RichmondBizSense.com reports on the YWCA’s plans for expanding its childcare program.
The nonprofit’s Sprout School, a full-day and year-round early childhood education program, is expected to open a downtown Richmond location in spring 2022 and an Oregon Hill location in winter 2023.
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The Oregon Hill outpost will be located at St. Andrew’s School at 227 S. Cherry St. The school and nonprofit have already signed an agreement to open the location, Tissiere said.
From announcment:
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church is joining with faith communities around the nation in marking a National Day of Mourning. We mourn the lives lost in this pandemic. We mourn the livelihoods and economic security that has been lost in the pandemic. We mourn the countless lives lost to systemic racism. We mourn the pain and fear that our siblings of color experience on a daily basis. We mourn that we have not made enough progress in creating a world of justice for all.
At 3:00 p.m. this afternoon, the bell at St. Andrew’s will toll for ten minutes to express our grief. Wherever you are, I invite you to pause as you are able, either at 3:00 or at another point in the day, as we acknowledge our collective grief.
With the pandemic at a peak here in Virginia, large Easter gatherings have been cancelled.
But neighborhood churches are still recognizing the holiday-
St. Andrews Episcopal Church is holding Easter service online. Click here for details.
And Pine Street Baptist Church has a very poignant sermon in its April monthly Beacon newsletter called “Waiting for Who Knows What”. Here’s an excerpt:
Even as we wait for Easter, even as we wonder if we will worship together on Easter, Easter still shapes us and informs us of who we are. We are an Easter people regardless of what day we find ourselves in. Easter is not a day but a way of life as a follower of Jesus. Easter is what shapes us and forms us and tells us who we are. We wait not in despair but in hope.
From Todd Woodson, president of the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association (meets every fourth Tuesday at the St. Andrew’s Church at 7 pm):
Dear Friends and Neighbors,
We will meet this Tuesday at St Andrews, Laurel and Idlewood. Here is the agenda:
1. Updates from Richmond Police and VCU Police
2. Update from VCU Liaison
3. Neighbor William Cabell has requested that OHNA vote to allow him to petition Oregon Hill north of Albemarle St for parking permit restricted parking pursuant to City regulations.
4. OHHIC is looking for volunteers to help with a historic Oregon Hill website.
5. Our OHNA secretary, Alex Grace has moved and we will be looking for a new secretary.
Thank you,
Todd.
In addition to the RVA Environmental Film Festival this week, St. Andrew’s Church is starting its own community movie series.
Wednesday, February 12, 2020, 6:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Location: St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, in the Chapel, 240 S. Laurel St., Richmond, VA US 23220So much of our faith is influenced by popular culture and many films have themes and ideas that challenge how we think about God and ourselves. Join Andrew at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 12, for the first session of our new Faith & Film series. We’ll watch the Pixar classic Inside Out and afterwards have a conversation about how our faith and our emotional life grow and change. Popcorn will be provided and feel free to bring snacks or your dinner to enjoy as we watch this wonderful movie together.
Here is an email announcement from OHNA President Todd Woodson:
Dear Friends and Neighbors
We will hold our monthly OHNA meeting at 7pm this coming Tuesday, January 28 at St Andrews Church.
Our Sector 413 Richmond police Lt Roberts has been transferred. Im hoping we will meet our new sector leader.
Also, our VCUPD liaison, Officer Wade, is no longer with VCU. Hoping to meet his replacement as well.
We will hold the election for Vice president as there were no candidates at our November elections.
The will be a presentation by a neighbor seeking a zoning exemption for building an addition to a house on 500 block Pine St.
I will seek a resolution supporting a proposed ordinance which would restore and protect the historic tree canopy in Monroe Park. I am hopefully that our wonderful councilperson will submit this legislation.
We have a resident requesting for information on restricted parking for a limited area of the neighborhood.
We will recap the Opioid and naloxone training session recently held as well as the many new trees in the neighborhood and ways we can assure their survival. We can certainly have more Opioid Training sessions as required in the neighborhood.
Our City Council liaison Amy Robins will update us on City goings on as well.
Lorne Field took these beautiful photos of winter snowman camellia blooming at St. Andrew’s Church.
In 2018, there were 1167 fatal drug overdose deaths in Virginia. Fatal drug overdose has been the leading cause of unnatural death in Virginia every year since 2013. Naloxone was patented in 1961 and has the ability to save a person who is suffering an opioid overdose. It is essential that we educate and spread training on its use as it is available through our Health Department. Together, we can save lives through this knowledge and training.
On Sunday, January 12, 2020, the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association will sponsor a short but informative training session on Opioid Overdose and Naloxone Education called REVIVE! at 2pm at St Andrews Episcopal Church at 236 S Laurel Street in Oregon Hill. You are cordially invited to attend,
If you have a friend or Family Member currently using opioids
If you currently use opioids
If you are currently abstinent but have used opioids
or if you are just interested in becoming more knowledgeable on this urgent issue,
Please join us! The training will be conducted by Barbara Ambrose LCSW. We would like to limit the class to 25 attendees. There is no charge. Please RSVP to Barbara at cats4cats@comcast.net
From City Council press release:
Councilmember Agelasto to hold meeting for the Richmond Central 5th Voter District
WHAT Richmond, Virginia – The Honorable Parker C. Agelasto, Councilmember, Richmond City Council, Richmond Central 5th Voter District, will hold a meeting for the Richmond Central 5th Voter District. This will be the final individual event Councilmember Agelasto will personally host in the District, as he is voluntarily stepping off Council as of November 30, 2019.
The planned agenda for this meeting includes the following:
AGENDA
· Proposed Richmond Navy Hill Development Project: Presentation with Questions & Answers
– Representative, Richmond Economic Development Authority
– Representative, Navy Hill District Corporation· Richmond Central 5th Voter District Updates
WHEN Thursday, October 24, 2019
6:30 – 8:00 p.m.WHERE St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church
240 S. Laurel Street; Richmond, VirginiaCONTACT For more information, please contact: Amy Robins, Liaison for The Honorable Parker C. Agelasto, Councilmember, Richmond City Council, Richmond Central 5th Voter District, at 804.646.5724 (tel), or amy.robins@richmondgov.com (email).
Councilmember Agelasto holds individual meetings that include his goals and accomplishments, topical agendas, and special guests. He invites all Richmond Central 5th Voter District residents to attend. Meeting dates, times, locations, agendas, and special guests are subject to change.
Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association president Todd Woodson sent an email reminder that next week’s OHNA meeting at 7pm on October 22nd at St Andrews Church will primarily consist of a presentation by the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay concerning ways we can help waterways and especially our precious James River. The community is welcome to attend.