Here is the May 2013 edition of The Suburban…
In this issue:
Improvements planned for Glen Echo Shores entrance.
SACL receives mini-grant for Youth Civic Engagement.
Budget cuts to affect Wards Corner Plan.
Flora is back! Yard of the month returns with Spring.
Pics from Suburban Park Elementary Spring Program.
Suburban Park Elementary to hold Spring Program “Tribute to Veterans” on April 16…
Mayor’s Wards Corner Task Force meeting notes…
Norfolk Christian’s Living Water Fine Arts Showcase photos…
Information on the Lafayette River RiverFEST, April 27th…
Neighborhood to participate in Great American Cleanup on Saturday May 4th…
This month’s The Suburban now available on the web and on the way to your door…definitely a ‘transportation focus’ this month with details on major rehabilitation plans for Tidewater Drive’s Roland Park Overpass and East Little Creek Road Underpass.
AND…You’ve heard him on the radio…now’s your chance to see him in person.
What? Don’t have your own, personal financial advisor? YOU WILL this Monday night March 11 at 6:30 at our Suburban Acres Civic League meeting.
Mike Mason of Mason & Associates LLC, will speak on personal financial planning and retirement planning. Mason & Associates is a Newport News-based financial services firm that specializes in municipal, state, and federal government retirement. The firm provides assistance with financial planning, insurances, and investments.
Doors open at 6 pm, meeting starts at 6:30…see you Monday!
Meet Neighbors…
Make the neighborhood look great…
Help SACL pick up E.A.R.N.N. points…
Suburban Acres Civic League Adopt-a-Spot Cleanup, this Saturday February 23, 9—10:30 am Saturday March 2nd at 9 am to 10:30 am.
Meet at the corner of Thole St. & Galveston Blvd. for an hour or two of litter pick-up. Bags, gloves, refreshments provided.
Grades: Pre-K -5th
Come and read a Dr. Seuss book to our scholars. Come dress as Dr. Seuss or one of his many characters.
We need 29 volunteers……For more information contact Mrs. Dalmida 531-3118
The February 2013 edition of The Suburban is here…
Join us at our monthly Suburban Acres Civic League meeting Monday evening February 11th at Suburban Park Elementary School.
Doors open at 6 pm for refreshments; the meeting starts at 6:30.
The program this month includes Dr. Jay Taylor of Save Talbot Hall, a group of citizens trying to save Talbot Hall from commercial development. The Lafayette River property consists of 6.5 acres with a house that was built in the early 1800s. The Episcopal Diocese of eastern Virginia has placed the property for sale. Dr. Taylor will share his group’s efforts to date.
and…
Mr. Scott Kennedy, headmaster of Norfolk Collegiate School. Mr. Kennedy will tell us about the planned grand opening and other planned events for Norfolk Collegiate’s new center for the arts, and discuss traffic and parking plans.
Roland Park Overpass Bridge on Tidewater Drive will undergo repairs in the coming months. The City of Norfolk Department of Public Works, Design Division is hosting an informational meeting to discuss the project and resulting traffic impacts. The meeting will be held:
Tuesday, January 29, 2013 at 6:30 P.M.
Suburban Park Elementary School, Multi-Purpose Room
310 Thole Street, Norfolk, VA 23505
The meeting agenda will include a project overview, information about lane closures and detours, and anticipated construction schedule. Design engineers and City representatives will be available to answer questions about the project, which will include steel superstructure painting, bearing replacement, concrete repairs, and ramp widening.
A public hearing is being held Wednesday, January 23, 2013, 4−7 p.m. at Granby High School, 7101 Granby Street
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) and the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) are conducting a study of the I-64 Hampton Roads Bridge Tunnel (HRBT) corridor from I-664 in Hampton to I-564 in Norfolk (approximately 11 miles) to develop alternative solutions addressing insufficient capacity and to correct roadway, bridge and tunnel deficiencies in the corridor.
A draft environmental impact statement on various alternatives was released on December 21.
The public hearing is an opportunity to provide input and comment on the study, and draft environmental impact statement.
Citizens may also provide written comments electronically on VDOT’s Web site (link here), via traditional mail, or to hrbtcomments@vaprojects.com.
City officials were tight-lipped about the proposed Wards Corner deals, but Martin Thomas Jr., vice president of the Wards Corner Civic League and a member of the city’s planning commission, said residents have been pushing the city to focus on the 300 block of East Little Creek Road and the so-called “Texas streets” behind it.
Visit www.wardscornernow.com for the information and link to the Virginian Pilot article…
The City of Norfolk’s Storm Water Division is conducting an engineering study to evaluate solutions to the some of the long-term flooding problems along the creek that runs from Thole Street (by Suburban Park Elementary School) up to Virginian Drive. This creek, called the “Parkdale Stream” or Parkdale Channel” is part of the Lafayette River’s headwaters.
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