While a new apartment building goes up on the north end of the neighborhood on W.Cary, the south end of the neighborhood is also picking up in bustle as new homes are constructed.
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New Benches For Our Parks
OHNA President Todd Woodson shared the good news:
The Tool Bank’s Toby Vernon, the City’s Vicki Campbell and I unloaded 6 beautiful new picnic tables built by volunteers with materials paid for by the Tool Bank into Oregon Hill Parks this morning. 2 in Pleasants Park, 2 in Holly St Playground and 2 in Samuel Parsons Linear Park.
L’Amour Reunion Show At Mojo’s Saturday
This Saturday, one of the first Virginia punk bands will be playing at Mojo’s. Richmond’s own L’Amour, featuring original members Tommy “The Rock” Applegate and David Stover. Beach Impediment Records recently released a record of the band’s discography. RVA Magazine had an article about this.
OHNA Holiday Message
From Todd Woodson, Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association President:
Dear Friends and neighbors
A reminder that there will be no OHNA meeting in December.
We look forward to a fruitful year in 2019 and wish you the same. We have a lot of irons in the fire. I’ve been told 2 picnic tables should be delivered to Pleasants Park tomorrow! I have also resubmitted a request for street trees as our wish wasn’t granted last year. The projected procurement budget for tree planting in 2019 is $479,000 so we certainly should get some attention. The Richmond Tree Stewards should be coming through pruning anytime, they told me, so say hi if you see them.
Be safe and enjoy the holidays! Try and reach out to a neighbor if you can, especially the elderly and infirm and enjoy our wonderful community.
See you in January!
Todd.
Recent Crimes
From CommunityCrimeMap.com:
MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT
6XX HOLLY ST
Dec 17, 2018 at 10:30 am
Data provided by Richmond Police DepartmentSIMPLE ASSAULT
1XX S BELVIDERE ST
Dec 17, 2018 at 12:00 am
Data provided by Richmond Police DepartmentHIT AND RUN
3XX S HARRISON ST
Dec 16, 2018 at 10:46 am
Data provided by Richmond Police DepartmentSIMPLE ASSAULT, DOMESTIC
3XX S HARRISON ST
Dec 16, 2018 at 2:00 am
Data provided by Richmond Police Department
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.
In positive recycling news, giant piles of discarded tires around the country are shrinking.
“I would say that scrap tire recycling in this particular report demonstrates a real environmental success story,” John Sheerin, USTMA’s director of end-of-life tire programs, says. “In 1991, over 1 billion scrap tires [were] in stockpiles, now it’s at 60 million. So, it’s a 94 percent decrease—a positive story to tell.”
25 Years
Mamma Zu’s held a party last night, celebrating 25 years of business. Congratulations to Ed, David, and the rest of the family.
Stop Sign Update
From a Holly Street neighbor:
After contacting the police about so many vehicles running the stop sign at Oregon Hill Parkway and Pine St, they sent out an engineer to look at it. They got back to me today with a summary:
The RPD traffic division has contacted the Department of Public Works regarding the traffic issues you brought to our attention. Together, they have devised the following plan of action:
– Oregon Hill Pkwy and Pine St
o DPW plans to place a stop bar and improve the placement of the stop sign.
– Holly and Pine
o DPW will place a stop ahead sign and replace the stop sign for the eastbound movement
RVA Archeology: Video On Penitentiary Burials
RVA Archeology has released a new video on YouTube and elsewhere about burials at the old Virginia State Penitentiary, close to Oregon Hill.
The Virginia State Penitentiary was a notorious Richmond prison — where many prisoners died. This video introduces the human skeletons that were found there, and who they represent. If this story interests you, please take our survey about how we should proceed next to investigate and memorialize the site: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/RZMCHK8
A few quick notes-
Some of these burials are probably related to the building of the James River and Kanawha Canal, a history that the neighborhood has tried to bring forward.
If you are looking for a good history of the old prison, you may to want to pick up Dale Brumfield’s book Virginia State Penitentiary: A Notorious History, which was released just last year.
Of course, Oregon Hill’s history has often intertwined with the Penitentiary’s, but a lot of history, including these burials, is still coming to light.
Reminder: City Responsibilities
This post is a reminder that while residents are responsible for clearing sidewalks in front of their houses, technically the City is responsible for clearing sidewalks on the RMA overpass bridges. Click here to a post from 2016 on the subject.
