This month’s presentation will be on the Virginia Pilot’s Joy Fund.  Ms. Linda C. Hollingsworth will give a brief presentation and explain how the Joy Fund and SDCC can potentially work together.  She will have a question and answer session after the presentation.

Nov. 5, Monday,  6-9 p.m. at the Green Parrot, 4494 Look Out Road, Chicks Beach

All you can eat shrimp
Happy Hour prices all night
Tickets: $25 at door   $20 in advance
(Liz Dyer 425-2123 or Manager at GP 460-4640)
Come support our Great Shore Drive neighborhood
Proceeds to benefit : Shore Drive Community Coalition’s Account to Oppose Indigo Dunes

Green Parrot on the web!

Includes:
STAFF REPORTS
    Lesner Bridge Charrette Overview – David Jarman, Public Works
    Shore Drive Corridor Improvement Projects Update – Heather Ham, Public Works
    Zoning Enforcement Update – Randy Wallace, Planning

Meeting Agenda [2pg PDF]

Virginia Coastal Access Now (VCAN) believes the public has long held a prescriptive easement prior to the Sandler?s acquisition of the property and that public access is now being illegally denied.  Our non-profit respectfully requests that the City require the Sandlers remove sections of fencing and the City erect public access signs.
Read entire letter at VCANACCESS.com.
View part of their inspiration for pursuing this.

The Design Subcommittee of the Bayfront Advisory Committee will meet at 8 a.m., Monday, October 15, at the First Landing State Park Trail Center Conference Room.  The Conference Room is located at the end of the park road leading south from the Shore Drive park entrance where parking is located to access the nature trails.

According to Virginia Coastal Access Now:

VCAN does not agree with the City’s interpretation on and/or random enforcement of this City code. The issuance of tickets for wade fishing at Lynnhaven Inlet and/or the requirement to leave the water is unacceptable.

On November 6th, you can speak at the City Council Hearing about this subject, or email the City Clerk if it’s impossible to attend.

Learn more at Virginia Coastal Access Now.

Save the bay, the Lynnhaven & have more free time, buy less lawn chemicals….have a Freedom Lawn!

Read entire article at HamptonRoads.com.
Visit LynnhavenRiverNow.org to learn more about their rain barrels, rain garden workshops, & more ways to protect the Lynnhaven.

The 2 yellow labs have been reunited with their family.

Here’s some tips on what to do if you find a missing pet:

+ put a sign in front of their house that says “DOGS FOUND”.  The owners are often driving around looking for them, and that’s the only way they’ll know that someone has the dogs inside their home or in their backyard.

+ contact the Virginia Beach SPCA.

+ [encode=tim@sdcc.info?Subject=Pet Finder]email SDCC[/encode] to post info. We’ll also get the info to other Bayfront websites.

+ post info at the local craigslist.org.

+ try using PetFinder.com.

Found:
Two yellow labs, both male, no collars or tags, walking on Great Neck Road across from John B. Dey Elementary School on Friday morning, 10/12. 
Call 757-481-0987.
[encode=tim@sdcc.info?Subject=Yellow Labs]Email Tim to help.[/encode]

Read entire letter. [2pg PDF]

Fall Fest !! on Friday, October 26, 2007 at 6:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.

A Portion of the Proceeds benefit Lynnhaven River Now!

Read on to learn more….

Here’s the second post to finally continue the path to change to EE.

Wednesday, October 24TH 9:00-Noon at the Virginia Agriculture Research and Extension Center 1444 Diamond Springs Road.

Find out how landscaping can help water quality in the Lynnhaven River.

Learn how to design and build a rain garden in your yard.

Take home design plans and plant lists.

Tour the new rain garden and buffer gardens at the Center.

For more information or to register, contact Lynnhaven River NOW at 757-962-5298 or hkuhns@lynnhaven2007.com.

The health of our waters is the principal measure of how we live on the land.

Luna Leopold

Presented by Lynnhaven River Now, VT, UVA & VCE.

Click to larger version of flyer.

Would neighbors object if the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center were to build a research center on the old McLeskey property on the Lynnhaven River?

Read & comment on editorial at Pilotonline.com.

There are still some of the original designs left!

Purchase t-shirts, yard signs, decals & more to help raise funds to oppose Indigo Dunes.

For now, please contact us here:
Phone:
496-5733
Mail:
Shore Drive Community Coalition
P.O. Box 55254
Virginia Beach VA 23471

It’s November 7th, Wednesday from 8:30am-4:30pm including lunch.

If you contacted Clark Nexsen you probably received an invite in the mail this week.

Sandler officials also failed to show that they considered other siting options or that the wetlands had to be filled, according to the documents.
Read & comment on article at Pilotonline.com.

Some wetlands on Pleasure House Point proposed to be filled in.

The Justice Department investigation began about nine months ago after two people filed their own discrimination suit against the club, Kokoamos Island Bar, Grill and Yacht Club, and its owner, Barry Davis.
Read & comment on article at Pilotonline.com.

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The first attack occurred about 4:30 p.m. in the 3900 block of Shady Oaks Drive, according to police.

And…
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A few blocks away at 12:20 a.m. on Sept. 17, a woman awoke to a sound of a knock on her front door in the 2100 block of Dinwiddie Road, according to police.

Article at Pilotonline.com.
Police Reports Online.

As of Monday, September 24th at 11am, the Police are only releasing:
Police could only describe the man as 5 feet, 8 inches to 5 feet, 11 inches tall.
He was wearing a dark hooded sweatshirt and gloves during the second attack.

Anyone with information is asked to call Virginia Beach Crime Solvers at 1-888-LOCK-U-UP.

3rd Precinct Police Station Number – 385.2703.