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Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association Meets Tuesday
Here is an email announcement from OHNA President Todd Woodson:
Dear Friends and Neighbors
We will hold our monthly OHNA meeting at 7pm this coming Tuesday, January 28 at St Andrews Church.
Our Sector 413 Richmond police Lt Roberts has been transferred. Im hoping we will meet our new sector leader.
Also, our VCUPD liaison, Officer Wade, is no longer with VCU. Hoping to meet his replacement as well.
We will hold the election for Vice president as there were no candidates at our November elections.
The will be a presentation by a neighbor seeking a zoning exemption for building an addition to a house on 500 block Pine St.
I will seek a resolution supporting a proposed ordinance which would restore and protect the historic tree canopy in Monroe Park. I am hopefully that our wonderful councilperson will submit this legislation.
We have a resident requesting for information on restricted parking for a limited area of the neighborhood.
We will recap the Opioid and naloxone training session recently held as well as the many new trees in the neighborhood and ways we can assure their survival. We can certainly have more Opioid Training sessions as required in the neighborhood.
Our City Council liaison Amy Robins will update us on City goings on as well.
A Reminder- Spider Mites Tomorrow
Jerry Williams is excited- it looks his documentary on ‘Dirtwoman’ has received a lot of local press for its opening tomorrow at Movieland.
Unrepresented Film Screening On Tuesday
The political documentary film ‘Unrepresented’ will be showed on Jan 28, at 6:00 PM at the VCU Commons Theater (901 Floyd Ave).
From the event page:
The documentary Unrepresented investigates the mechanisms that give political insiders enormous, unchecked power. If you are tired of the status quo taking place in Virginia, then come to the screening of the documentary and take part in a panel discussion following the movie to see the unprecedented movements taking shape to break this cycle. Engage with panel speakers Virginia Del. Sam Rasoul; Jeff Thomas, author of The Virginia Way: Democracy and Power after 2016; Liz White, Deputy Director of OneVirginia2021; Elizabeth Melson, President of FairVote Virginia; and Nancy Morgan of the Virginia chapter of American Promise. Hear about the grassroots movements taking place here at the state level that you can join to make a difference.
Richmond is the first stop on the film’s State Capital Tour across the country. Come ensure you are Represented!
Pedestrian Hit At Belvidere and Idlewood
A little bit after 7 pm tonight a pedestrian was hit by a car near the intersection of Idlewood and Belvidere.
WTVR Channel 6 has been covering the story.
Last reports was that the injured pedestrian was hospitalized in stable condition.
Car Takes Out Street Sign And Fence On Laurel Street
Photo courtesy of Julia Brown
There was a car accident midday today and a car hit a street sign and went through a house fence.
Neighbors Planning Oregon Hill Garden Tour
From announcement:
(Holly Street neighbor)
Phaedra Hise is working to set up a garden tour in May!!!
Please help us spread the word…we are looking to visit 8-10 gardens
See the “event” page for more information
Assuming we get some interest generated, we will schedule organizational meeting(s) and create a flyer
More information available on Facebook event page.
Urin at Mojo’s Tomorrow Night
German band Urin plays Mojo’s tomorrow night along with local groups Left Cross and Scheme.
More information on FaceBook event page.
Scheme:
The True Loser
is the guy who littered his ‘Pick 3’ tickets all over Laurel Street. Not to mention the person dumping all of your fast food trash out your car door. Where do these people come from?
Trees and more trees!
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.
