There was a reason why Browne wanted to show 10 On Your Side his home surveillance video from late October.
McLean Contracting fact sheet for #LESNBERBRIDGE
Very informative.
View the 22 page PDF at McLean Contracting website.
Download the 22 page PDF Fact Sheet here.
Zoomed in photo from December 2 2014 at 1130a
“Complete Streets are streets for everyone. They are designed and operated to enable safe access for all users, including pedestrians, bicyclists, motorists and transit riders of all ages and abilities. Complete Streets make it easy to cross the street, walk to shops, and bicycle to work. They allow buses to run on time and make it safe for people to walk to and from train stations.”
Virginia Beach Adopts Complete Streets Policy
Woo hoo!
The purpose of the Complete Streets Policy is to improve the Virginia Beach transportation system by providing safe, attractive travel for all users through a system of connected transportation choices designed in harmony with adjacent land uses.
View Press Release at VBGov.com.
Learn more about Complete Streets Policy at VBGov.com.
“Later, a group of six or so great egrets flew in a graceful dance over the water, sparkling in the sunlight. Four of the beauties settled in a treetop as if to give the photographers a chance for shots. Since 2012, 144 species of birds have been reported at Pleasure House Point. More than 20 species were seen at last week’s bird walk, including the great big rare Brock Center species.”
Read all of Mary Reid Barrow’s article here.
The bird walk was one of several scheduled through the year by Lynnhaven River Now and led by Steve Coari, an expert birder from the Virginia Beach Audubon Society.
More about Lynnhaven River NOW at LRNow.org.
Visit Virginia Beach Audubon Society page for Pleasure House Point to learn more about bird sightings at PHP.
Photo Credit: Tim Solanic on a different trip.
“LRNow is turning mere peasants into royalty this holiday season!”
For All of Our
Oyster Kings and QueensLRNow is turning mere peasants into royalty this holiday season!
Gift your loved ones with an Oyster Castle at the Laskin Gateway Project, to be constructed spring 2015. We need 420 castle blocks to build our oyster kingdom, and they are available for purchase at $10 per block or $250 for a whole castle.You will receive an acknowledgement card to give to the recipient and all donors and recipients will be listed in our quarterly newsletter. To purchase a castle for your king or queen click here, call us at 757-962-5398, or stop by our office.
“The city is moving forward on a long-awaited sand replenishment project for Chic’s Beach, starting with collecting “public beach” releases from the neighborhood’s waterfront property owners.”
View article at Pilotonline.com.
The release states that a property owner agrees the portion of the land between the dune or the bulkhead line and the water is a public beach. The owner gives the city permission to dump sand on it and agrees not to impede public access.
City officials met with Chic’s Beach residents about the project and the release form last month. They’ll need consent from the owners of roughly 140 properties stretching about a mile from Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek to Joyce Avenue.
Chic’s Beach resident Taylor Sharpe and his dog Sandy walk the beach there at high tide on Aug. 28, 2011, after the departure of Hurricane Irene. Waves from the Chesapeake Bay lap at the pilings of the waterfront homes on Ocean View Avenue in this section of Virginia Beach. (Vicki Cronis-Nohe | The Virginian-Pilot)
“Your $150 contribution will support the Brock Environmental Center and CBF’s work in Hampton Roads. This is your opportunity to have your name included on the special “Raise the Roof” wall inside the Brock Environmental Center’s conference room.”
“Join us at Adaptive Planning for Flooding and Coastal Change in Virginia: Next Steps for the Commonwealth, where the dialogue will move forward by sharing the resolutions made to date”
Learn more at VA Coastal Policy Clinic at W&M Law School event page.
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Friday, December 5th 2014
8:30am – 5pm
Miller Hall (Mason School of Business)
101 Ukrop Way
Williamsburg, VA 23185
SDCC General Meeting Agenda – Monday November 24th at 7:30pm
Click here for a printable version of the agenda SDCC Agenda NOV 24 2014
Shore Drive Community Coalition General Meeting
Monday November 24, 2014
7:30-8:30 pm
Ocean Park Volunteer Rescue Squad Station
(Intersection of Shore Drive and East Stratford Rd.)
