Applications for the 2022-2023 school year will open on for current 10th graders Oct. 26, 2021, and will close Feb. 18, 2022. Students will be notified of admission to the program in March. To apply, go tohttps://espapplication.vbcps.com.
To that end, as we continue to work on the curb appeal of our building, we have a goal to raise $100 per year served by Don and turn that $4000 into a new, fabulous flagpole to be installed in Don’s honor.
The Virginia Beach Public Works – Stormwater Engineering program has scheduled a public meeting for the Lake Bradford / Chubb Lake (CIP 7-053) project on Wednesday, November 10, 2021, between 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. at the Bayside Recreation Center. The center is located at 4500 First Court Road.
This will be an informal public meeting, beginning with a 30-minute update presentation on the Lake Bradford/Chubb Lake Drainage Study, as well as introduce the upcoming Lake Pleasure House Outfall and Lake Bradford Dredging construction projects.
Representatives from Public Works will be available to answer questions following the presentation.
We will also ask the attendees to complete an online survey to provide feedback on the presentation, as well as any comments or concerns.
Please go to our website at www.vbgov.com/lakebradford for more information or contact us at lakebradford@vbgov.com.
“All, please consider attending the 1 pm reception on 10/30 and acknowledge all of the hard work by the artist with the Shore Drive/Route 13 Underpass mural project. I have stopped by a couple of times and it is quite impressive. Stacey Shiflet will make a quick statement on behalf of the Bayfront Advisory Commission. I look forward to attending and hope to see many of you there!” – Mark
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Nina Goodale will also be on site Saturday 10/30, at the Shore Drive/Northampton Blvd. underpass (from 11am to Noon). She will have safety vests with her to make sure everyone is visible to traffic while at the underpass.
This will be an opportunity to drop by, ask questions and learn more about the mural. No RSVP is necessary.
Breaking News: The developers of the Marlin Bay Apartment complex have sent a letter to the city withdrawing the project from the City Council agenda. We support their request to withdraw the application and we thank the developers and owners for listening to the community’s concerns and reconsidering the potential redevelopment of those lots. We look forward to working with them on finding a mutual solution to this and other projects within the community.
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Citizens will have the opportunity to provide feedback to the City Council during the meeting on Tuesday, October 5. Following public comment, the City Council will proceed to closed session for deliberation and then return to open session to make a formal vote on an appointment to fill the Lynnhaven District vacancy.
The Virginia Beach Public Works Operations Group has scheduled routine maintenance to the Long Creek Bridge on West Great Neck Road beginning the end of this month. Crews will begin work the week of September 27, 2021.
The structure is currently 60 years old (built circa 1961) and carries two lanes of traffic over Long Creek and provides vehicular access to Bay Island.
This project is considered preventative maintenance and will consist of:
Repairs to the deck and beams
Repairs/replacement of expansion joints
Epoxy deck overlay
Cleaning, painting, and waterproofing of piles, caps, and beams
Replacement of bridge fender system
The project will require phased closures of sections of the bridge with ingress/egress to Bay Island being maintained at all times.
The work is scheduled to be completed April 2022 – weather permitting.
Additional information and schedules will be published on a regular basis as they are finalized.
For questions, information, and updates, please e-mail: jrevans@vbgov.com.
Summer was in session in the 60’s! Boys, like Larry Conner Jr of Baylake Pines, would spend endless days at the YMCA Camp. The YMCA grounds covered 43 acres of a live oak forest and included the stretch of beach from Baylake Beach to the westernmost Jefferson Blvd beach access. Opened in 1939, over the decades, neighborhood boys would spend from $6-12 for a season passand enjoy all the recreation their hearts could dream up! There was a baseball diamond, volleyball court, and canoes and kayaks for rent. The Beach Club/cantina that was built in 1949 served ice cream and offered up a pinball machine and a foosball table. Larry said “we did a lot of hanging out.” Like all seasons however, this one came to a end. The rapid growth of Virginia Beach created a demand for housing in our community. The summer camp closed in the early 70’s, making way for the Water Oaks Condominiums, a private beachfront estate.
Norbeck Development Associates filed the first building plans for Water Oaks with the city in 1972. The community included not only the existing 52 units, clubhouse, and pools, but also tennis courts and two nine-story towers with 149 units in each plus several additional townhouse buildings! The Olympic-size pool would have accommodated the entire community. But, just after the first phase was built, the city required a seawall be installed. This construction delay and expense, coupled with worsening economic conditions, led to an investor backing out and the remaining project being foreclosed upon in June of 1979. The towers would never be built, and the area was re-imagined as Aeries on the Bay.
Outside of Ocean Park, the mid 70’s had delivered several hi-rise condos to the Virginia Beach bayfront including Chesapeake House, Seagate Colony, Harbour Gate, and the first Cape Henry Tower (the second tower was never built). The resort condo market had slowed, and it was apparent that something different was needed for the community. The two towers of Water Oaks were scrapped from the Aeries vision, therefore the new developer, R.G. Moore, would need to get the City of Virginia Beach to grant him the additional density he wanted on less green space. As part of the negotiations, he relinquished the privately-owned beach parcel to the city. The deed, which specifies that it shall remain open space permanently, was transferred to the City of Va Beach in 1984, and it became known legally as Aeries on the Bay Recreational Park. The 9.3 acres of beach runs north to the mean low water mark of the Chesapeake Bay, west to the still privately-owned parcel of Baylake Beach, and east to the city-owned beach at Jefferson.
The “1486 foot white beach and windswept dunes” advertised in the Water Oaks brochures back in 1975 was preserved, but this time for the public to enjoy, just like neighborhood parks in other communities. The YMCA Camp is gone, but private endeavors such as VB Seacamp have provided the younger generations with the opportunities to master the kayaks and canoes and go on beach nature hikes. Sand volleyball courts can be found along these Chesapeake Bay beaches. Ice cream can be delivered to your own personal beach camp by our friendly ice cream vendor, and of course there are food delivery services to choose from today! As the young’uns in our community can tell you, there is still a lot of hanging out to be done on the endless summer days on the beach at Ocean Park.
Circa today
You might have seen this terrific article originally published in Bayfront Living. Thanks for letting us share it Windy!
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