Reminder: Harvest On The Hill Sunday with Blessing of the Animals

From email:

For this year’s Harvest on the Hill, we are bringing back the Blessing of the Animals Booth! Bring your beloved pets for a special blessing and treats anytime between 3:30 to 4:30 pm at the Vigil table (ask any of the volunteers to point you in the right direction).

Take care,
Abbott

WEATHER UPDATE: Join us at Harvest on the Hill rain or shine! The leadership team is making arrangements to make us comfortable in the event of inclement weather with extra tents and umbrellas. Please dress warmly and bring an umbrella for intermittent showers should they blow through. When’s the last time you played in the rain? It’s fun! :-) Of course, we are still counting on a beautiful fall day!

“Renovation Station” Tomorrow

From email announcement:

Tomorrow Saturday October 6 from 2:00 until 5:00 pm William Byrd Community House (224 South Cherry Street) will host Richmond Women in Design’s First Annual Community Outreach “Renovation Station” with Storefront for Community Design.
At “Renovation Station” RWiD will be offering free design consultation to the communities of Oregon Hill, Randolph and Lake View and for that matter anyone in the Richmond area. Richmond Women in Design is a group of women architects, interior designers, engineers, landscape architects and graphic designers. And this is our way of giving back to the community in what we do best.
So if you are in need of some design help or have questions concerning your house or small business come by and we will help get you started. Bring your photo’s, plans if you have them.

Harvest on the Hill This Sunday

From St. Andrew Church’s website:

Harvest on the Hill
brought to you by Gather Together
Description:
Harvest on the Hill is St. Andrew’s annual community fair held at the Grace Arents Garden behind William Byrd Community House.

Date(s):
Sunday, October 07, 2012
Time(s):
12:00 pm to 5:00 pm
Location:
Grace Arents Garden
Link(s):
Gather Together
Contact Information:
Ashley Raggi
ashley.raggi at gmail.com

Byrd House Market This Tuesday

From email announcement:

Newly-Wed and the Newly-Named
will make their debut this week at Byrd House Market.
Congratulations to Alistar & Rebecca, and Origins Farm! Many Happy Returns of the Day for the rest of your Life!

A rainy Tuesday afternoon
70% chance anyway – but hopefully nothing like 2 weeks ago. Looking forward to your smiling faces and all the bounty that autumn has to offer a farmers market in our “fare” city. Don’t Forget the Hans S. Falck Lecture this Thursday evening at St. Andrew’s School auditorium. Details at wbch.org or hanssfalcklectures.blogspot.com.

Vendors this week: (not all are on the map, so here is the whole list!)
Agriberry – seasonal fruits (berries, peaches, apples…CSA
Foraged – palm readings and lovely things from nature found and assembled for your enjoyment
Ettamae’s Oven – breads, rolls, pies, pie slices (Stall #5 on the map)
Bill’s Produce / Heath Farm – seasonal produce, sustainably grown, lovely company
Nanas Homemades – jams, jellies, chutneys, peanut brittle, tea cakes, cookies, dainties…a keen observer and practitioner of the tasty
Cafe 2100 – spring rolls, sauteed tofu, rice and wheat noodles with pickled and steamed fresh vegetables…ready with
Limeades and More – limeades, lemonades fresh squeezed, bubble teas and fresh brewed coffee, made before your eyes
Faith Farm Foods – cow shares, eggs, Amish butter and produce, grass fed meats and poultry, goat cheese, honey, preserves, egg noodles, etc …CSA
Chocolate Cravings – dark and milk chocoloate bars, barks of assorted flavors, brownies…
Byrd Farm / Rural Va Market – seasonal produce, Byrd Farm honey, Billy Bread, peaches, goat cheese, mushrooms, eggs, chickens …CSA
amy’s garden – certified organic seasonal produce, cut flowers, …CSA
Epic Gardens – seasonal produce, edamame, cut flowers, eggs, plants …CSA
Tomten Farm – seasonal heirloom produce, including okra …CSA
Deer Run Farm – seasonal produce, melons, chickens, eggs …CSA
Caromont Farm – Cow cheese, spreadable, peasant,
Sub Rosa Bread – Evrim’s back with limited supplies of his famous bread (individual loafs and by the pound hunks) and even more limited supply of his soon to be famous croissants…CSA
Salt Pork – (retail of Sausage Craft) variety of locally grown pork sausages – Herbed, Italian, Bratwurst, Andouie and more
Becka’s Aloe Vera Juice – Va grown aloe juice in assorted fresh locally grown fruit and veggie flavors
Steve Haas Mushrooms – locally grown and harvested mushroom varieties
Tuckahoe Lamb and Cattle Co. – grass fed cattle and lamb, lamb’s wool, eggs, soup bones, ground meat, chops, sausages…
Robin Raver, CMT – chair massage (Stall #27 on the map)
Soul-Ice – naturally flavored fruit sorbet-style ices (accompanied by soul, R&B…)
Wild Heaven – wonderfully varied offering of fragrance and form – goat soaps, cremes, etc.
Shakhambari Garden – Indian Ayurvedic and native Appalachian medicinal and culinary herbs. We make natural, Ayurvedic herbal teas, powders, jams, and body oils for health and mental peace
Petal Palate – divinities and popsicles(!) flavored with fragrant herbs and flowers
Origins Farm – certified naturally grown seasonal produce and fruit …CSA

