From FaceBook event page:
Tap Takeover time again at Mojo’s people! This month we will feature Sierra Nevada Brewery. Thursday July 28th. Starts at 8pm after Happy Hour. Free pint glasses while supplies last. See ya there!
Draft Selecion includes:
Hop Hunter American IPA 6.2%
Nooner Pilsner 5.2%
Otra Vez Gose 4.5%
Summer Feast Czech pilsner 5%
Look for the signs!
From email announcement:
Hello all
Your reminder that OHNA will be holding its regularly scheduled monthly meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, July 26th at 7 pm at St. Andrew’s.
Hope to see you there
Jennifer
Cherry Street neighbor Jimmy Blackford announced an Oregon Hill neighborhood cleanup for Saturday, August 6th, coordinated with the help of RVA Clean Sweep.
From the FaceBook event page:
Can You Join Us for Oregon Hill Alley Cleanup? Sat., Aug 6 8am-10am. Meet at Pleasants Park (401 S Laurel St – corner of S laurel & Albemarle St.). All are invited, whether or not you live in Oregon Hill. . . . . You Can Choose One of Two Tasks: 1) A simple litter pickup thru the neighborhood 2) Going thru the alleys throwing furniture/large refuse into a city garbage truck. Either job & you’ll improve our neighborhood immensely. Please wear closed-toe shoes. We’ll supply grabbers, trash bags, gloves & drinking water. (sponsored by RVA Clean Sweep & Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association).
There is also a MeetUp.com page for the event.
New trashcan spotted at corner of S.Laurel and Cumberland! It looks like it is being used! Hope Department of Public Works remembers to empty it.
Those are scenes from down on Brown’s Island today where the March on the Mansion protest was staged. People from all over Virginia braved traffic and heat to attend and let Gov. McAuliffe and his Dominion friends know how wrong their energy policies are and what they are doing to the citizens and environment of the Commonwealth.
It was nice to see former neighbors Gayla and Gene Mills perform their song “Oregon Hill” on the stage before the speakers began.
Tomorrow, I understand there is a March for Bernie starting at noon in Monroe Park.
From City press release:
Street/Lane Closure – South Pine, West Cary, West Main and South Laurel
WHO: City of Richmond Department of Public Works
WHAT: Street/Lane Closure
WHEN: Monday, July 25, 2016 to August 1, 2016
WHERE: The following areas will be impacted:
– South Pine Street between W. Main & W. Cary streets
– Portion of parking lane on W. Cary between Laurel & Pine streets
– Parking lane on W. Main between Laurel & Pine streets
– Parking lane on Laurel between W. Main & W. Cary streetsBACKGROUND: The aforementioned areas will be closed during construction of student housing at VCU Monroe Campus.
For more information, contact: Sharon North 804-646-5607
So it begins…the Gladding Residence Center Capital Project
Building on previous efforts, a new online petition asks local candidates to address water utility reform issues.
Of course, this issue has been brought up before here, and more recently in the Washington Post.
From the new petition language:
We need our local elections to be more than just popularity contests. To that end, citizens need to demand more substantive discussion of issues and platforms. In the last six years or so, issues have been consistently raised by grassroots citizens in regard to reforming the City of Richmond’s water utility.
We point to the previous Change.org petition, “Reform Richmond’s Water Rates”, with over 1700 signatures. We reference the Sierra Club Falls of the James’ statement on how there are also significant conservation concerns with the City utility’s relatively high base rate for residents. We call your attention to the recent Washington Post editorial, with the headline, Richmond Is Ripping Off It’s Residents”. It is outrageous that small volume residential citizens can pay as much as 78% of their water/sewer bill for service charges, while some above average volume users can pay as little as 11%. Furthermore, we note that the City administration has broken its promise to list all charges on their billing.We the undersigned feel that the Richmond water rates are a vital but neglected issue that should be addressed in this election in November. The undersigned request that all candidates address this issue and request that all debates include these 3 questions:
Will the candidate support removing the federal income tax surcharge on the water rates?
Will the candidate support lowering the base service charge that all customers must pay before receiving the first drop of water?
Will the candidates support discontinuing the use of the water utility as a cash cow for the city’s general fund?
Sewer workers had a late night.
From a neighbor:
Man stabbed in Monroe Park. Two men got in a fight by the fountain and one stabbed the other. They were both taken away in emergency vehicles. In the photo below, police clean the blood up with water and bleach. On the city website, the Monroe Park Conservancy are listed as management of Monroe Park.
Also, see earlier post on Monroe Park by clicking here.