S.L. Nusbaum starts construction of apartments in Denby Park

February 23, 2008

S.L. Nusbaum has commenced construction on a 15 million dollar affordable-housing apartment complex on the site of the old Casterton Trailer Park behind Southern Shopping Center in Denby Park. The 4.2 acre trailer park was purchased in June of 2007 for $2,325,000. The project to be named SouthWind Apartments will consist of 5 apartment buildings, a clubhouse, swimming pool and fitness center. Pilot Online reports:

Rents for the one-, two- and three-bedroom apartments are likely to range from $650 to $975, said Richard Counselman of Nusbaum Realty.

This is the first major private investment in the Greater Wards Corner Partnership area since the inception of the Mayor’s Wards Corner Task Force.

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Norfolk buys homes in blighted area –just not in Wards Corner

February 6, 2008

The Virginian-Pilot reports that Norfolk is purchasing 11 blighted homes in the Berkley and Campostella neighborhoods for 1.3 million.  Still no sign of any real action in Denby Park/Monticello Village.

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Norfolk homicides almost double in 2007

December 31, 2007

Another sign of failed City policies is the near doubling of homicides in Norfolk. The City Manager and her assistants are trying to preserve substandard housing stock in crime ridden areas like Denby Park so they can proceed with their plans of tearing down Public Housing in the Saint Paul’s Quadrant area. The Greater Wards Corner Partnership will not stand still or remain quiet while the City Manager and Council continue on this course. Click on this link for the Pilot Online story.

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Man dies after being shot in front of video game store in Southern Shopping Center

December 31, 2007

Pilot Online reports that a man was shot in front of the Game Stop store in Southern Shopping Center. In an unconfirmed police report, a suspect was apprehended in Denby Park this afternoon.

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City Council to vote tonight on Wards Corner initiatives

December 4, 2007

City Council is scheduled to vote tonight on a number of issues that affect the Wards Corner Partnership Area :

1.  The establishment of a rental inspection district in Denby Park,

2.  The creation of a “Special Service Area Program”,

3.  The inclusion of Denby Park, Monticello Village, and Oakdale Farms in the “Special Service Area”, and

4.  The establishment of the Department of Neighborhood Preservation.

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Project Focus: Youth Academy

November 12, 2007

One of the “tools” being utilized by the City of Norfolk and the Norfolk Police as a part of Project Focus are Youth Academys.

The Norfolk Police Department re-tooled its highly popular Citizen Police Academy for the youth audience to help young citizens know more about law enforcement and how it applies to them.

The first Youth Academy began this week in Olde Huntersville in the Huntersville Recreation Center with an enrollment of approximately 20.  A Youth Academy is planned for Denby Park and is set to begin on November 19 at the Crossroads Recreation Center.  The Academy will run for four weeks and participants are required to be accompanied by an adult.  Please encourage your children and your neighbors to be a park of the Denby Park Academy.
For more information, see the City of Norfolk News Release: Youth Academy Begins in Project Focus Areas 

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