This is why you come, no?
SNAP / Credit and Debit Cards accepted
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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

Still Time to Volunteer for the Upcoming Folk Festival

This past Wednesday and Thursday evenings, the Virginia War Memorial hosted volunteer orientations for the upcoming Richmond Folk Festival. An Oregon Hill neighbor, Jamie Thomas, is serving as the volunteer coordinator for the festival. There is still time to sign up to volunteer. As the festival website states,

Last year, more than 200,000 people visited downtown Richmond’s riverfront to celebrate the roots, richness and variety of American culture through music, dance traditional crafts, storytelling and food. The Richmond Folk Festival has become one of Virginia’s largest and most-loved events of the year and has been voted as the best musical festival in Richmond, 2 years running. The 2012 Festival will bring a new and similarly amazing list of performers, artists and exhibitors.

In particular, I know the Green Team, which handles recycling, is in need of able-bodied volunteers. The nice thing about the Green Team is that, while there is hard work involved, you do get the chance to hear a lot of the music and interact with the crowd. Please do consider signing up today by clicking here.

Support WRIR

From email message:

Hi Oregon Hillians!

Many of you know that former Oregon Hill Resident Christopher Maxwell founded WRIR 97.3 and helped build the station while living on the Hill.

We at WRIR are in the midst of our fund drive- and sadly we have had to extend it for the first time ever because we haven’t met our goal.

Please consider donating to this public low power community radio station where many of our neighbors have volunteered their time and money.

If you haven’t heard our broadcasts, you’ve missed local news and public affairs programs like my husband John Richmond’s Richmond Education Today. Recently our neighbor Charles Pool discussed water rates during Open Source, another local news program.

Oregon Hill also is represented by multiple DJs airing music you seldom hear elsewhere on the airwaves- from our neighbor Derek Sunshine’s New Music Saloon and Greta B on River City Limits which plays music from Richmond Bands.

While our Oregon Hill neighbors volunteer their time, one of WRIR’s major expenses is paying for national programs like Living on Earth and Talk of the Nation. It was shows like these that other public radio stations weren’t airing that inspired Chris Maxwell to start work on WRIR with neighbors like Scott Burger and Tommy Birchett as well as former Oregon Hillians like Dustin Richardson.

Please support your neighbors and our community radio station. Anything helps- and we could always use more volunteers if you’re low on money.

Here’s our website
http://wrir.org/index.php?/ or just google WRIR Richmond Independent Radio.

You can donate on line, come into the station at 1621 West Broad St or call the office 622-9747 or the studio at 649-9737.

