Sad news today that local celebrity Donnie Corker, a.k.a. Dirtwoman, has passed away after suffering from heart failure and other ailments.
Corker grew up in the Oregon Hill. Condolences to the Corker family.
From email announcement:
Hello all
OHNA will be meeting Tuesday, September 26th, at 7 pm, in the St Andrew’s Parish House.
No confirmed speakers yet, but I’ve been asked to add the following items to the agenda: STOP signs, Code enforcement for absentee landlords, Monroe Park Checkers House Plaza, a possible tool bank for the neighborhood.
Hope to see everyone there
Jennifer
Lead by Pine Street neighbors Stephenie Harrington and Ruth Twiggs, volunteers worked on clearing sidewalks in yesterday’s beautiful weather. Thank you!
From announcement:
Volunteers Needed:
This Thursday and again this Saturday 9am-noon
Meet at Pleasants Park
All tools, equipment, safety gear, snacks and water providedOur goal is to clear as many sidewalks we can…scraping off weeds and grass, raking, sweeping etc
Thanks !!!
Rev. Philip Turner has been documenting neighbors’ yard statues.
Pine Street Baptist Church’s Reverend Turner celebrates:
Pine Street neighbor and Dominion employee Stephenie Harrington has secured a small grant from Dominion Energy to support Oregon Hill neighborhood clean-up events and ongoing efforts to keep the sidewalks and alleys improved. Two dates have been planned so far, September 21 (Dominion volunteers are coming) and September 23 (VCU volunteers are coming). Neighborhood volunteers are encouraged to contact Stephenie at S.Harrington@dominionenergy.com. Please click below for flyer.
Clean Up Oregon Hill Facebook flyer
Also, here are before/after photos from last year’ volunteer sidewalk work:
From the Times Dispatch article:
Oregon Hill artist Chris Milk Hulburt walks to the Richmond Folk Festival ever year to enjoy the music.
Last year, the beat-boxing showcase brought him to tears.
“Music has been first and foremost in my life,” he said from Quirk Hotel while installing a new one-man show. “If I hadn’t been an artist, I would have preferred to be a musician.”
Hulburt looks like an artist: wearing red suspenders, red Crocs and brown pants rolled at the bottom with the words “True Love,” embroidered by his sweetheart, stitched into the cuffs.
A graduate from Open High School, Hulburt has been making his living as an artist for the past 20 years. This year, he was selected to create the poster for the Richmond Folk Festival, which is Oct. 13-15.
