From SynerGeo
Hey Everyone!
MONDAY, NOV. 17TH, SynerGeo is hosting their monthly
Oregon Hill Community Dinner.
Please join us to enjoy a wonderful meal and interact
with your neighbors.
All are encouraged to bring a dish or dessert to share.
This community dinner is special because it will be paired
with an Oregon Hill Art Show!
SynerGeo located at 349 S. Laurel street on the corner
of S. Laurel and Albemarle streets.
We hope to see you all there!
TRAFFIC PATTERN CHANGES
SUNTRUST RICHMOND MARATHON, McDONALD’S HALF MARATHON & NTELOS 8k
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2008
Cary Street will be closed between 3rd and 12th Streets from 4am to 5pm. The recommended detour is southbound 3rd Street to Byrd Street. Byrd Street will bear left and intersect Canal Street. Follow Canal east to 14th Street.
Broad Street (both eastbound and westbound) between 4th and 11th Streets will be closed to traffic from 4 to 9am. Westbound traffic will be detoured north onto 11th Street and west on Leigh Street to the Boulevard.
Broad Street (both eastbound and westbound) between 4th Street and N. Boulevard will be closed from 6 to 9. Eastbound traffic will be detoured north on Sheppard Street, east on Marshall Street, north on the Boulevard, east on Leigh Street, south on 10th Street, east on Marshall Street, south on 12th Street back to Broad Street.
Traffic on 4th Street will be reversed starting at 9am to allow Eastbound Broad Street traffic to access Franklin Street to Bank Street to 12th or 14th Street.
Grace Street from Allen Ave. to 3rd Street will be closed from 6am to 3pm.
3rd Street from Broad Street to Cary Street will be closed from 6am to 3pm.
Mulberry Street between Broad St. and Monument Ave. will be closed from 6 to 9am for the Ntelos 8K.
Grace Street will be closed between Boulevard and Allen Ave. from 6 to 9am for the NTELOS 8K.
Lombardy Street between Brook Rd. and Monument Ave will be closed from 7 to 3pm.
North Boulevard northbound from Broad St. to Hermitage Rd. will be closed from 7 to 10am for the McDonald’s Half Marathon.
Hermitage Road northbound from Boulevard to Pope Ave will be closed from 7 to 10am for the McDonalds Half Marathon.
Brookland Parkway eastbound from Hermitage Rd. to Lamont St. will be closed from 7 to 10am for the McDonald’s Half Marathon.
Lamont Street from Brookland Pkwy to Whitby Rd. will be closed from 7 to 10am for the McDonald’s Half Marathon.
Whitby Road from Lamont St. to Rennie Ave will be closed from 7 to 10am for the McDonald’s Half Marathon.
Rennie Ave. from Whitby Rd. to Loxley Rd. will be closed from 7 to 10am for the McDonald’s Half Marathon.
Loxley Road from Rennie Ave. to Westwood Ave will be closed from 7 to 10am for the McDonald’s Half Marathon.
Westwood Ave. from Loxley Rd. to Hermitage Rd. will be closed from 7 to 10am for the McDonald’s Half Marathon.
Gloucester Road from Westwood Ave. to Wilmington Ave. will be closed from 7 to 10am for the McDonald’s Half Marathon.
Confederate Ave. from Chatham Rd. to Lamont St. will be closed from 7 to 10am for the McDonald’s Half Marathon.
Wilmington Avenue from Chatham Rd. to Lamont St. will be closed from 7 to 10am for the McDonald’s Half Marathon.
Monument Avenue westbound between Mulberry and Westmoreland will be closed from 7:30 to 9:30am.
Grove Avenue westbound between Commonwealth and Granite will be closed from 7:30 to 9:30am.
Riverside Dr. will be closed from the Huguenot Bridge to Scottview Drive from 6am to Noon.
Forest Hill Ave. westbound from Roanoke St. to W. 47th St. will be closed from 8 to 11:30am.
Belvidere Street northbound at Grace Street will be closed from 7am to 3pm. The recommended detour will be east on Byrd Street to the Downtown Expressway eastbound to I-95 northbound.
Belvidere Street southbound between Broad and Grace Streets will be closed from 7am to 3pm. The recommended detour for southbound Belvidere Street will be onto I-95 southbound just north of Leigh Street.
The Huguenot Bridge will be closed to northbound traffic from 8am to approximately 11am. Northbound traffic on Huguenot Road will be detoured north from Huguenot Road onto Chippenham Parkway to the Willey Bridge.
The southbound exit ramp from the Powhite Parkway to Forest Hill Avenue and the northbound entrance ramp from westbound Forest Hill Avenue onto the Powhite Parkway will be closed to traffic from 8am until approximately 11am.
There will also be numerous and frequent lane closures along the Marathon, Half Marathon & 8k routes, including closures on: Broad Street, North Boulevard, Monument Avenue, Grove Avenue, Granite Avenue, Cary Street Road, River Road, Scottview Drive, Forest Hill Avenue, Semmes Avenue, the Lee Bridge, Belvidere Street, West Main Street, Hermitage Road, Fauqier Avenue, Brook Road. Motorists are advised to use extreme caution when entering these roadways or making turns across the runners’ paths along these roadways.
For more info, go to the Richmond Marathon website.
As VCU celebrates its 40th birthday, Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association President Scott Burger calls on VCU and the Richmond community to reflect on the university’s encroachment into surrounding neighborhoods.
This is a positive development. I am assuming this is ADA compliant (?). Hopefully there will be more ADA improvements in the future.
William Byrd Community House is pleased to announce the next lecture in its Hans S. Falck Lectureship on Social Responsibility, Civil Rights and Race Relations in Virginia Public Education: A Case Study in Social Change, for Thursday, October 23, 2008 from 7-9PM at St. Andrew’s School Auditorium (236 S Laurel St., Richmond, VA 23220). For additional information and directions call: 804-643-2717 or visit the WBCH website at: http://wbch.org.
in front of 121 S. Cherry
on 300 block of S. Laurel
More followup to the impetus. But why is it in the TD’s ‘Entertainment’ section?
A task force of Virginia Commonwealth University professors and administrators is recommending a new corporate research review committee to implement updated guidelines on business-sponsored research at the school.
Dear Monroe Park Campus Community Advisory Group:
Tomorrow, Wednesday, October 1, at noon, VCU will conduct our once-a-month emergency siren test on both the Monroe Park and MCV Campuses to ensure that the sirens are in proper working order. This test also serves to ensure that the siren batteries are fully charged. Unlike the test near the beginning of each semester which is a two-minute wail, the monthly tests consist of a one minute wail of the siren.
A reminder about text messaging and our VCU Alert Web site: text messaging is one of VCU’s primary channels for rapid communications and information. Text messages will be used for notifications about emergencies and closings and delays for inclement weather. There is no cost for enrolling. If you haven’t done so already, you may sign up for text messaging at www.vcu.edu/alert/notify. You can also subscribe on this same web page for email alerts. Emergency information also will be available on the VCU Alert Web site at www.vcu.edu/alert, which is also accessible off the VCU homepage at www.vcu.edu, and if you have signed up for them, you will receive an e-mail alert in a real emergency.
With this routine now well established, I will only e-mail the Community Advisory Group when there is any enhancement or change about which you would want to know. And please, do not hesitate to forward this email to your neighbors, to help spread the word about the siren test.
Sincerely,
SAM
Sue Ann Messmer
Chief of Staff, Office of the President
and Vice President for External Relations
phone: (804) 828-1200
fax: (804) 828-7532
e-mail: samessme@vcu.edu