Call to order:
Meeting topic: General discussion on various Shore Drive issues
- Overview and Updates on Comprehensive Plan
- Neighborhood Dredging Program (permanent bulkhead implications for Crab Creek area, transfer sites, program issues)
- Recurrent Flooding Study – 3 year mapping study, is that too long to wait for community input?
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation (CBF) Brock Environmental Center – Unplugged and Open
- Naming of New Bridge – Discussion regarding process and Chic’s Beach campaign for Admiral Jeremiah Denton Memorial Bridge
Officers’ Reports: President’s Report David Williams
Vice President’s Report Rick Mercadante
Secretary’s Report Todd Solomon –October Minutes
Treasurer’s Report Paulette Hruska
Old Business: See meeting topics
New Business: SDCC elections for 2015 and Open Floor
Adjourn
Next SDCC- Monday December 29, 2014
7:30pm @ Ocean Park Volunteer Rescue Squad Station
Please check www.sdcc.info for more information on area news and events
“Residents of adjoining neighborhoods, especially on Broad Bay Island, were worried about the proposal at first, said Kal Kassir, a member of the Broad Bay Island Civic League. They didn’t want an industrial enterprise – envisioned as ugly, noisy and smelly – plunked down in the middle of their quiet neighborhood. They changed their minds after meeting with Lynnhaven River Now.”
Read entire article at Pilotonline.com.
Oysters are good at cleaning sediment and bacteria out of waterways, which makes them great a cleaning rivers. The goal of the Lynnhaven Aquaculture Center – rendering of the property at left – is to introduce new oysters to the Lynnhaven River to clean it and meet state and federal water-quality standards.
The Lynnhaven Aquaculture Center is on the agenda tonight for City Council meeting.
Timelapse video of Brock Environmental Center construction
“Browne’s camera captured a man going into several cars along Beech Street.”
“We had the opportunity to push the envelope on innovative and creative methods,” said Chris Brandt, executive vice president of Hourigan Construction. “There were so many certification levels that needed to be met that it was a job in itself to keep track of them all.”
View entire article at PRWeb.com.
The Center is on track to be the first commercial-scale building in the continental U.S. to earn net-zero water status. A rainwater collection system will store rainwater in tanks under the building and then filter it for hand-washing and drinking through a state-of-the-art water filtration system licensed by the State of Virginia’s Office of Drinking Water. The Center features waterless, composting toilets, and all grey water (wastewater generated from sinks and showers) will be channeled through a wetland constructed of native plants where natural processes will clean and return it to the underground aquifer.
Photo: November 20th 2013
An amazing day for the Shore Drive community
Thank you to all who worked so hard to make this spectacular facilty possible.
See you here Sunday!
For you commuters: “Beginning today, Burton Station Road will be closed so crews can install water and sewer lines.”
For about 6 months!
More at Pilotonline.com.
News Release at VBGov.com.
The following detours will be in effect:
– Eastbound traffic on Burton Station Road will be detoured down Miller Store Road to Bayside Road to Diamond Springs Road to Northampton Boulevard.
– Westbound traffic on Burton Station Road will be detoured down Northampton Boulevard to Diamond Springs Road to Bayside Road to Miller Store Road.
“What Will You Do? Our Veterans put everything on the line to protect our freedom. We may never be able to repay them for their sacrifice, but we can show them just how much we appreciate all that they’ve done. Everyone can do something to show Veterans know how much we appreciate their service. What will you do?”
Comprehensive Plan Open House – Thursday Nov. 13th, 7:00 to 9:00pm at John B Dey School
[Note: Thank you for the many emails pointing out we had the incorrect date initially. You passed the test.]
Get Involved! It’s Your City and Your Future
Thursday November 13, 2014
7:00pm to 9:00pm
John B. Dey Elementary School Click here for a map
Open House Agenda
Welcome & Introductions (7:00-7:10)
Open House Purpose & Format (7:10-7:15)
Comprehensive Plan Overview Presentation (7:15-7:45)
Open House Station Visits (7:45-9:00)
The SDCC has sorted through the 2009 Plan and pulled the information pertaining to our Shore Drive area and has listed it below with some basic background wording. These are just a few issues that may be important to you. You may have other issues that don’t even show up in the current 2009 Plan.
Either way, please take an hour on Thursday to attend the open house and let the City know what YOU VALUE.
