I followed the yellow “GO FILM” signs to 400 block of S. Cherry Street. A lot of catering goin’ on. Some guy told me that there was an Anthem commercial being shot at this residential location. He told me no movie stars (like I cared about that). I thought about starting a single person Single Payer protest right then and there, but decided not to, considering the afternoon heat. Besides, I was not sure what to believe since I have heard of another film production coming to the area.
From City press release:
Labor Day Schedule for
Refuse CollectionIn observance of the Labor Day holiday, city offices will be closed Monday, September 6. Solid Waste Management Division also will be closed. Refuse collection will be delayed by one day and will resume on Tuesday, September 7 through Saturday, September 11.
East Richmond Road Convenience Center and the Hopkins Road Transfer Station also will be closed on Monday.
For more information on city services and schedules, please visit us on line at www.RichmondGov.com.
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Garbage for Oregon Hill is usually on Wednesdays, so I guess garbage pickup will happen on Thursday this coming week due to holiday.
Recycling usually happens for Oregon Hill every other Wednesday. This coming week’s curbside recycling will happen on Thursday, the 9th, according to CVWMA schedule.
And, since we are at it, it seems like as good of time as any to remind residents of City code concerning refuse and recycling; here is a sample:
Sec. 86-44. Times and places of collection; bulk items; brush collection; collection of loose leaves.
(a) Refuse receptacles and recycling bins must be placed out for collection by 6:00 a.m. of the scheduled collection day but not earlier than 4:00 p.m. of the day preceding, except for any special times as deemed necessary by the director of public works. The refuse receptacles and recycling bins must be removed by 7:00 a.m. on the day following collection from city property and right-of-ways to include, but not be limited to, sidewalks, alleys and median strips between sidewalks and roadways. Refuse receptacles and recycling bins shall be placed for collection at a location designated by the director of public works. The public utility account holder of any property to which a refuse receptacle has been assigned shall be responsible for removing the refuse receptacle from city property by 7:00 a.m. on the day following collection. Any account holder who allows a refuse receptacle or recycling bin to remain on city property after 7:00 a.m. on the day following collection shall receive a notice from the Department of Public Works advising of the violation and allowing the account holder an opportunity to remove the refuse receptacle or recycling bin. If the refuse receptacle or recycling bin is not timely removed from city property, the Department of Public Works shall cause the account holder to be assessed a civil penalty in the amount of $50.00 for each and every calendar day that each and every refuse receptacle or recycling bin remains on city property beginning with the date of the most recent past scheduled pick up time from the Department of Public Works. Such civil penalty shall be included on the account holder’s monthly utility statement and shall be subject to collection in the same manner as other utility charges including delinquent charges for utilities.
Last year multimedia journalism graduate student Jaclyn O’Laughlin created an article on neighborhood tensions between VCU students and longtime Oregon Hill residents. I have purposely waited to post it here until the semester started.
Here’s an excerpt:
“For many students that are here, they are away from home for the first time and they can go hog wild. It all comes down to the kids being young, which is not a problem, but they don’t have a lot of experience and some of this stuff hasn’t occurred to them,” said Jennifer Hancock, interim president of the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association. “The point of view for some of them is that they are only going to be here for four years and they don’t care.”
The residents of Oregon Hill are not trying to pick on or “dog pile” the students, Hancock said. She believes that students have a different perspective than the long-term residents that live in Oregon Hill, because most students know they will only live in the neighborhood for a few years and eventually move away.
Read the entire article and see online video by clicking here.