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Once An Oregon Hill Resident: Ida Mae Thompson

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I have mentioned Oregon Hill’s activist history before, but then I was tipped off about this online entry:

Ida Mae Thompson (1866–1947)

Ida Mae Thompson was an important figure in Virginia’s woman suffrage movement, not for her political work but for her recordkeeping. First as a member of the Equal Suffrage League, the organization that led the effort to win women the right to vote, and then as a member of the League of Women Voters, Thompson collected and preserved the movement’s history.

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Thompson and her English-born mother moved to Richmond in 1886 to live with Thompson’s brother, Otis, a telegraph operator. The family lived in a rented frame house in the working-class neighborhood of Oregon Hill, on South Cherry Street near Hollywood Cemetery, just down the street from the first free circulating library in Richmond.

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Assault on Tredegar Street

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I have a report of an aggravated assault on the 400 block of Tredegar Street that took place about 6:30 yesterday. One male attacking another. No other info yet. Technically this did not happen in Oregon Hill, but close by, below the Virignia War Memorial.

Hopefully, crime reporting will be a topic of conversation when the new sector police leader, Lt. Baltz, meets with the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association this coming Tuesday night.

Cox’s Op Ed On Stadium Proposal in Style

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Oregon Hill resident Caroline Cox has written a back page opinion piece for Style magazine, entitled “Missing the Bag“. Its about the opportunity costs of taxpayer money.

“Most of the ongoing debate about the proposed $318 million ballpark-anchored development in Shockoe Bottom has centered on the best place to put a new baseball stadium. But it’s not about the ballpark. It’s about opportunity cost. It’s about resource management, public goods and democracy.”

New Sector Lt.

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Effective this past Saturday, May 16th, I was reassigned within 4th Precinct to the Executive Officer’s position. Lieutenant Yvonne Baltz will be taking over Sector 413.

I wanted to take a minute to thank each one of you for your assistance and continued support over the past couple of years. I have very much enjoyed working with all of you to fight crime in Sector 413! Lt. Baltz has over 25 years of experience and has worked in 4th Precinct before so she is well aware of the issues we face. She will do a great job! She can be contacted at Yvonne.Baltz@richmond.gov or at 646-4105.

Thanks again for all that you do!

Lisa Drew

Jewell Bemoans Budget Woes for Parks & Rec

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In a recent Times Dispatch article on the City budget negotiations, 5th District Councilperson Marty Jewell expressed concern about cut funding for the City’s Parks & Recreation Department.

Councilman E. Martin Jewell said he’s frustrated that the council didn’t do more to support parks and recreation. Jones’ proposed budget calls for eliminating 29 vacant full-time positions, and Jewell said most are assigned to recreation programs.

“At a time when we’re approaching summer, we’re cutting . . . positions. Give me a break,” he said.

Valentine Museum Chronicles Architecture & People Of Oregon Hill

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Valentine History Center:
Opening May 14th : Disciples of Vulcan: Examining the Oregon Hill Community

“Bordered by Cary and Belvidere Streets to the north and east and Oregon Hill Parkway and Hollywood Cemetery to the south and west, Oregon Hill was settled in the 1840s by Irish and Welsh ironworkers and continues to thrive as a tight-knit working class neighborhood. Using images from the History Center photograph collection, the exhibition will trace the development of the neighborhood’s residents, businesses, institutions and preservation challenges.”

photograph of 614-618 China Street.

photograph of 614-618 China Street.