This Friday from 4 to 8 pm, the William Byrd Community House is holding its annual Carnival celebration.
Join us for our annual Carnival! Bring the kids, Learn more about WBCH programs, there will be games, slides, and fun for all ages! This event is free, open to the public! Sponsered By Capital One, the Kiwanis Club of Richmond, and Seventh Street Christian Church.
It took me a moment to register it, but I like the theme on the flyer:
Here’s the website for info.
I am looking forward to hearing former Laurel Street neighbor Tim Barry play at Fine Foods on Saturday.
From Byrd Market Manager Ana Edwards:
It’s mid August and the flavors are at their peak! You know me, I’m perfectly happy to drool as I draft a long, long list of the delicious foods available at our market on a weekly basis. I just made my first quiche (really my first, and really yummy, and REALLY EASY) this weekend and all I could think was how I couldn’t wait for Tuesday to start experimenting with all the good ingredients at my fingertips. How about you? Tried a new recipe this summer?
The SPCA will be with us this week as well as the 3rd Tuesday Jam with Epic Gardens’ own Patricia Stansbury.
Madyun’s Jewelry and A Rose Above Pastries observe the Muslim tradition of fasting for the month of Ramadan, so they’ll take a break from the heat of the market day at this time and rejoin us mid September. Also away: Fertile Crescent, A Wise Gardener, Manakintowne Specialty Growers.
However, joining us this week will be Boka Truck (with Noodles!) and on 8/24 Jill Parker Designs will bring back her groovy glasswork jewelry.
See you at the Market!
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Byrd House Market
William Byrd Community House
224 South Cherry St. Richmond, VA 23220
ByrdHouseMarket@gmail.com
(804) 643-2717
byrdhousemarket.blogspot.com
With the real estate market in increasing trouble, the Oregon Hill Home Improvement Council (OHHIC) has dismissed previous development plans. The lots reportedly have new water and sewer service, as well as a partially installed storm water system and a recorded easement. For more info, call Allen Townsend of Metro Properties (804 437 1991).
The relatively new Pescados restaurant on China Street will start its lunch shift tomorrow, according to its Facebook page. It will be from 11 am to 2 pm, Monday through Saturday. Pescados’ menu specializes in top shelf, fresh caught, Caribbean inspired seafood.
This Saturday from 1 pm to 7 pm, Pine Street Baptist Church is sponsoring a reunion of Oregon Hill friends and neighbors.
OHHIC (not OHNA!) will be holding its monthly board meeting Tuesday,
August 3rd at the Jacob House at 619 W. Cary St. at 7 PM.
The board will be setting a date and discussing the agenda for the annual meeting for the membership.
Obituary:
Michael Anthony “Mad Dog” Brown died on July 27, 2010 at his Oregon Hill home in Richmond, Virginia. Born September 21, 1958 in Ohio, he was preceded in death by his parents and a son and is survived by a daughter and siblings. Quick to tell a story or share a laugh, he enjoyed blue grass music and living simply.
Visitation will be held at the SynerGeo building located at 349 South Laurel Street on Wednesday, August 4 from 5-7pm. A burial service will be held at Riverview Cemetery on Thursday, August 5 at 1:00pm with a reception following at Pine Street Baptist Church.
Much gratitude is extended to Angelus Funeral Home, Ms. Lewis, the Medi Hospice team and the Oregon Hill community. In lieu of flowers, donations can be sent to SynerGeo or the Oregon Hill Baptist Center food pantry.
For almost ten years now, some Richmonders have been getting organic pre-packaged foods and goods through the Earthlings Organic Food Cooperative, which has been based in Oregon Hill. The cooperative name sounds impressive but really its been more of a buying club with aspirations. Roughly once a month, Earthlings members order their buying selections through an internet website and then a truck from United Foods comes and delivers the cooperative’s order. For the last two years or so, the delivery site has been on Sundays on Linden Street near the William Byrd Community House gym, Grace Arents Community Garden, Byrd Market location. A scene from last week’s delivery:
Members help unload the truck and organize the delivery to their homes. Some orders are ‘splits’ which means a bulk order with members taking different portions from it. The idea is that this supports organic food choices, makes organic food more affordable, increases community involvement in food, lessens the carbon footprint, and offers a good alternative to traditional grocery shopping. Whether the idea works depends on having enough people involved to get a good-sized order with members volunteering. The aspects of internet grocery shopping are also part of the mix.
Personally, I would love to see the Earthlings concept get combined in some way with the Byrd Market and local CSA’s for fresh produce, but coordinating deliveries is still problematic. In the meantime, the Earthlings coop is looking for new members. Please contact Mim Scalin at mim4art at gmail.com or Kathleen Travis at travis.kathleenc at gmail.com if you are interested. You don’t need to be an Oregon Hill resident to apply (but it doesn’t hurt, either).