- Shore Drive Corridor Special Focus Area (SFA) – This 3 page chapter list general policies such as: road improvements for safety; continuous multipurpose trail; replace Lesner Bridge. It also identifies 3 main areas of focus: (Pleasure House Point, Lynnhaven Boat Ramp, Waterman’s Walk). Pleasure House Point has been resolved. Other actions are still working. Click here to read this section
- Water Resources Management Plan – This section touches slightly on protecting waterways for habitat and recreational use. No mention of a Neighborhood Dredge Plan, it is recommended that this complicated plan be identified and explained in the Plan. Click here to read this section
- Bicycle and Pedestrian Transportation – This sections identifies the need for a Complete Streets policy, which is currently being reviewed for implementation. It also talks about connecting neighborhood and improving safety. Click here to read this section
- Sea Level Rise – Although this section offers eight suggestions, many new issues have come up in the past 5 years. It is recommended that the issue of Sea Level Rise be expanded and detailed more with suggestions for home raising, flood insurance support, etc. Click here to read this section
The 2009 Comprehensive plan and details can be found on the City’s website by clicking here
What is a Comprehensive Plan?
The ‘plan’ is City Council’s official statement regarding how the physical development of the City should be directed for at least the next 20 years. It must be stressed, however, that the Comprehensive Plan (the ‘Plan’ hereinafter) does not claim and should not claim to have precise answers to all of the issues that may arise over time. The Plan’s role is the establishment of the policy framework within which operates a continuous planning process. That process is a vital means of implementing the recommendations of the Plan and revising the Plan as necessary in response to the unseen issues and opportunities that the future always provides. In that regard, this Plan is a ‘living plan,’ as it is not intended for the Plan to remain just as it is when adopted. The intent is for the Plan to interact with the various situations where it has a role and to be open to change as necessary to respond to recognized challenges and opportunities. The Plan should always be evolving in response to its environment.
Why does the City have to have a Plan?
Grand Opening of CBF’s Brock Environmental Center on Sunday, November 16 from 1:00-4:00 p.m.
The Grand Opening of the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Brock Environmental Center that will be on Sunday, November 16 from 1:00-4:00 p.m. (open house style – folks can come anytime in that time period). A flyer is attached. It is free but folks are asked to register at www.cbf.org/brockopening
The flyer below can be printed by clicking on this link Brock Open House
Building a seaside future – The Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Brock Environmental Center
Click here to read Mr. Donald Luzzato’s editorial from the Virginian-Pilot http://hamptonroads.com/2014/11/building-seaside-future
When it opens next weekend, the Chesapeake Bay Foundation’s Brock Environmental Center will instantly become the locus for people to learn why we should care about natural spaces…
…the result has something to teach everybody in Hampton Roads. Whether it’s the importance of clean water and the Chesapeake Bay, the virtues and flexibility of low-impact development, the power of well-orchestrated public-private cooperation, or the difference true civic leadership can make, there’s a lesson at the Brock Environmental Center. For all of us.
Please, choose to donate blood
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Hello all,
Virginia Beach Resort and Conference Center and the American Red Cross are hosting an upcoming blood drive.
Please join our lifesaving mission and schedule an appointment today!
Drive Details:
Site: Virginia Beach Resort and Conference Center
Address: 2800 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach, VA, 23451
Room Name: Cape Henry Room
Date: Wed Nov 12, 2014
Time: 1:00: PM – 6:00: PM
Coordinator Name: Stacy Day
Coordinator Phone Number: 7574819000
Click here to make an appointment
Virginia Beach Resort Hotel and Conference Center would like to invite you to our Blood Drive on Wednesday, November 12, 2014. The blood drive will be held on the 1st floor in the Chesapeake Ballroom from 1:00 P.M. until 6:00 P.M. You can make an appointment or walk in at your convenience. To make an appointment please visit the American Red Cross Website and select the November 12th, Blood Drive at Virginia Beach Resort Hotel and Conference Center or call Stacy Day, Director of HR at 757-481-9000. We hope to see all of our regular donors and meet some new donors as well. Please join us in “Giving the Gift of Life”. Thank you!
The need for blood is constant and only volunteer donors can fulfill that need for patients in our community. Nationwide, someone needs a unit of blood every 2 to 3 seconds and most of us will need blood in our lifetime.
Thank you for supporting the American Red Cross blood program!
#WeLoveShoreDrive 