From Facebook event page:
Please come out for dinner from 5:00 until closing, on Monday, May 21 and Pescados-China Street will donate a portion of the entire day’s take to St. Andrew’s School!
Pescados is right in our own eclectic Oregon Hill neighborhood and features a vibrant mix of Caribbean and Latin flavors using local, organic, and wild caught ingredients.
Today is the last day to submit name suggestions for the otter mascots! Say what? Click here for previous post and info.
Also, don’t forget the Pine Street Baptist Yard Sale tomorrow. Click here for previous post and info.
From announcement:
Just a quick reminder that tomorrow is National Bike to Work Day and we will be recognizing this with the Mayor’s Bike Ride here in Richmond. There will be six (6) commuter bike convoys starting at various locations around the city converging on Monroe Park.
Elwood Thompson
Jennifer Wampler, Captain
Meet: 6:30, Depart 6:45Bryan Park
Bud Vye, Captain
Meeting 6:20
Depart 6:30Forest Hill Park – Stone House
Alan Cooper, Captain
Meet 6:30
Depart 6:45Tricycle Gardens (Church Hill)
Michael Gilbert, Captain
Meet 6:30
Depart 6:45Manchester – Plant Zero
Tom Bowden Captain
Meet 6:30
Depart 6:45Laurel Park Shopping Center
Sheryl Finucane, Captain
Meet 6:20
Depart 6:30The Deputy Secretary of Transportation David Tyeryar will deliver the Governor’s Proclamation, and then Mayor Dwight Jones will give a Welcome Address. At 7:30, we will depart from Monroe Park en masse for City Hall. I hope you will leave your car at home and join us for this fun event!
Jan Hatcher
Executive Director
Partnership for Smarter Growth
From Craigslist ad:
These are a pair of size 10, Bullet, Mens roller skates, purchased for boyfriend New at 65.00. He wore them once and decided he did not like skating :)
Description:
Chicago Bullet Speed Skate features:
Low Cut Speed Boot with Padded Ankle Collar
Lightweight Chassis with Aluminum Double Action Truck
Wide Trac Cast Urethane Speed Wheels with ABEC 1 Speed Bearings
Laces and Power Strap.
From the Facebook Event page:
The 1st Annual Oregon Hill Memorial Day Soccer Invitational: May 26 and May 27th — 7 v 7 tournament at Oregon Hill.
Register your team by emailing Ben Jones at hokiestox at gmail.com or by joining the Facebook event. Please include the jersey color and an estimate of the number of players attending the tournament.
Deadline to register is May 23rd.
Games will last approximately 40 minutes with two, 20 minute halves. Tournament style (round robin, etc) depends on total number of teams in attendance.
Suggested donation is 2$ per player for referee costs.
Supposedly, the following ordinance will be put up for vote at the City’s Planning Commission meeting on Monday:
Ord. No. 2012-74 (Patron: Mayor Jones) – To amend and reordain City Code §§ 114-402.2, concerning permitted accessory uses and structures, 114-620.5, concerning division of lots to accommodate existing dwelling units, and 114-1040.3 concerning additional exceptions granted by the Board of Zoning Appeals, for the purpose of discouraging the use of the special use permit process by expanding the special exceptions available under the zoning ordinance.
(Planning Commission, Monday, May 21, 2012, 1:30 p.m.)
One interpretation of this is that Mayor Jones has introduced the ordinance to expand the authority of the Board of Zoning Appeals. It allows for additional sign height except for billboards. Will the next step be to add billboards?
This ordinance is one that caused blogger C Wayne Taylor concern in the past. Last year the BZA decided 32 cases and only denied 3.
Anyone following the latest proceedings in the illegal Mayo Island billboard saga?
The Mayor’s Participation, Action, & Communication Team for 4th Precinct meets tomorrow evening.
From announcement:
PLEASE JOIN MPACT and THE DEPARTMENT OF PARKS, RECREATION and COMMUNITY FACILITIES
TOMRROW!
Thursday, May 17, 2012 @ 6PM
Linwood Holton Elementary School
1600 W. Laburnum Ave.As we embark on another fun filled summer and children begin their summer vacation it is important that they have constructive activities to partake in. It is just as important that parents are also able to enjoy the season with their children through other family activities and events.
Please join MPACT and the Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities to hear about these events and activities. Some of which include upcoming summer programs, this year’s Summer Camp Program, pool schedules, and Movies in the Park.
This Wednesday is a red Wednesday, which means trash and recycling pickup. Please make sure you pick up containers after pickup tomorrow night. They do not belong on the sidewalk after tomorrow night.
If every American recycled just one-tenth of their newspapers, we would save about 25,000,000 trees a year.
