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Renegade Market This Afternoon
From email:
Come one. Come all.
The goods are here. Shop our hardy, willing food producers, crafters, growers, makers, sellers. Call me a sourpuss, but I wouldn’t mind if we got snow… The Renegade Market it pretty in the snow. Alas, it is our lot to get rain. Tuesday’s forecast is for light rain throughout the afternoon, so really no hindrance to market vending or shopping. Winter soups, sautees, sauces – the kind of goodness that keeps colds and influenzi at bay (bey?).
Tuesdays, November through April, 3pm to 6pm.
byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com for details…
Spaghetti Dinner at Perly’s
If you’ve never joined friends and family for this annual WBCH event, you’ve missed out. All you can eat spaghetti, some famous rolls, great company, a happening part of Grace Street…you get all that for $15 per person and somehow manage to support the great work done by great people for great people at WBCH. Click here for details!Ana Edwards, Manager
Byrd House Market & Library Programs
Grace Arents Library & Education Center
William Byrd Community House
www.wbch.org / 804.643.2717 ext.306
Pre-Holiday Renegade Market Today
From email announcement:
Greetings All!
For your last-minute pre-holiday farmers-market shopping-pleasure
this week’s Renegade Market vendors will offer…Fresh, seasonally delicious foods:
Apples, Cider, Jams, Jellies, Honey…
Salad mix, Broccoli, Sweet Potatoes, Radicchio, Escarole…
Grass-fed Beef, Pork, Free-ranging Chicken – in roasts, parts, ground, sausages…
Eggs, Cheese and Noodles…
Artisan Breads, Rolls, Biscuits, Pies, Tarts and other desserts…
Raw food Dog and Cat foods and treats…
information about CSAs and Herd Shares
See you at the Market: 3pm to 6pm Tuesdays, November through AprilVisit wbch.org for more doings at William Byrd Community House
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Ana Edwards, Manager
Byrd House Market & Library Programs
Grace Arents Library & Education Center
William Byrd Community House
www.wbch.org / 804.643.2717 ext.306
Flying Brick bookmarks
From the Flying Brick blog:
New letterpressed bookmarks in lots of colors! Hand printed/ hand cut y’all. Selling for donation, sliding scale $2-5! You can pick ‘em up during open hours or at events that we table!
Speech to Council
This is a speech that neighbor Todd Woodson gave to City Council this past Monday night:
Hi- I’m Todd Woodson and I’m here to speak for the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association. I have served as treasurer for the last 11 years. We have serious concerns on an sup proposal pending on the Victory Rug Building on S Cherry St. We feel there have been serious flaws committed and don’t think that fair or due process has been served to our residents.
some background info on sup:
The Victory Rug current parcel assessment of 270K has risen 236% in last 10 years. We believe this assessment is correct and fair for a building in this condition.
The parcel was bought at auction for 660,000 by developer.
a message was sent to developer from OHNA before closing on the property outlining inherent problems in developing the building.
Consequently, hardship cannot be used to justify the aggressive density requested with off street parking limited to only 8 questionable spaces. The proposal is for 29 bedrooms which would require somewhere between 30 and 45 parking spaces. Parking is already a hardship due to our proximity to VCU. This development is 2 1/2 blocks from the mammoth VCU recreation center.
The City has received 114 letters of opposition- no letters in favor—
A main concern is that in early October, neighborhood reps met with Mr. Jewell, the developer and Mark Baker of Baker Development Resources who is representing the developer on this sup. No concessions were made and the meeting was a disappointment. On Oct 22, the SUP ordinance was introduced. Sometime between then and Oct 30, Councilman Jewell solicited help in securing campaign funds from Mr Baker and an email was sent to other developers as well as to a networking group maintained by Baker. I mean no disrespect to Mr Jewell and am not an attorney so I cant say if this is illegal. I will say that the hundreds of residents facing hardship from this sup find the appearance of impropriety of major concern.
I have included the solicitation in your package.
————————————————————————-we feel it to be prudent and reasonable for the Council hearing on this SUP be postponed until after our concerns are fully resolved and the new council is seated.
We are anxious for a quality reasonable development at the Victory Rug Building and hope for an enterprise that has the best interest of the community at heart.
Victory Postponed
With the elections over, neighbors are watching to see how they might effect Victory Rug building’s proposed Special Use Permit (SUP). Neighborhood leaders remain in strong opposition. The City Planning Commission’s consideration of the Victory Apt. Special Use Permit has been postponed at the developer’s request until Dec. 3. The assumption is that City Council will consider the issue the following Monday on Dec. 10.
Richmond Voice Covers Canal Wall Demolition
Thankfully, the Richmond Voice newspaper is still on the case. You can click here for the pdf of their recent issue, which includes a story about the recent destruction of the historic Kanawha canal wall.
Supposedly, the Police Dept and the Dept of Public Works are investigating the matter, but Oregon Hill residents remain concerned that it will not be fully prosecuted. Perhaps more outside pressure will come to bear.
Byrd House Market Tomorrow
From email:
Byrd House Market is ON!
Celebrate the end of the regular season and daylight savings time…
Launch the cool chill
Lightly Breezy, Briskly Chilly. Will Feel Like 48.
Renegade (winter) Market!
3pm to 6pm (not 7pm)We’ll have an
Apple Pressing Demo
and
Music under the Big Top
(teehee, our version).What’s coming up?
November 8: A Community Conversation on Residential Segregation presented by Housing Opportunities Made Equal and Virginia Poverty Law Center
Click here for Details and RSVPDecember 6: Byrd House Bash at Perly’s – William Byrd’s annual spaghetti dinner is a great family, board, volunteer, event to celebrate a year of hard and great work in our community. Join us. Tickets just $15 per person (and they do sell out, so hurry! quick! quick!)
See you tomorrow!
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Ana Edwards, Manager
Byrd House Market & Library Programs
Grace Arents Library & Education Center
William Byrd Community House
www.wbch.org / 804.643.2717 ext.306
Pine Street Baptist Church Yard Sale Saturday
Pine Street Baptist Church is hosting a yard sale
Also, they are once again selling Oregon Hill prints and afghans…
Hurricane Sandy Cancels This Week’s Byrd House Market
From email announcement:
Good afternoon everyone,
It seems prudent to go ahead and cancel the market for tomorrow. The weather will at best be miserable and we don’t yet know what the specific results of the storm might be in terms of power outages and what our farmers may need to do to harvest and processing crops for market. Better to let Hurricane Sandy play out, assess and get ready for better conditions.
We look forward to seeing all of you next week, in better weather, and with the spirit of community that is strengthened by shared experiences – which in this case we hope are merely inconveniences!
See you then.
Ana
Market Manager
byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com