The Denby Park, Oakdale Farms & Monticello Village Neighborhood Watch is holding a meeting, tonight, September 23, 2008 at the Workforce Development Center at 6:30.
Tonight will be about gangs and their colors and signs. There should be a gang officer there to present a short film and take any questions.
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Wards Corner Now previously reported on WestPort Commons back in July in an article “WestPort Commons update“.
Today, the Virginian-Pilot has an article, “Wards Corner condo project to take the place of apartments“.
There is nothing groundbreaking in the article. Here are a few select quotes:
With prices starting at $150,000 and topping out at $350,000, the $60 million project on Newport Avenue should appeal to buyers of many incomes, Collins said.
Debra Almeter, of Coastal Group Inc., which is marketing the 32-unit Riverpoint project, said interest, but not sales, in the condos has picked up in recent weeks. In the 10 months since the project opened, she has sold one condo and has contracts pending for two others.
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Laura Thom writes:
Our Fall Wards Corner Clean-up will be this coming Saturday, Sept. 20th (rain date 9/27). Come join the fun and meet other caring members of the Wards Corner community!
Meet: North Shore Sports & Physical Therapy
7419 Granby St.(next to ATC Fitness)
8:30-9:00 am for coffee, pastries & registration
Activity: Clean Our Corner, 9:00-11:00am
Safety vests, gloves, trash bags, water & snacks provided.
Please RSVP by calling Laura at 489-5820.
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A Memorandum of Understanding between the City of Norfolk and Norfolk’s Redevelopment and Housing Authority was signed yesterday making Denby Park, Oakdale Farms and Monticello Village a Special Service District. These neighborhoods will now be eligible for grants that will help uplift these neighborhoods.
Pilot Online reports
On Thursday, city officials took a huge step toward ending that perception, and, they say, the deterioration. The Denby Park, Monticello Village and Oakdale Farms neighborhoods are now part of a community revitalization program. The effort will allow the city’s housing authority to offer grants and loans to homeowners to enlarge and repair their homes.
Norfolk has set aside $1 million for the project through June.
A debt of gratitude is owed to the members of the Mayors Wards Corner Task Force and especially to the City Council members and A.C.M. Marcus Jones for their persistance in designating these deserving neighborhoods.
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The Wards Corner Taskforce meeting is this Thursday, September 11, 2008 at 8:30a.m at the Fitness and Wellness Center.
The agenda is as follows:
I. Recap of Last Meeting
II. Key Topics for Discussion Today
- Update on Special Service District
- Update on Bon Secours Facility
- Update on Thole Street Traffic Calming
- Update on Alexis Apartments – Demolition
- Update on Ken Easley Property
III. Key Topics for Next Meeting
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PilotOnline reports that a mother, boyfriend have been charged with murder and child neglect in the death of a 4 year old girl.
Police found Tamera Wooden dead about 4:15 p.m. Sunday inside her mother’s home in the 300 block of East Little Creek Road, said Officer Chris Amos. The search began after the girl’s mother called police about 3 p.m. to report her daughter missing, Amos said.
The suspects are Jathiya Wooden and Troy Allen Edwards who is not the girl’s father. They are are both being held in Norfolk City Jail.
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Mayor Fraim has sent a letter to Michael Kerner, CEO of Bon Secours Hampton Roads Health System, outlining the new agreement between Bon Secours and the City regarding the future of Depaul Hospital. The agreement calls for a compromise of 124 beds.
The new BSHR Norfolk facility would contain 88 medical/surgical beds, 20 obstetrical beds, and 16 intensive/cardiac care beds staffed 24/7 with certified critical care registered nurses. The BSHR Norfolk facility would also include six operating rooms, one cardiac catheterization laboratory, full-service imaging (including one MRI scanner and two CT scanners, at least one of which would be capable of cardiac imaging), pharmacy and laboratory services, lithotripsy and a cancer center with one linear accelerator. The BSHR Norfolk facility would also include a state-of-the-art emergency room with 23 multi-function, monitored treatment bays (including facilities for patient triage, dedicated diagnostic imaging, respiratory point of care testing, behavioral medicine seclusion and decontamination). Although the square footage of the new emergency room has not been finalized, it would be substantially larger than the 7,233 square foot emergency room proposed in the COPN application. The final size and layout of the new emergency room would be developed with the input of Norfolk Fire and Rescue.
