From Hollywood Cemetery:
James Monroe’s birthday celebration is an annual event at Hollywood Cemetery. A grave-site presidential wreath laying is hosted by the James Monroe Memorial Foundation.
The event will begin at 11:00am (subject to any changes by the Army, which conducts the ceremony) and is open to the public.
RichmondBizsense.com has an article on how St. Andrew’s School has been able to raise money for renovating its 114-year-old building. An excerpt from the article:
St. Andrew’s School in Oregon Hill recently completed its capital campaign, surpassing its $1.2 million goal by nearly $300,000 within five months, allowing it to update its historic building at 227 S. Cherry St.
St. Andrew’s teaches students from low-income local families and offers an alternative to their assigned public school. All students are given full scholarships, and the school provides free breakfast, lunch and a snack each school day. Full capacity is about 96 students
St. Andrew’s teaches kids from kindergarten through 5th grade, and its current capacity is less than 100 students.
St. Andrew’s teaches kids from kindergarten through 5th grade, and its current capacity is less than 100 students.
The school’s Building Improvement Initiative fundraising campaign began in September. Head of School Cyndy Weldon-Lassiter said the renovations are the first step of multiple phases that will allow St. Andrew’s to better serve its students.
From email announcement:
Hello all
Here is your monthly reminder that OHNA is meeting tomorrow night, Tuesday, April 28th, at 7 pm at WBCH.
On the agenda:
An update on the Tredegar Green rezoning.
Erin Stanforth. She is VCU’s Director of Sustainability and has about a 15-20 minute interactive presentation seeking input on VCU’s Sustainability Plan.
Thanks
Jennifer
OHNA
College students living in Oregon Hill are invited to visit Pine Street Baptist Church tomorrow night (Monday, April 27th) at 8 pm for a free pancake breakfast meal as a break from studying for exams. Instructions say go to the side door on Albemarle Street.
From RAIDSonline.com:
THEFT FROM BUILDING
6XX SPRING ST
Apr 25, 2015 at 12:30 pm
Data provided by Richmond Police Department
From a recent news article in North Carolina:
Rockingham County officials are fighting with local residents in court over zoning for a kennel.
The Rockingham County Board of Commissioners revealed at its meeting Monday that it is battling a lawsuit filed by neighbors living in Oregon Hill, just south of Eden.
The lawsuit alleges the county used spot zoning to allow a kennel to open in that area.
…
“You say you’re for property rights, but what about my property rights?” asked Ashley Wyatt, who said she dreads hearing dozens of barking dogs from the kennel in Oregon Hill, which backs up to her property.
Just received notice that there will be cannon fire associated with a ceremony in Hollywood Cemetery tomorrow (Saturday) between 1:00 PM and 1:30 pm.
There were traffic backups and delays on S. Cherry Street and Idlewood Avenue this afternoon.
There is still no word on the exact date that the Idlewood Roundabout Project will start.
Expect mass transit discussion to grow.
From Hollywood Cemetery’s FaceBook page:
We’d like to take a moment to thank our many volunteers today. You deserve more recognition than a single day can give. Thanks for all you do to preserve the beauty of Hollywood!
The Times Dispatch Public Square events are sometimes good and sometimes very weak, depending on how topics are presented and moderated. But this one sounds like it it could be a better one (and maybe of particular interest to Oregon Hill, which is often described as a “traditionally white neighborhood”):
Public Square 56: Why is Richmond still segregated? Thursday, April 23, 12-1:30 p.m., Richmond Times-Dispatch 1st Floor Auditorium (300 E. Franklin Street)
At the Richmond Times-Dispatch’s next Public Square, we’ll explore the issue of segregation in the region. We’ll include presentations from Heather Mullins Crislip, president and CEO of Richmond’s Housing Opportunities Made Equal, and John V. Moeser, senior fellow in the Bonner Center for Civic Engagement at the University of Richmond and professor emeritus of urban studies and planning at Virginia Commonwealth University. We’ll also hear from Victor K. Branch, Richmond market president for Bank of America and a HOME board member, and longtime Times-Dispatch columnist Michael Paul Williams. As always, the audience will be invited to ask questions and make comments.
Also:
Richmond Public Schools (RPS) State of the Schools Address Tuesday, April 28, 6 p.m., 1500 N. Lombardy St., RVA 23220
Come join the members of RPS and the Richmond community to discuss the current state and future of the schools in Richmond. The event will be held at the Claude G. Perkins Living and Learning Center (on the campus of Virginia Union University).