In time for the UDC Committee meeting on Thursday morning, comes this OHHIC analysis of Venture Richmond’s amphitheater proposal (Pool). (This links to a PDF that is very large and may take some time to load).
Will the City and Venture Richmond consider these 60 pages or will they continue to blow off input from Oregon Hill residents?
Due to the recent Labor Day holiday, this week’s trash and recycling pickup is on Thursday. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup Thursday. They do not belong on the sidewalk after Thursday night.
In recycling news, a Virginia man died tragically in a work accident at Roanoke recycling plant last week.
Also, another reminder for the Sierra Club Falls of the James group’s second annual Recycling Breakthrough! contest. Last year, George Mason Elementary School won first prize ($1,000). For more information, email recyclingbreakthroughcontest@gmail.com.
There are several items on the agenda pertinent to Oregon Hill for the upcoming City of Richmond Urban Design Committee meeting to be held next Thursday at 10:00am. These include curb extensions for Cumberland Avenue as well as new curb extensions at N. Laurel and W. Main Street as part of the Landmark Theatre renovations. UDC will be reviewing other items for the Landmark Theatre including lamposts, marquee, trees, etc. Perhaps of most interest is that Venture Richmond’s plan for what they call “Tredegar Green” is also on the agenda.
From email announcement:
First Tuesday of September!
Means so many good things: Greens (arugula, chard, kale, collards, cabbages) are on the way back in season. Amy’s Organic will have Student Boxes today, along with Agriberry, Byrd Farm and Epic Gardens. Robin Raver will be massaging your tired, your poor, down-trodden muscles. Blue Lotus Collective presents “Nick and Friends” acoustic music and harmonizing.Stop by Whole Foods Market today (after the market!!)
From now through 10 pm today, help Whole Foods Market celebrate their 5th anniversary in Richmond by supporting their 5% Day. Proceeds will benefit Byrd House Market and Byrd House Farmlet with infrastructure, program and marketing projects! More info at www.wbch.orgChicken with a kick of spice
Our Deb Stoneman starred on Virginia This Morning – If you missed it last Friday morning, catch it here: http://eatgoodgrowgreat.blogspot.com/ – and thanks to WTVR’s Greg McQuade for the Byrd House Market shout out at the end! Everything in the recipe is seasonal, organic goodness.VSU Dietetic Interns
will be helping out at the market this week as part of their Farm to Table rotation. This one day immersion will give them a handle on food issues at the consumer and grower market level.Wed. at Noon: Lightly on the Ground Radio
Christopher Doval, Esq. visited the outdoor studio at Epic Gardens. Join us on the front porch and hear the ambient sounds and the discussion, noon Wednesday, 9/4, on WRIR 97.3 lp FM and WRIR.ORG. Chris Doval is assistant professor at VSU Reginald L. Lewis School of Business where he teaches business ethics and corporate sustainability. In this discussion of business, plant breeding, and intellectual property, we focus on the question of labeling GMOS. Chris Doval’s thoughtful consideration of questions he had not considered before gives this conversation richness and depth. Lightly on the Ground Radio is hosted and produced by our own Patricia Stansbury. Check it out.
_____________________Ana Edwards, Manager
Byrd House Market & Library Programs
Grace Arents Library & Education Center
William Byrd Community House
www.wbch.org / 804.643.2717 ext.306
From email announcement:
Community Movie Night
Friday, August 30 at dusk
(Retro Night)Pleasants Park
Refreshments Served
Bicycle Parade info from FaceBook event page:
Come out for the monthly bicycle parade!
Every last Friday of the month!
6pm in Monroe ParkBring a freaky bike or your everyday rider
Bring your own flags, costumes, music, etc!!
(BBQ Bikes get extra credit)Riders of all sorts and skill levels welcome
Pace will be casual, set for the slowest rider
Marshals will help communicate and keep the ride safe from car trafficUPDATE: -The first direction of the parade will be passing by the Federal Courthouse at 7th and Broad, where our friends are holding a rally and march against US military involvement in Syria.
We are changing the normal route and making a pass by the demonstration as a gesture of solidarity with those affected by the struggle in Syria, as well as to support the message against US involvement. So, we encourage folks to bring signs, flags, etc to show support.
The ride will only pass by, and continue on from there, but anyone is welcome to depart and join the demonstration.