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A sincere and heartfelt “Thank You!” goes out to the Chrysler Corporation, KaBOOM!, the City of Norfolk, and most certainly those citizens who helped construct the park in Denby Park yesterday.
The article in the Virginian-Pilot has photos and a video.
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Tim Smith writes in pointing to the WAVY article about the testimony of the Norfolk gang leader. Excerpts from the article:
Reed testified there are now at least 400 members of the Bounty Hunter Bloods in seven chapters around Norfolk.
On the stand, Reed said the Bloods are actively recruiting new members right now. Their goal, rule all of Norfolk with fear and an iron fist.
Tim Smith says:
“This is disturbing and should act as a wakeup call for all those people out there that do not want to get involved in a Neighborhood Watch program.
This confirms my comments at the last neighborhood watch meeting “The criminals are organized and we need to get organized to fight them.”
Children under 10 years old have no concept of “consequences for your actions” and turning 30 is like another life to them. The news shows these gang members/gang wannabes becoming increasingly more violent (I guess you have to top the last guy).
If we do not clean up our neighborhoods now, revitalization will only be a pipe dream.”
The next Greater Wards Corner Area Neighborhood Watch meeting is on August 26 at 6:30p.m. at the Workforce Development Center.
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We had a great turnout for the first meeting of the Neighborhood Watch Program being instituted in the Denby Park, Oakdale Farms & Monticello Village areas. There were over 20 people at the meeting and many more signed up but could not make the meeting.
The Norfolk Police Crime Prevention Unit gave an excellent and informative presentation on crime prevention and neighborhood watch. A lot of information passed both ways, police to citizen/citizen to police, and we all look forward to working together to reduce crime in our area.
The group agreed to meet the last Tuesday of each month at the Workforce Development Center, starting with the 26th of August, at 6:30 pm. Some guidelines and ground rules were given and people signed up to be Block Captains and Watchers.
All the civic leagues and neighborhoods in the Greater Wards Corner Area Partnership are encouraged to send representatives to these meetings. As the criminal activity is pushed out of the West Little Creek Road area the other neighborhoods around should have watch programs in place to force the criminal activity out of the Greater Wards Corner Area.
The goals of the monthly meetings will be to:
Other areas of the city are currently working with the police to reduce crime in their neighborhoods and it is imperative that we move forward with this neighborhood watch program for the Partnership area or you may see an increase in criminal activity here. We want the criminals out of Norfolk not just moved around our city.
Thank you,
Tim Smith
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The Greater Wards Corner Taskforce will not be meeting this Thursday, August 14th.
Meetings will resume at their normally scheduled time in September.
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The Virginian-Pilot has posted an article that outlines how some residents are skeptical:
“There’s so much crime here,” said R.J. Luce, who lives a block away from the vacant land where the playground will be built, at 352 San Antonio Blvd.
“I’m afraid it will become a magnet for the wrong people. I’m worried one of the children is going to get shot.”
And some residents welcome the playground:
Jody Fife, a mother of two who lives in a house across San Antonio Boulevard from the playground area, said children shouldn’t be punished because of bad elements in the neighborhood.
“If you’re going to take back your neighborhood, you have to try something,” she said.
Read the article: Plan for a Norfolk playground finds critics, skeptics
Remember to sign up to help construct the playground, contact: Melinda Luchun at 823-4210 or email CommunityOutreach@norfolk.gov
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The first meeting of the Greater Wards Corner Area Neighborhood Watch Program will be August 8th at 6:30 pm in the Workforce Development Center.
The main focus of this meeting is to formalize the crime watch program in the Denby Park, Oakdale Farms, and Monticello Village neighborhoods.
Updates and meeting minutes will be posted on Wardscornernow.com.
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