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I Declare Myself ‘King of the Hill’

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I have been President or Co-President or Acting President of the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association (OHNA) for over four years now. No one has offered to take over that leading position, or that of moderator of this neighborhood blog, or that of owner of the neighborhood email discussion group. OHNA elections have been postponed or delayed for months, much to my disliking. Therefore, at the risk of a street beating by old-timers and taunting by college students, I, Scott Burger, hereby renounce all titles other than that of King of Oregon Hill. I declare my intention to rule by fiat as supreme leader of the neighborhood until I decide otherwise.

I recognize the potential concern that this assumption of power will create, and I assure my neighbors that I will continue my benevolent reign, with mind to fairness and order for all. In return, I do demand fealty, obedience, and respect, and, perhaps at some point in the future, tithe and tribute. At this time I am considering the appointments of royal advisors. For now I will hold my court at the same time and place as that of the regular OHNA meetings, 7pm of fourth Tuesdays at the William Byrd Community House.

I already formulated several royal decrees, and those will appear on this website in short order. Until notified otherwise, residents and visitors should still follow and respect the laws of the City of Richmond, Commonwealth of Virginia, and the United States of America.

Scott Burger

Byrd House Market this Tuesday

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The Byrd House Market will be open April 1, from 3:30-7PM, with the official season opening set for May 6. Come and get back into the habit of shopping at the BHM, pick up some fresh and local seasonal produce, farm fresh eggs, grass-fed meats, free-range chickens along with all the yummy baked goods. Come and see what are crafters have been creating over the winter!

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Slaughterama 2008

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There is an article in RVA Magazine that outlines all of the details of the events with locations and times…here is a link to the pdf. scroll down to page 64

http://www.rvamag.com/shared/webRVAv3i12.pdf

As many of the people that run this live in the neighborhood, I imagine most of this is caused by out-of-towners, but if you have a chance, go out and check out the festivities…it’s fun stuff!

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I just wanted to warn everybody to be on the lookout for illegal activity in the neighborhood this weekend. Last year the neighborhood got tagged in numerous locations and trash was left everywhere. I’m all for having a good time as long as everybody keeps it legal, respects their neighbors and cleans up their mess.

OHNA minutes

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One of the things that makes this site different from most of the other local neighborhood/community blogs is it’s relationship to the neighborhood association. I serve as President of the neighborhood association as well as manager/moderator of this blog. At this point, I am certainly willing to step down from one or both positions if replacements are agreed upon.

The topic of minutes is tricky. On one hand, the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association (OHNA) does want to be transparent and open, on the other hand, its important that neighbors feel free to speak at meetings and that standards are kept. I will try to offer these OHNA meeting minutes on this site whenever I can, however I also think it is important that they be approved by the Association before publication. This may prove difficult if quorum is not reached and the Secretary position remains unfilled. At tonight’s OHNA meeting, the January meeting minutes (taken by acting Secretary Silver Persinger) were approved for publication.
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Upcoming Events, Art Mania

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Neighbor Peter Baldes (Also see article in this week’s Style):

Hello All!

This week, my department (VCU Painting and Printmaking) is hosting
the Southern Graphics Council Conference.

Over 1000 printmakers, from all over the world will be attending….
There are many events which are free and open to the public, of note
are the Thursday (Main st area) and Friday (Broad st.) gallery walks,
but get this,
on Saturday, from Noon to 4 pm are the Open Portfolio sessions. These
will be in the basement of the Landmark Theatre and are open to the
public.
The Open Portfolio consists of over 500 individual artists,
collectives and presses showing and selling their works….. its a
fantastic opportunity to get some great art from great people…. we
have been working on this conference for over two years, and I wanted
to invite the neighborhood to some really fun events…

see you there….

for more info visit.
sgc.vcu.edu

pete

New Dog Station Along Riverside

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Stomp Stomp Dave helped me dig the hole for the post, and I took advantage of the beautiful weather on Saturday to install yet another dog station. This makes no. 4. Number 1 was put into Pleasants Park, Number 2 was put on the linear Parsons Park greenway near Holly St., and Number 3 was put in the linear Parsons Park greenway behind the 200 block of Pine (and promptly, sadly, destroyed by vandalism). I hope this new one will serve Overlook condo dog owners as well as the many visitors to Oregon Hill Riverside Park.

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VCU given authority to acquire land without state approval

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In this Times Dispatch article by Tyler Whitney, it becomes clear that VCU is no longer being held accountable by government. Citizens have no recourse. Our elected leadership has sold us out.

“The new independence gives VCU the authority to acquire land without state approval, Bennett said.”

So much for the Downtown Master Plan…