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OHNA Meeting Tuesday Evening
The OHNA (Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association) Meeting for September will be held this coming Tuesday the 25th at 7PM at St Andrews Church, Idlewood and S Laurel. Richmond Police Department,
VCU Police and officials will attend and present at the meeting.
Richmond’s 13th Annual Halloween Parade Scheduled
The Richmond Halloween Parade, it goes without saying, has become a real tradition for Oregon Hill.
Graciously hosted and organized by the All The Saints Theater Company, the event continues to grow and evolve.
There have been many YouTube videos and photo postings devoted to past years’ parades.
From the new FaceBook event page:
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* INVITE YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY!Richmond’s 13th Annual Halloween Parade presented by ALL THE SAINTS THEATER COMPANY and friends is right around the corner! Join us on October 31st!
Guys and gals and all non binary conforming pals, join us in this all inclusive Richmond tradition!
Dress up in a costume, make your own giant puppets or flags, and/or volunteer to assist withour giant puppets, flags, props and more!
We are so excited to continue this yearly Richmond Halloween tradition! Join us as we take the streets in celebratation of our 12th year with costumes, live music, dancing, creativity, puppetry, and comraderie!
*The 13th Annual Halloween Parade is a “Funeral March for Patriarchy”!
A Celebration of the Divine Feminine! We return the number 13 to the Matriarch and dismantle patriarchy to remove flying monkeys ICE & the NRA with their King NoOne to save humanity.
We return to grandma society with Grandma Elder on her Tiger, day of the dead 2 person 15 ft “families belong together” Madonna skeleton puppets, queen Harriet, trans remembrance, Black Lives Matter, Matriarch & Mother Red with Goddess of Tree sits fighting the patriarchy of pipelines against Mother Earth.
The All the Saints Hawk (the resistance) and Black Snake (pipeline) featured at the ICA will also March with us! We look at the fierceness it takes to organize, and the gentleness it takes to be fierce together.
Wednesday Oct 31st
No later than 7pm
meet at Monroe Park!Support includes: cardboard, fabric, bike tubes, brown paper!
Open Letter In Regard To ONE VCU Master Plan Draft Open Houses
In Regard To ONE VCU Master Plan Draft Open Houses, the following was recently sent to VCU officials, local media, local government, neighbors, and ‘community partners’:
Dear Dr. Weiss,
Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association representatives have met with you repeatedly, and have repeatedly respectfully requested two things:
1) A commitment that VCU will not encroach further south of West Cary Street into the Oregon Hill Historic District.
2) A commitment that VCU will limit the height of buildings on the north side of West Cary Street to 3 or four stories out of respect for the Oregon Hill Historic District across the street.
Unfortunately, to my knowledge the neighborhood has yet to receive any commitment to these two issues.
Oregon Hill residents have pointed out that since VCU has a Memorandum of Understanding with the distant country of Cuba, it is perplexing why VCU cannot engage with a Memorandum of Understanding on these two points of neighborhood concern with VCU’s adjacent neighbor, Oregon Hill.
As you are finalizing the draft of the VCU Master Plan, please consider these valid concerns of your neighbors in Oregon Hill.
Sincerely,
Scott Burger
(served as President of the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association, 2003 to 2010, and as OHNA VCU liaison)
Ready Player One Reading Tomorrow
Pine Street neighbor Cristina Domínguez Ramírez announced,
“Hurricane or not I am day #73 of 100 Days RVA Reads. Come visit me tomorrow morning at the Oregon Hill Gazebo by the Overlook at 10:15 am to talk about Ready Player One by Ernest Cline.”
Storm Parking Prep Offer From VCU
From email announcement:
Dear Neighbors
Oregon Hill has been hit in the past by Hurricanes. Our soil is now saturated from the Summer’s record rainfall. If you live and park near a big tree or drive a ragtop or have a motorbike, you might consider taking VCU up on their offer.
VCU Parking and Transportation will provide free parking for the Richmond community in several of its Monroe Park Campus parking decks in preparation for Hurricane Florence.
Members of the community who need a sheltered parking option for their vehicles may use one of the following VCU parking locations on a first-come, first-served basis, from Thursday, Sept. 13 at 7 a.m. until Monday, Sept. 17 at 7 a.m.:
Henry Street Deck – East
201 N. Henry StreetHenry Street Deck – West
200 N. Henry StreetJefferson Street Deck
100 S. Jefferson StreetLaurel Street Deck
805 W. Grace StreetWest Cary Street Deck
1201 W. Cary StreetWest Main Street Deck
801 W. Main Street
Trash/Recycling Pickup Tomorrow and… Recycling Event Postponed
This Wednesday is a “Red Wednesday”, which means trash and recycling pickup. Ideally, rolling recycling containers are stored and deployed in the back alleys along with trash cans. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night- this may be more important than usual, depending on the hurricane.
If you have not done so already, don’t forget to sign up for your Recycling Perks.
In order to take your recycling to the next level, read this: 10 ways to improve your recycling.
And…
The RVA Clean City Commission E-Cycle Day Event scheduled for Saturday, September 15 at 6807
Midlothian Turnpike has been postponed due to the storm.
James River Cleanup Approaches
Oregon Hill is a riverfront neighborhood.
From RichmondOutside.com:
The biggest James River cleanup of the year is almost upon us, and there’s still time to lend a hand. The James River Regional Cleanup, sponsored by the James River Advisory Council, is scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 8 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Volunteers can select from 18 different cleanup sites throughout the James River watershed. Visit www.jrac-va.org to sign up.
Now in its 19th year, the cleanup is a tremendous regional effort. Each year, volunteers remove hundreds of bags of trash and recyclable materials from the James and its tributaries. The cleanup also serves as the kickoff for James River Week, which features more than a dozen activities celebrating the river.
The cleanup is open to individuals, families, groups, boaters and paddlers. Bring water and gloves, and wear closed-toe shoes. For more information, call 804-748-1567 or email info@jrac-va.org.
OHNA Meeting Tuesday Night
From email announcement:
This Tuesday, OHNA will hold its monthly meeting at 7PM at St. Andrews Church at S Laurel and Idlewood. City Council liaison Amy Robins will present the results of the parking permit survey and hopefully we can agree on parameters for those seeking parking permits on their individual blocks.
We will also have our regular updates from RPD, VCU Police, VCU, and Councilman Agelasto’s office has provided petitions to make the recently changed stop signs into all way stops which I will distribute. We look forward to seeing you and having a productive meeting!
Parsons House Historical Marker Replaced
The Parsons House historic highway marker/sign that was destroyed in a vehicle accident a few years ago has been replaced, courtesy of the Oregon Hill Home Improvement Council. The Parsons house is an integral part of the historic fabric of Oregon Hill.
