 pm, William Byrd Community House.

Agenda includes more discussion and possible election of new leadership, 3 zoning matters, and a possible neighborhood cleanup on March 6th.

From Market manager, Ana Edwards:

Oh my gosh, another chance of snow? We anticipate having our farmers and bread vendors here at the BHM, unless something really cataclysmic happens with the weather!

We suggest that you get ready for another week/weekend of staying in…come and buy all your ingredients to cook up a storm!

Secretly want to do something that takes patience and results in something wonderful – spend a Sunday afternoon of slow cooking for the week: grass-fed Beef stew, roast pork served with peach rosemary jam, while sipping cocoa and munching pizelles while yummy aromas drift through your home…

Visit the Byrd House Market online: http://www.byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com
Tuesdays, 3-5:30 pm

Due to snow, our Growing and Urban Garden was canceled last week. We plan to start classes tomorrow. Yes, you can still sign up for it.
Urban Garden Guru John Wise begins his 4-week course “Growing an Urban Garden” this Tuesday, Feb. 9 , 6-8 pm, following the close of the market day. Tonight’s topic is “The Place – Garden Design”. Classes are held in the Grace Arents Library of William Byrd Community House, 224 S. Cherry St. $25 for all 4 or $10 for a single class. Please RSVP to librarian@wbch.org or call 643-2717. Next week: “The Plants – What Grows Here?

REMINDERS:
Annual Vendor Meeting is Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 1:30 – application review, market updates, VDACS information, etc. Please RSVP to byrdhousemarket@gmail.com or (804) 643-2717
Vendor Applications accepted through Friday, Feb. 26 – online, by hand, fax or mail (don’t forget the fee!)

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Byrd House Market
William Byrd Community House
224 South Cherry Street
Richmond, VA 23220
ByrdHouseMarket@gmail.com
(804) 643-2717