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New Restaurant on Pine Street

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Word has gotten out. The Hollywood Grill has been sold and it sounds like Oregon Hill can expect a new restaurant soon. For better and worse, I doubt it will feature pool tables.

From The 804.com- Richmond VA Real Estate Blog:

It has been reported that a seafood restaurant will take over the old Hollywood Grill on 626 China St. But can someone confirm this rumor that the establishment will actually be a Pescados (probably, the best restaurant in Midlothian)? If that is the case, O-Hill immediately becomes “Seafood Restaurant Row” and a dining destination (if it wasn’t already with just that one restaurant).

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Pescados’ chef/owner Todd Manley bought the Hollywood Grill building and is currently renovating it. I’m not sure if it will be called Pescados but the idea is to have many of the most popular menu items from Pescados in the new location. He plans to hire a chef to run the new restaurant that he will personally train. Obviously, he can’t be at both locations all the time. I think in the long run, his goal is to be mainly at the Midlothian location.

Comment by Check Please — March 12, 2008 @ 11:38 am

Bolling is Named New Director at WBCH

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Excerpt from Times Dispatch article by Will Jones:

L. Robert Bolling has been named executive director of the William Byrd Community House in Richmond.

The nonprofit agency, based at 224 S. Cherry St. in Oregon Hill, helps youths and adults become self-sufficient by offering a range of programs and services, including early childhood education, a library, a teen center, emergency housing and other assistance.

Bolling, who grew up in Church Hill, worked most recently as director of finance and business development for Boaz and Ruth, a community-revitalization nonprofit agency in Highland Park that trains ex-offenders.

Bolling was one of 35 applicants and four finalists to succeed Reginald E. Gordon at the William Byrd Community House. Gordon was named chief executive officer of the Greater Richmond Chapter of the American Red Cross in May.”

SynerGeo Community Dinner on March 17th

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Hi Everyone-
Just wanted to put up an announcement about our upcoming
community dinner we will be having at SynerGeo on March 17th at 6pm.
Starting in March we will have a community dinner every month on the
3rd Monday at 6pm so hopefully people will get in the habit of
stopping by! It is a pot luck style dinner so we do ask for you to
bring something to share if you can.(beverage,side dish,main dish)
If you do not know what SynerGeo is, let me fill you in a little
bit. It is a non-profit on the corner of Albemarle and S.Laurel that
runs afterschool programs as well as other community outreach
programs such as these community dinner. Our current staff is trying
to start up some new projects including a teen center and a mural on
our building displaying our name so people will know something does
exist in that purple building. We will be sending out a neighborhood
wide survery along with our Winter newsletter very soon so please
look for those in your mailbox.

I hope to see you all at the community dinner or if you can’t
make it but are interested in learning more or helping out at all,
please contact me, Katie Cowles at cowleskatie@yahoo.com

City Council Monday- Green Alley & Open High

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On Monday, Richmond City Council will be making some very important decisions about Oregon Hill. They will be voting on closing Green Alley for VCU’s continuous expansion. They will also be voting on a School Board plan that would close Open High in 2019 and give VCU a lot of decision making about the future of its (national award winning) program.

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Letter to City Council

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Dear City Council members and citizens of Richmond,

VCU has proposed building an inappropriate 100,000 sq. ft. recreational facility in the Oregon Hill neighborhood. VCU cannot build the recreational facility as proposed without city approval to close two alleys on the site of the proposed building. We note that the proposed new master plan of the City of Richmond calls for a moratorium on closing streets and alleys in the city.

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Handbell Concert this Sunday

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The James River Ringers, Richmond’s premier handbell ensemble, will give a free concert at St. Andrew’s Church on Sunday, February 17th, at 6:00 pm. Located at the corner of S. Laurel St. and Idlewood Ave. on Oregon Hill, St. Andrew’s is offering this concert to the Richmond Community as part of its ongoing “Music with Grace Concert Series.” For more information call 648-7980 or visit www.standrewsec.org.

WBCH-Byrd Market Urban Gardening Classes

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Yearning for Spring? Dreaming about huge bouquets, luscious vegetables and exuberant gardens? Stop dreaming and start planning – join the folks at the William Byrd Community House Library, who are offering a great lineup of gardening classes. Once again local Urban Gardening Guru, John Wise, has developed a series of garden classes to help you learn more about gardening and garden design. This year they are offering classes at night and in the morning, so everyone has a chance to participate.
Save your Wednesday’s and come learn to garden.

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