Laurel Street Trees Removed

Posted on May 8, 2020 by Scott

Laurel Street neighbor Marc Leslie supplied some action pics as a large tree was removed from the west side of the 400 back of S.Laurel this morning.

Aftermath:

Trees and more trees!

Posted on January 16, 2020 by Scott

Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association President Todd Woodson shares his enthusiasm:

The warm weather has got some trees blooming prematurely as well as some flowers. Cold weather is coming though.
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Great news that we have many new street trees coming to Oregon Hill- some already planted and more wherever you see a red flag in a tree well. This is on top of the 11 we planted in November through a Community Roots Grant.

Plants Of The James River

Posted on December 19, 2019 by Scott

Only a few more days to see this exhibit…

Tree Planting Tomorrow

Posted on November 29, 2019 by Scott

From Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association’s (re-elected) President Todd Woodson:

Friends: We will be planting 11 street trees in Oregon Hill Saturday morning and could use a hand in the planting and watering in. Meeting 9:30AM at 820 Idlewood Ave (front of St Andrews School). Bring a shovel and a jug of water and let’s fight global warming together! FAMILY FRIENDLY! See you there!

Trees and Upcoming OHNA Meeting

Posted on November 19, 2019 by Scott

Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association president Todd Woodson recently sent out some reminders:

On November 30th, we will be planting 10 street trees in the neighborhood. Please join us to help plant these beauties provided by a grant from the Community Roots program at 9:30am at the entrance to St Andrews School at 820 Idlewood Ave. Bring a shovel and jug for water if you can. I’ve included a photo of our new trees below. Thanks for your help on this! This will be the last day Councilman Agelasto will be in office before Stephanie Lynch takes over so lets plant some TREES (we will have professional supervision)!!!.

The OHNA meeting on November 26th will include officer elections for the upcoming year. We will also vote on a motion to donate a remote weather station (up to 250 dollars) to Open High so they can keep meteorological records for Oregon Hill. This will be a great asset to our friends at Open in their science classes in learning about meteorology. We can also chart warming/cooling trends for the neighborhood. Please mark the meeting on your calendar.

Back When Monroe Park Was Wooded

Posted on November 15, 2019 by Scott

A view of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart from Monroe Park sometime after 1905. This is number 0490 of the Cook Collection, on display at the Valentine Museum. Go see it in person, (support the Valentine!) and get a better idea of why so many residents want the Monroe Park Conservancy’s lease rescinded.

OHNA Meeting Reminder

Posted on October 21, 2019 by Scott

From email:

Dear Friends and Neighbors

Just a reminder for our meeting tomorrow (Tuesday) evening at 7 at St Andrews Church. The meeting will include a presentation from the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay on ways we can help our beloved James River and other waterways in our state and to provide resources.

Also a reminder that on Saturday, November 9th starting at 9:30am, we will be planting 10 trees in neighborhood tree wells and need volunteers to help with the planting and initial watering in. Please let me know if you can help. Many hands make light and enjoyable work!

I will also ask the membership in attendance to authorize the association spending up to $200 for a remote digital weather station unit to donate to the science department at Open High to establish a long term record of meteorological information of the neighborhood in an effort to provide independent and sustainable data on climate change in our neighborhood and to serve the school as an educational tool.

The president of Open High Sophomore class also will make a short address on plans they are making to serve our community and make beneficial improvements.