11th District American Legion is hosting this Memorial Day event, featuring Department Commander, Les Clevinger as the keynote speaker. Monday, May 25th, 10am, 621 S. Belvidere Street, free.
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.
This Friday evening, a much loved neighborhood tradition starts again- COMMUNITY MOVIE NIGHT IN PLEASANTS PARK- free and family-friendly!
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.”
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
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.
From the Born Ugly magazine website:
And come celebrate (translation get drunk and injured) with us at Holly Street Park in Richmond on May 9th at 4pm. We’ll be dragging out launch ramps (and plenty of other janky ramps and rails) for our Issue #1 Launch Launch Jam.
Sunday, May 10th
Hollywood Cemetery Walking Tour
2-4pm
A two-hour walk through this picturesque property along the James River, which is the final resting place for two U.S. presidents, Civil War generals, philanthropist Lewis Ginter and thousands of Union and Confederate soldiers. Meet your guide just beyond the stone house at the cemetery entrance at Cherry and Albemarle streets. Please park on the street. $10 ($5 History Center members).
There’s been other posts about Grace Arents, but its still great to see Harry Kollatz Jr.’s recent column in Richmond Magazine.
I like the title: “The Invisible Philanthropist: Grace Arents, a shy heiress, transformed her city”.