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MON April 14 SACL Meeting, updated location
Monday evening’s (April 14, 2014) Suburban Acres Civic League meeting will be held at Norfolk Collegiate School due to last-minute scheduling issues with Suburban Park Elementary (floor maintenance occurring during spring break). Our guests are Councilperson Terry Whibley, and mayoral candidates Michael Muhammad and Jane Bethel (Norfolk municipal election is May 6th) .
Monday Evening March 10th Meeting
Monday evening March 10th is an EARNN (Environmental Awards for Recycling in Norfolk Neighborhoods) meeting. We need at least 30 attendees to claim our EARNN points!
Our special guest speaker is Fleta Jackson, from the City of Norfolk’s Stormwater Division. Doors open at 6 pm for refreshments; meeting starts at 6:30.
All year long the civic league members conduct recycling and sustainability projects–like our adopt-a-spot cleanups, participation in the Great American Clean-up, and featuring meeting speakers who address conservation and sustainability topics. We earn points for these efforts–as well as the neighborhood’s recycling (blue bin) set out rate, and earn a cash rebate from the city that is used for neighborhood activities.
Please bring a family member, friend, or other guest to our meeting Monday night! 50/50 raffle, and door prizes (featuring a $25 Harris Teeter gift card).
100th State House of Delegates Special Election Tuesday Feb. 25th
A special election to fill the seat of former Delegate Lynwood Lewis (now a state senator) will be held on Tuesday February 25th. Army veteran and Eastern Shore businessman Willie C. Randall won the Democratic primary on February 1st. Eastern Shore businessman Robert Bloxom Jr. won the Republican nomination at an Eastern Shore mass meeting on February 8th. For more about the candidates, click here to see our Special Election Page.
The Suburban Acres, Suburban Park, Granby Park, Glen Echo Shores, Bollingbrook, Cromwell Farms, and Ellsworth neighborhoods vote at Suburban Park Elementary School (Precinct 215), 310 Thole Street.
Polls are open 6 am to 7 pm.
Meadowbrook residents kept in the dark on school site redevelopment
The City of Norfolk solicited requests for proposals for the site of Meadowbrook Elementary School without contacting or consulting the Meadowbrook Civic League, which might have provided helpful input on parameters for future redevelopment. The city received three development proposals, none of which meet the criteria outlined in the civic league’s position statement, primarily due to the residential density of the proposals, and lack of enough green space being maintained. A public forum was finally held on February 19th after inquiries and disappointment was expressed by the Meadowbrook Civic League. The smallest of the three proposals will result in 22 single-family homes, the largest specifies up to 90 apartment units.
The former Meadowbrook School, shuttered in 2009, is on Preservation Virginia’s 2011 list of Most Endangered Historic Sites in Virginia
You can review the proposed concepts, see the developers’ pitches, and provide input for the development of the site at THIS LINK
Find Meadowbrook Civic League’s position statement and petition HERE
This is a great Virginian Pilot article with all the background, and Meadowbrook residents’ frustrations: “Residents say Norfolk kept them in the dark” (Stephen M. Katz photo, The Virginian Pilot-above)
Sign the online petition at http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/save-meadowbrook-school-park.html
Additional information available on WardsCornerNow.com
Like the Save Meadowbrook Group’s Facebook page HERE
Meeting tonight, 6:30 pm
All, in addition to our scheduled guest speaker “The Taxman” (Andy Kleeger) and Willie Randall, the Democratic nominee for the 100th House of Delegates Special Election, we have another last-minute addition:
Harris Teeter Co-Manager Tim Kaetzel and Customer Service Manager Sean Ferguson will make an appearance to answer questions about the new Wards Corner/ K&K Square location, which opens on February 19th. The two will also provide information on HT’s Together-in-Education loyalty rewards program that links the store’s loyalty VIC card to the school of your choice for donations based on purchases of Harris Teeter store brand products.
See you at Suburban Park Elementary School, 310 thole Street. Doors open at 6, meeting starts at 6 pm.
Drive Safe – Old, Used, Borrowed and Abused Child Safety Seat Round-Up
Did you know that an old or broken safety seat could be putting a child in danger?
To help keep children as safe as possible, Drive Safe Hampton Roads, along with Walmart, AAA Tidewater Virginia, DMV: Virginia Highway Safety Office, Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters, Boomerang Recovery, WVEC Channel 13, West Service Center, Waste Industries, Hoffman Beverage, and Versability Resources have teamed up to conduct the 25th ANNUAL OLD, USED, BORROWED AND ABUSED CHILD SAFETY SEAT ROUND-UP.
If you have any questions about the Round-Up or traffic safety issues, please call DriveSafe Hampton Roads at 757-498-2562 or email dshr@drivesafehr.org. Click here for a flyer with details on the round-up.
February 2014 Newsletter
The February 2014 edition of The Suburban is here online, and on the way to your front door! We withheld publication of this issue until today, February 5th, at the request of Harris Teeter due to the announcement of the K&K Square/Wards Corner Harris Teeter grand opening on February 19th.
What’s in the February edition? The opening of Harris Teeter and other shops at K&K Square this month…a growing movement to convince the city to restore property tax relief for seniors and the disabled…a February 18th rally to bring mail processing back to Church Street Station—and faster mail service to all of us…and yet another special election, this time to fill former Delegate Lynwood Lewis’s seat in the 100th House of Delegates District on February 25th.
Hopefully you’ll find some “news you can use” in this month’s edition!
100th State House District, Democratic Primary Saturday, Special Election Feb. 25th
A special election to fill the seat of former Delegate Lynwood Lewis will be held on Tuesday February 25th. Republicans will hold their nominating process on February 8th.
Democratic Committees in the 100th State House District will conduct a firehouse primary this Saturday February 1st from 10 am to 2 pm. The primary voting location in Norfolk is Crossroads School, 8021 Old Ocean View Road.
For more information about the special election and the primary candidates, head to our 100th House District Special Election page.
SPECIAL ELECTION TODAY, 6TH State Senate District
6th State Senate seat vacated by Lieutenant Governor Ralph Northam.
Suburban Acres, Suburban Park, Wards Corner, and the rest of Northeast Norfolk are in the 6th District. Suburban Acres voting procedures are the same as regular elections: polling place is Suburban Park Elementary School, 310 thole Street. Polls are open until 7 pm tonight.
Candidates to replace Northam are our current State Delegate, Lynwood Lewis (D) and Norfolk businessman Wayne Coleman (R).
Suburban Acres Civic League 