Several VCU student organizations are banding together to hold a large yard sale fundraiser in Monroe Park this Saturday.
Also, please do not forget the Holly Street playground cleanup that is scheduled for Saturday as well.
message from SynerGeo:
Hey Oregon Hill,
SynerGeo and I would like to invite you to our monthly community dinner. It’s this Monday, September 20th at 6PM. We like for our neighbors to come, share food and conversation. It’s potluck style, so we encourage everyone to bring a dish, but you won’t be turned away if you are unable to bring one.
Hope to See You There,
Mary Beth
From Flying Brick Library blog:
The RVA Zine Fest will be October 16th, and we’re raising money to help defray the costs of putting on the Fest. Come to the Flying Brick and watch DIY documentaries “Grrrlyshow” and “Girls Rock” Monday night at 7pm! A short discussion about how to do a rock camp for girls will follow the screening. Snacks will be provided. Donate what you can, but even if you have no cash, we want you there! Come out and support the Zine Fest and enjoy two fantastic films in the yard at our favorite radical lending library!
This is a sober event, so please do not bring or consume alcoholic beverages or other substances.
About “Grrrlyshow”: http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/pages/c522.shtml
About “Girls Rock”: http://www.girlsrockmovie.com/
From Flying Brick Library blog:
Come celebrate 100 years of the uprising of the Mexican people against the tyranny of their government at your favorite neighborhood radical library, The Flying Brick! We’ll be serving Mexican food (tamales: vegan and carnivore), hanging out and participating in a discussion led by Jen Lawhorne about the revolution and Mexico’s current situation. Also, we’ll be showing Jen’s documentary “The Taking of the Media in Oaxaca” (33 min.), which follows the popular seizure of multiple media outlets during a the 2006 people’s struggle in Oaxaca. We’ll be accepting donations for the food to raise money for the Brick, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds! Also this is a sober event, so no booze pls! The Flying Brick is at 506 S. Pine St.
Although I don’t think it is open to the public, I did want to take note of the St. Andrew’s School new library unveiling and dedication scheduled for tomorrow evening. Students and their families are invited to come to the dedication in honor of Mary Thrower Wickham who was the Head of St. Andrew’s prior to its current Head of School, Dr. Cynthia Weldon-Lassiter. Mary Wickham will be there to say hello and help celebrate the new library.
There have been previous posts on some of the electric grid issues that have plagued the neighborhood. Unfortunately, some portions of the neighborhood saw more brownouts this summer, including the new Pescados restaurant on China Street. Thankfully there have been some temporary solutions, but after more inquiries by the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association to the State Corporation Commission, Dominion Power is now actively working on a more permanent update to the grid structure.
From a letter to the neighborhood association:
In response to the inadequate service provided by Dominion Virginia Power (“Company”) due to load growth within the Oregon Hill neighborhood, the Company has designed a project that will split the neighborhood’s load in half. The project will consist of installing set of step-down transformers, a new terminal pole, and a 1/0 underground primary conductor as indicated in the pictures below. The voltage will then be stepped down to 2.4 kV. This will essentially take half of the neighborhood off of the current stepdown.
The Company is currently in the process of obtaining the permits and underground easements required for this project. The Company will provide a more specific timeframe for completion once all the permits and easements have been acquired.
Now that the electricity service is being addressed, maybe we can take another look at the internet service…stay tuned!
This Thursday at the VCU Women’s Studies Office (Starke House 1st FL, 915 W. Franklin Street), there will be the Fall Open House and Art Show Opening. The show, which will run until December 13, features student, faculty, and community artists. The opening is from 4 to 6 pm and will feature light refreshments.
A sign appeared near Open High, with a duplicate at Holly Street playground:
It says there is a ‘5th District Community Day’ tomorrow, but I do not recall seeing any prior notice or mention of this event. I looked around on other community blogs and did not see mention of this event either (though I did see this interesting post on Byrd Park’s. I am guessing the signs are primarily directed towards school students and parents, given their locations. I am not sure if this is related to the Councilperson’s office or the School Board, though I also saw a campaign sign for our current School Board representative this morning:
Friday, September 10 at 7:30 P.M.
Pleasants Park behind Pine Street Baptist
Join the fun of an outdoor movie
Refreshments served: hot dogs, chips, beverage
This house on the 300 block of S. Cherry Street is having a little work done on it.
With the Fall season coming soon, neighborhood groups are thankfully recognizing the need to clean up the neighborhood.
SynerGeo will be hosting a work day on Saturday, Sept. 11th at 10am. They will be having about 18 adults. They will split into two teams and one will pick up trash in Oregon Hill, and the other in Holly Street playground. Please get in touch with Bonnie Hofmeyer for more information, at bonniehofmeyer at synergeo.org or 804 648 2287.
The Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association‘s Holly Street playground committee has a volunteer workday scheduled for the Holly Street Playground on Saturday, September 18th from 10am to 1pm. They are looking for volunteers to help clear brush, pick up trash and just make the playground look better.
Along with the need of volunteers they need equipment. If you have shovels, rakes, brooms, garden shears, or anything you feel could be helpful to their efforts and that you wouldn’t mind loaning for the day it would be greatly appreciated. All equipment will be marked and returned to the owner.