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Speaking of Syria, there is a 9 am protest against war at Syria at Monroe Park on Saturday, part of the international morning of protests happening around the world. And , speaking of protests, although it is not happening in Monroe Park , there is the March on Richmond for Jobs and Freedom on Saturday as well:
People from across the Richmond region will march for fairness, social justice, and expanded business and employment opportunities. We will gather at Festival Park behind the Richmond Coliseum by 9:00 a.m. Marchers will depart at 10:00 a.m. and proceed to the Bell Tower on Capitol Square for an 11:00 a.m. rally. The March on Richmond commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in which Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.
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At the same time, it is worth noting that VCU is still putting up obnoxious signage everywhere. VCU just installed banners on the northern side of Monroe Park on light poles situated on the sidewalk right of way. They even installed one in front of the Prestwould. Have these passed muster with the City’s Department of Public Works? Monroe Park is Richmond’s oldest and most historic municipal PUBLIC park, listed on both the state and the federal registers of historic places. Are these signs a measure foreshadowing a takeover of the park by VCU and the proposed lease with the Monroe Park Foundation?
From email announcement:
You and your good taste!
Grab supper on the way home!
from Byrd House Market: Simple pepper and onion stir-frys and juicy sliced tomato sandwiches with farm cheddar cheese. Grilled portobello mushshrooms with carmelized onions and salad greens drizzled with cucumber, dill and yogurt dressing. Pick any three veggies, chop, toss with olive oil and a little S&P to taste, roast 30 minutes at 385, serve with that same cucumber, dill and yogurt dressing!! Pasture raised beef burgers on a bed of arugula and padron peppers! Fruit and cheese for dessert. OR yogurt and honey. ALL LOCAL! ALL THE TIME!
Try a familiar recipe with a new ingredient!
Eat Good Grow Great!
We accept SNAP and Credit/Debit cards – give you wooden tokens to spend at the market. What can you buy with your SNAP EBT? Click Here to find out!
New Pet Watering station
We’ve put it right next to the People Watering station at Byrd House Market tent. They get thirsty too!Renew Richmond presents:
good with berries
More More and More at ByrdHouseMarket.blogspot.com
_____________________Ana Edwards, Manager
Byrd House Market & Library Programs
Grace Arents Library & Education Center
William Byrd Community House
www.wbch.org / 804.643.2717 ext.306
Just a reminder that the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association (OHNA) is holding it’s monthly meeting tomorrow, Tuesday, August 27th, at 7 pm at William Byrd Community House (WBCH).
Councilperson Parker Agelasto’s office is making arrangements to have someone available from DPW to give a presentation on the Idlewood Roundabout and to discuss parking districts.
From the archives (ed. note: I did add the boldness to resolution 2):
FIRST ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE
PRESIDENT TO THE STOCKHOLDERS
OF THE
JAMES RIVER AND KANAWHA COMPANY,
TOGETHER WITH THE
PROCEEDINGS OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
At their first Annual Meeting in December 1835.
TO WHICH IS PREFIXED,
AN INTRODUCTION,
CONTAINING THE
PROCEEDINGS OF THE STOCKHOLDERS
At their first General Meeting, commencing on Monday the
25th of May, 1835.page vii
TUESDAY, May 26th, 1835.
The stockholders met pursuant to adjournment.
Present as on yesterday, and stockholders and proxies representing
704 additional shares of stock.
Mr. Johnson, from the committee appointed on yesterday,
reported in part the following resolutions :
1. Resolved, That of the three plans of improvement specified
in the 22d section of the act, entitled, “an act incorporating
the stockholders of the James river and Kanawha com.
pany,” and by one or the other of which, to be selected at its
discretion, the company is charged with the duty of connecting
the tide water of James river with the navigable waters of
the Ohio, the stockholders deem it expedient and proper to
prefer, and do hereby elect, the first in the order of specification
set forth in said section; that is to say, “by a continuation
of the lower James river· canal to some suitable point on
the river not lower than Lynchburg, a continued rail-road
from the western termination of that canal to some convenient
point on the Great Kanawha river, below the great falls
thereof, and an improvement of the Kanawha river from
thence to the Ohio, so as to make it suitable for steam-boat
navigation.”
2. Resolved, That, with the exceptions herein after speci-
fied, the canal shall have a breadth at the bottom of not less
than 35 feet, and at the surface of not less than 50 feet, and
a depth of water of not less than 5 feet, with a suitable towpath
and guard-bank.
3. Resolved, That the breadth of the canal may, within
the minimum limit prescribed by the charter, be modified,
where local circumstances require it; and more especially in
the cases of deep cutting, steep side cutting, embanking, and
also where it is supported by walls; but a depth of 5 feet shall
be preserved throughout the line.
Pine Street Baptist Church held a welcoming party for VCU students yesterday evening in Pleasants Park.
