Pine Street Baptist Church is selling 2019 Historic Oregon Hill Calendars. The calendar is composed of black and white photos from years gone by in the Oregon Hill community. The calendars are $15 and may be purchased at the church. Money raised will be used for Pine Street’s ongoing ministries. Call 644-0339 for more information. The calendars make a great Christmas gift.
China Street neighbor Manny Rios has announced the 18th Annual Turkey Bowl. The friendly pickup game of soccer as a holiday tradition continues…Thursday, November 22, 2018 at 10 AM
From the FaceBook event page:
This is a friendly game of soccer! Note the location this year is petronius jones park (near randolph community center). Open to beginners to experienced soccer players! Come join us and work up your appetite!
From a concerned Richmond citizen:
The Richmond 300 group is meeting this Wednesday, and I was told by Ms. Pechin that they planned on voting at this meeting on the new future land use categories that will next year be assigned to neighborhoods throughout the city. According to the Ms. Pechin, they will be removing the “Single-family” designations and replacing them with a blanket “Residential” designation.
“Residential” would include high-rises and the terribly inappropriate development underway on the 800 block of W. Cary. It appears that the City government is making a concerted effort to foist higher density on the historic districts, including Oregon Hill.
In a recent vote, the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association voted that the future land use of Oregon Hill in the Richmond 300 plan should be designated as “Single-family” (medium density) with “Community/Commercial” on Cary Street. I am alarmed that the Richmond 300 group is removing the “Single-family” future land use designation for all of the neighborhoods. The Single-family designation is descriptive of the appropriate and desired future land use of Oregon Hill and is consistent with our R-7 zoning.
Just a quick photo to tease from this morning’s presentation. I suspect this will soon be on the reading list of many housing policy wonks across the country.
Laurel Street neighbor, Charles Pool, on behalf of the Oregon Hill Home Improvement Council, made a presentation to the City of Richmond Planning Commission at their meeting this afternoon. Above are slides from his presentation. They support and reiterate previous statements from Oregon Hill Home Improvement Council and the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association.
The Commission was considering both VCU’s master plan and an important ordinance, #2018-276, from Councilperson Agelasto that would require better public notification of rulings by the Zoning Administrator.
Despite the recent article, many neighbors hope it will never end…
Congratulations to Pine Street neighbor Alex Grace for her winning entry!
She wins a $50 L’Opossum restaurant gift card and $20 from yours truly.
Runner up is Pine Street neighbor Stephenie Harrington. She wins an Oregon Hill Terribles patch, made by The Wild Wander Company, kindly donated by Spring Street neighbor Jennifer Hancock.
Happy Halloween! Hope for more competition and prizes next year…
While the morning was a bit droopy after last night’s rain, and I am sorry more neighbors did not take advantage, Open High’s Fall Festival was still a solid hit.
There was lots of great different kinds of chili for the chili-cook-off.
Tyler Meacham was one of the amazing musicians performing…here she does one of her own songs…
IMG_4901 from Scott Burger on Vimeo.
At any rate, here’s hoping that this tradition grows… perhaps next year the L’OPossum/OregonHil.net Jack-O-Lantern Contest can be incorporated into the festival…
On Sunday, historic Tredegar hosts the 4th Annual Support Virginia Green Tourism Oyster Roast. Raw, steamed, roasted, or fried, you pick or try them all with Virginia wines and brews. Bluegrass from Craig’s List Jerry. Kids area and views of the river by fire pits. Tickets are a bit pricey, starting at above $30, but they do include food and adult beverages. Proceeds go to the Virginia Green Travel Alliance, which supports the state’s voluntary program created to encourage green, environmental practices in the state’s tourism industry.