By the way, a short video from the roof of Pine Street Baptist Church was posted online and some commenters did not seem to understand it was before the snowfall…
https://www.reddit.com/r/rva/comments/1petot9/view_from_pine_street_baptist_church/
The last Oregon Hill neighborhood Association meeting included an informal report from the City’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities
– Holly Street Playground Updates (Provided by Ryan Rinn)
• Work has started on the restroom upgrades which will include:
◦ Resizing the doors to be ADA Accessible
◦ A new roof
◦ New fixtures
◦ New automatic locking doors that will be set to open at sunrise and lock at sunset (if anyone wants to see the mechanism they can check out the new modular restroom facility in Bryan Park by the playground there)
◦ New paint
◦ ADA access ramp into facility
• We are awaiting guidance from DPU regarding some stormwater upgrades they have planned for the site before we plan other major improvements to the park. We should know by the end of October what their work schedule will be and what impacts it will have on the park, and planned park upgrades
• We have received permission to move a playground we had slated for another site, and issued a purchase order for, to Holly Street. I will be working with the representative from Kompan to provide some options for the community to review based on the approved conceptual plans.
◦ I do not yet have full details on what this means, except that the $400K budget will go further to implement additional community priorities beyond the playground features. I will be able to provide a full update in November.
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The signs are up, so take note.
…and then, suddenly this week, there are curb cuts!
Street cleaning next week. Look for the signs.
From Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association announcement:
The first of two community engagement meetings will take place on 10/28 at 5:30pm in Holly St. Playground. We want community input on the first design of a full park renovation, as well as new ideas! Please come share your thoughts. This first draft will be discussed as well as other ideas.
Clearly, an older resident.
The Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association sponsored a cleanup/beautification of Holly Street Playground this morning and several neighbors came out to volunteer.