Perly’s Spaghetti WBCH Dinner, Feb. 17
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Art 180 Day at Pescados This Monday
From announcement:
Pescados China Street (in Oregon Hill) is generously donating 15% of their sales ALL DAY on Monday, Jan. 31 to ART 180! Stop by for lunch between 11:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m., or for dinner from 5 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. and ART 180 gets a pretty penny—15%—at no cost to you.
ART 180 is a local non profit that has been serving Richmond’s young people since 1998. They build art-related after school programs for young people living in challenging circumstances. More info available on their website at www.art180.org or become a fan on Facebook.
4th Precinct MPACC Meeting Thursday
From MPACC (not to be confused with MPAC) announcement:
Please join your neighbors and community leaders for the 4th Precinct MPACC (Mayor’s Participation and Communication Corp) meeting at 6:30 PM on Thursday, January 27th at the 4th Precinct Police Headquarters, Community Room, 2219 Chamberlayne Ave. This monthly meeting is an opportunity to hear from City Leadership about plans to address citizen issues and to discuss with your neighbors pressing issues in your community. MPACC is designed to deliver results to high priority citizen requests and to highlight pressing issues of community members. These monthly meetings provide a chance for citizens to hear what requests have been handled and to dialogue with the City Leadership on neighborhood concerns.
Please consider joining the MPACC team for the 4th Precinct every 4th Thursday at 6:30 PM at the 4th Precinct Police Headquarters.
Charles W. Finley, Co-chair
Sector 413
School News: Open Wins Another Award; Patrick Henry Looking For More Applicants
Open High School won a 2011 Board of Education Competence to Excellence Award for having met all state and federal benchmarks for at least two consecutive years and are making progress toward the goals of the Governor and the Board of Education.
Click here for more on that award.
Also, Patrick Henry School of Science and Arts, a Richmond Public Charter School, has begun accepting elementary student applications for the upcoming 2011-12 school year.
Meanwhile In The General Assembly…McEachin Powers on
Oregon Hill’s State Senator Donald McEachin is doing great work to push forward a clean energy agenda for Virginia in the current General Assembly session.
Sadly, his bill to limit offshore oil drilling (while promoting offshore wind), SB814, died in committee yesterday. This is particularly galling to those concerned about the undue influence of the fossil fuel corporations and their disasters.
Fortunately, there are other bills to root for. In particular, SB907, also sponsored by McEachin, which is now scheduled to come up (again) in the Senate Commerce and Labor committee next week. SB907 would direct the State Corporation Commission to order utilities to develop an appropriate pricing strategy to incentivize residential customers to reduce their consumption. Inclining block rates (IBR) is just such a strategy and is designed so that the more electricity consumers use, the more they pay, sending a price signal, especially to high-use residential customers, to reduce their consumption.
Does this sound familiar? It should, because it is similar to the municipal water reform that Oregon Hill residents have lobbied for in the recent past. Paying for what you use and rewarding conservation makes the sort of common sense that many citizens want to see on all levels of our government.
Reminder: OHNA Meeting Tonight
From current Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association President Jennifer Hancock:
Just sending out a reminder that OHNA has a meeting tonight and adding to the agenda Katie, A VCU grad student, who is working on a project involving parking around the VCU campus. She would like to hear Oregon Hill’s views on the parking situation.
A Robbery And A Death In the Neighborhood
From today’s Richmond Police crime report:
4th Precinct
ROBBERY
1/22/11 5:15 a.m.
500 block of South Laurel Street
A male reported he was assaulted and robbed at gunpoint by two unknown males.4th Precinct
DEATH INVESTIGATION
1/22/11 10:00 p.m.
800 block of China Street
A male was found deceased inside the above location. Foul play is not suspect. Medical Examiner’s Office to determine cause of death.
Natural Food Coop on Pine Street?
I enjoy posting neighborhood history. This year, I have been concentrating on Civil War-era history. But I am concerned that as the years go by we are losing some of the more recent stuff that precedes the internet.
Case in point, does anyone have more info about a natural food cooperative storefront that used to exist on Pine Street back in the 1980’s? This is not to be confused with the Earthlings’ buying club, which seems to be in hibernation.
I could be wrong, but my understanding is it was in this building, now for rent, at the corner of Pine and Idlewood.
It was good to see people remembering Grace Place.
More Trash Left In Monroe Park
This photo is from last night around 5:30 p.m.
This is not the first time and this is not the first post on this subject.
Litter CleanUp on Saturday, Jan. 29th
Saw this welcome news on Facebook for LitterFreeRVA:
Happy New Year RVA!
Now that that holidays are over, we’re planning our next cleanup for Saturday, January 29th in Oregon Hill. We’re going to meet at noon at W. Cary St. & S. Cherry St. and work our way through the neighborhood. After the cleanup we’re going to meet back at one of the nearby restaurants for a great lunch. We’ll be providing gloves and trash bags, but feel free to bring some water and a snack if you’re interested. Bring your friends and help us beautify Richmond!
Click here for LitterFreeRVA’s web page.
