Tragic accident on Indian Hill Road in mid-March that killed the driver also caused damage to Dominion Power & Verizon lines. A month later a home owner in Baylake Pines contacted the Pilot Warrior as nothing had been repaired yet.
If you have trouble resolving an issue with a utility company, let The Warrior take a crack at it.
Read entire Pilot Warrior article.

At this evening’s SDCC meeting the debate continued on the proposed R5R changes.

A public meeting for the dredging project will be held on June 5 from 6-8 pm at the Bayside Recreation Center.

Previously at SDCC’s blog.

Additional info [6pg PDF] for Indigo Dunes JPA 06-2601.
Responses to questions by VIMS [7pg PDF] that we also had asked well before February 2007 hearing.

Some highlights:
There is a need for high quality residential housing in the Shore Drive as demonstrated by the rapid development of condominiums…

And:
Accordingly, an economic analysis of the feasibility of building less than 1,063 units is not required. Do you know how much Indigo Dunes is projected to make the developers?

And as hard as it is to believe:
No information on avian habitats has surfaced in consultations with DCR and VCG&IF. If VIMS has site specific information regarding the use of the site by wading birds and shorebirds for foraging, nesting and breeding, the Applicant requests this information as soon as possible.

Interestingly birds of prey like Bald Eagles have been photographed near Pleasure House Point along with at least hundreds of wading birds & shorebirds.

Atlantic Flyway migratory route at Wikipedia.org.

Verbatim transcript of the Indigo Dunes portion [13pg PDF] of the Feb 19th 2007 Wetlands Board Hearing.

SDCC was charged $300.00 for this FOIA request.

“The field day of building something as big and as ugly as they want is hopefully over,” Almond said. “We hope and feel that we have got a good concept….”

Previously at SDCC.info’s blog.
Read entire article at Pilotonline.com.

As mentioned previously in this blog, the City currently plans to use the Boat Ramp at the Lesner Bridge & it appears the future site of Osprey Park as a staging area for the dredge material taken from the Western Branch of the Lynnhaven River.

Western Branch Lynnhaven River Maintenance Dredging Project [1pg PDF]
Page pulled from CIP Coastal Summary at VBGov.com.
Letter sent to home owners about project. [2pg PDF]

A bunch of local high school students have organized a benefit concert to raise awareness & funds for NoIndigoDunes.com.

Event to be held all day Sunday, May 20th, the day before the Wetlands Board Hearing.

Music will be punk, ska, jazz, acoustic, and more.

Easy way to find out more details.

Did you here about the plan the City is proposing to move dredge material, by dump truck, from the boat ramp at the Lesner Bridge?

It would take at least 6 months to complete and expect that approximately 40-50 trucks per day would [head eastbound on Shore Drive from East Stratford Rd…Jimmys].

More about the Western Branch Lynnhaven River Maintenance Dredging Project (CIP 8-005) to follow.

SDCC had a booth at the event and we’d like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped out.

We’d especially like to thank those who took the time to stop & chat to share their concerns about Bayfront issues, watch Choice & sign petitions & donate funds.

Thank you.

One quick photo:

I would highly recommend attending the 3pm show.

Shore Drive Community Coalition (SDCC)- General Meeting, Monday April 30, 2007 at 7:30pm to 9:00pm at the Ocean Park Fire & Rescue Hall.

This month?s program will be an open mike night.  We will take some time to allow the membership to bring up issues that may be new and important to the rest of the community.  We will also attempt to have some meaningful knowledge sharing on these issues…

Flyer posted in “our” Starbucks.

Join us May 5th Saturday morning, with our partner Starbucks, to clean Shore Drive.
First 20 volunteers receive their choice of any Large drink!

Bags, those fancy sticks, vests supplied. You might wanna bring your own gloves.
Bring a date, bring your kids, bring yourself!

Clean-Up Flyer to post. [1pg PDF]

Sponsored by “our” Starbucks & SDCC. Our Adopt A Highway area is the west side of the Lesner Bridge to Great Neck Road.

Some of the attendees.

Due to popular demand, we’re posting the Citizens of Virginia Beach Against Real Estate Tax Increase Petition.

Also… in case somehow you had not received the email or read about it, here is the link to an editorial and comment area about Spore’s assessment at the Pilotonline.com.

Travel back 400 years in time to witness the arrival of the first permanent English settlers to our shores.  VBTV presents a special live cablecast of the re-creation of the First Landing on Thursday, April 26, starting at 9:00 a.m. Originating from First Landing State Park, the live coverage is the result of a partnership between VBTV and WTKR News Channel 3.  The live ceremony will be shown on VBTV Channel 47.
More at VBGov.com.

We’ve finally scheduled our next clean up of the east side of Shore Drive with our Adopt-A-Highway partner Starbucks.

Saturday morning, May 5th. Hope to see ya there…it only takes a couple hours, you’ll get some goodies from Starbucks as a thank you and you’ll meet the coolest of your neighbors.

More details to follow. Check out the latest clean up we had.

An email from Laura at Lynnhaven River Now:

It?s looking to be a gorgeous Saturday afternoon (currently projects are for a high of 66 degrees and mostly sunny) and we still have tickets available for our Oyster Roast on Saturday afternoon.  It?s not too late to get tickets.

The Oyster Roast is being held under a huge tent on the lovely property of Bob and Eleanor Stanton, on First Court Rd. in Virginia Beach.  We will be service aqua-cultured, grilled Lynnhaven Oysters, oyster stew, barbecue, sides, and beverages (wine, beer, soda, water).  The fantastic bluegrass band which played at last year?s Oyster Roast, ?More Perfect Jones? is returning again this year after rave reviews last year.

Those guys surveying around Jimmy’s and the other side of the bridge….are surveying for the new bridge.