Yours,

Caroline Cox

Engaging Nature with St. Andrew’s Church

From email announcement:

St. Andrew’s Church is hosting a series of gatherings engaging nature and creation as a way to connect more deeply to God, ourselves and others. Track a fox to its den. Discover God’s ancient wisdom. Create fire from friction. Contemplate scripture. Sense the approach of a hawk. Feel compassion, connect deeply. Learn more about this new offering over appetizers on Wednesday, September 26 at St. Andrew’s House (236 S. Laurel Street), 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm. Please RSVP to me at abailey at standrewsoregonhill.org or 648-7980.

OHNA Meeting Tonight

From email:

Hello everyone

Just a reminder that we have an OHNA meeting tonight, Tuesday, September 25th at 7 PM at WBCH.

Susan Hill, from Richmond Region Energy Alliance (RREA), will be giving a presentation on energy efficiency issues for homeowners. She will also be offering $200 coupons for energy assessments.

http://www.rrea-va.org/

I talked to Marty Jewell at the Woodland Heights sponsored Candidate Forum. I invited him to attend an OHNA meeting. He said he would. I plan on reminding him today.

Thanks
Jennifer
Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association

This Week At Byrd House Market

From the email announcement:

this week…
Beautiful beautiful fall, autumn by the James, our fare’s days… vendor details and more at ByrdHouseMarket.blogspot.com

4 Oct: 2012 Hans S. Falck Lecture
Eradication of Poverty: Utopia or Reality? The Intersection between Housing, Livelihood and Transportation with opening remarks by L. Robert Bolling, WBCH Executive Director. Panelists: John Moeser (Policy), Youngmi Kim (Social Work), Garet Prior (Urban Planning), Michael Paul Williams (Journalism). Moderator: Ana Edwards, William Byrd Community House. Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, 7-9 pm, St. Andrew’s School Auditorium, Idlewood Ave. and S. Cherry St. 23220. More information and details at byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com

6 Oct: Renovation Station!
Richmond Women in Design and The Storefront for Community Design host “Renovation Station” of FREE Design Consultation – an open house design day at WBCH – flier and easy application attached.

24 Oct: National Food Day at the Market
SAVE THE DATE and join us with VCU Wellness Department and the return of the After Market Film Night with Shalom Farms and Origins Farm: Ingredients film and discussion. Panelists to be announced.

A Month of Library Project Days
2 – 5 pm Thursdays Oct. 18 & 25 and 9:30 – 12:30 pm Fridays Nov. 9 & 16
The Grace Arents Library is undergoing a gradual and steady organizational and beautification overhaul. And its library manager would love to have the helping hands of those who love books, and quiet, thoughtful tasks. Our capacity is 5-10 volunteers for 3 hours on each day. And there is ongoing need for those who’d like to spend 1-2 hours per week. Great for service learning and community service! If you are interested please send a note to Ana at byrdhousemarket at gmail.com. Thanks!

Position Open – Finance Manager
William Byrd Community House is currently seeking a part time Finance Manager.
More at WBCH.org


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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

Tomorrow is PARK(ing) Day in RVA

…On which a bunch of planners, landscape architects, engineers, and other creatives descend upon Monroe Park and hopefully good DIY planning for Richmond takes place. Click for link here.

From the main Park(ing) Day website:

ABOUT PARK(ING) DAY
Providing temporary public open space . . . one parking spot at at time.

PARK(ing) Day is a annual open-source global event where citizens, artists and activists collaborate to temporarily transform metered parking spaces into “PARK(ing)” spaces: temporary public places. The project began in 2005 when Rebar, a San Francisco art and design studio, converted a single metered parking space into a temporary public park in downtown San Francisco. Since 2005, PARK(ing) Day has evolved into a global movement, with organizations and individuals (operating independently of Rebar but following an established set of guidelines) creating new forms of temporary public space in urban contexts around the world.

The mission of PARK(ing) Day is to call attention to the need for more urban open space, to generate critical debate around how public space is created and allocated, and to improve the quality of urban human habitat … at least until the meter runs out!