Senator Ralph Northam and Delegate Lynwood Lewis will be hosting a town hall meeting, tonight, June 2,in Norfolk. The meeting will be held from 7pm to 8:30pm at The Church of the Good Shepherd, 7400 Hampton Blvd.
Senator Northam and Delegate Lewis to hold Town Hall meeting tonight
June 2, 2008
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Councilman Wright asking for joint meeting to discuss light rail
June 2, 2008
Norfolk City Councilman Randy Wright is asking assistant City Manager Nancy Johnson for a joint meeting of the Mayors’ Wards Corner Task Force and Ocean View Task Force at the new Mary D. Pretlow Anchor Branch Library in Ocean View on June 26th. Councilman Wright will make his first presentation on the “Tide” to Ocean View. Look for times in a future post. Any route to Ocean View should include a rail station in Wards Corner. It is important that all concerned citizens attend this meeting.
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We honor those who have died in military service to our country
May 24, 2008Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May (observed in 2008 on May ). It was formerly known as Decoration Day. This holiday commemorates U.S. men and women who have died in military service to their country. It began first to honor Union soldiers who died during the American Civil War. After World War I, it was expanded to include those who died in any war or military action.
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Virginia has a transportation funding crisis. We need your help!
May 23, 2008
There is a transportation funding crisis in Virginia. Below is a link to the website of “It’s time- Virginians for better transportation”. See how this crisis is effecting everyone of us.
Please Click Here for information on the transportation funding crisis and on how to write your legislators to address this pressing problem.
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Partnership Meeting Reminder
May 22, 2008The Greater Wards Corner Partnership will be meeting this evening, Thursday, May 22nd at 7:00 P.M. at the Norfolk Workforce Development Center,(next to the Kroger Supermarket) Room 210. State Senator Ralph Northam will be the guest speaker. Also there will be a short presentation on how Norfolk assesses real estate.
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CrimeView Community
May 21, 2008
The Norfolk Police Department has launched Crime View Community, an interactive crime mapping website that allows residents to view certain crime statistics by location and time.
CrimeView Community is an interactive crime mapping program that allows the user to search the City of Norfolk by address, civic leagues, police precincts as well as proximity searches to landmarks in the City of Norfolk for certain types of crimes that have occurred over the previous one hundred twenty days.
The website works remarkably well. You can search by civic league, police precinct, sector, planning district, ward, or zip code. Unfortunately they did not include a way to search the entire Partnership/Taskforce area with one search. Nonetheless, everyone is encouraged to utilize CrimeView to stay informed of crime in their area.
Click Here
To Enter CrimeView Community
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State Senator Ralph Northam to be guest speaker at Thursday’s Partnership meeting
May 21, 2008Greater Wards Corner Partnership
201 E. Little Creek Road (next to Kroger) 7:00 p.m.
Rooms 202 & 204
May 22, 2008
Agenda
1. Introduction
2. Pace Report
3. Guest Speaker: State Senator Ralph S. Northam
6th District
4. How Norfolk Assesses Real Estate
(Appx. 10 minute DVD)
5. Taskforce Update
6. Committee Reports
A. Codes and Public Safety
B. Development Committee
C. Beautification Committee
D. Public Infrastructure Committee
E. Public Relations Committee
F. City Connection Committee
7. New Business
8. Meeting Adjourned
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Elderly woman’s car crashes into Wards Corner Rite Aid
May 20, 2008Pilot Online reports that an elderly woman was taken to a hospital after her car hit the Rite Aid store on the northwest corner of Granby Street and Little Creek Road. It is suspected that the lady hit the gas pedal rather than the brake. The 86 year old woman suffered minor injuries and the building was undamaged.
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TAG-OUT Paint-Out Clean-Up Saturday, May 24th
May 20, 2008The Bureau of Community Outreach in partnership with Keep Norfolk Beautiful will host a TAG-OUT Paint-Out and Clean-up on Saturday, May 24, 2008 to clean up and paint over graffiti as well as to clean up several neighborhoods in Norfolk. The event, scheduled for 10am-12pm, will begin in Huntersville—a Project Focus neighborhood. Other neighborhoods are slated for clean up as well.
150 volunteers are expected to participate. City staff will provide materials and instruction for the graffiti removal and paint-out.
For more information or to get involved, call 823-4210 or visit the TAG-OUT web page
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Greater Wards Corner Business Association Meeting Agenda
May 19, 2008GREATER WARDS CORNER
BUSINESS ASSOCIATION
Working together to improve Wards Corner
WARDS CORNER BUSINESS ASSOCIATION MEETING AGENDA
May 20, 2008
8:30 am – Workforce Development Center
Room 210
1. Meeting Call to order President – Elyse Kalfus
2. Introductions
3. Pace Officer Report – Lt. Roger Hungerford
4. Pace Officer Report – Lt. Christopher D. More
5. Treasurers Report – Carolyn Buzek
6. Acceptances of April Minutes – John Knight
7. Guest Speaker: John Deuel, Keep Norfolk Beautiful
John will have some great information to share with us on projects hear in the Wards Corner Business area. Please come and join us in learning on what you can do, and how these projects will affect us.
8. Mayor’s Wards Corner Taskforce Update – Brad Robinson, DC
9. New Business
10. Meeting Adjourned
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Granby High School’s wrestling coach leaves for job at Western Branch
May 19, 2008Pilot Online reports, Chris Martin, Granby’s wrestling coach, will be leaving for a coaching job at Western Branch High School in Chesapeake. Chris Martin, not related to the famed Granby Wrestling coach, Billy Martin, was a two time Virginia State Wrestling finalist and a State Champion in 1996.
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First Annual Hurricane Preparedness Luncheon
May 16, 2008
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Downtown section of light rail $14.7 million over budget
May 15, 2008
Several years ago, H.R.T. came to a meeting of the Greater Wards Corner Partnership asking for our support of light rail for Norfolk. We were promised that the second leg of light rail would run through the Wards Corner Business District with a light rail station at the Wards Corner H.R.T. Bus Transfer Station. The Partnership gave its overwhelming support for the light rail project.
For light rail ridership to be successful, lateral bus lines must be near a rail station. Wards Corner would be a natural. Now, we hear that the second leg of light rail will take a different route to the Naval Base; most likely from downtown, past ODU along a Hampton Boulevard route to the Naval Base.
Today, Pilot Online reports that the downtown section of the light rail project is $14.7 million over budget. There is only $29 million in contingency dollars for these kind of events. The downtown section has already eaten up half of the contingency money. Councilman Randy Wright is Council’s representave to H.R.T. Please email him at randy.wright@norfolk.gov if you are concerned about this overage.
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Site and floor plans for the new Norfolk Collegiate Fine Arts Center
May 15, 2008
We have had several requests for the site and floor plans for the new Norfolk Collegiate Fine Arts Center.
Site and Floor Plans for the Norfolk Collegiate Fine Arts Center
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Barclay Winn on Wards Corner
May 14, 2008The Cromwell Farm Civic League invites you:
This Monday, May 19th, at 7 p.m. Councilman Barclay Winn will be speaking to residents of the Cromwell Farm Civic League about Ward’s Corner and other issues of concern. The civic league meets in the Fellowship Hall of Royster Memorial Church at 6900 Newport Avenue.
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