Meeting - March 21, 2022

Finally in person! Meeting held at 1000 Westover Rd. location Joy Rogers, President, started the meeting at 7:10 with 19 neigh-bors present and 6 guest. Joy reminded attendees that membership is $10 per householdand that membership dues go towards scholarships for neighbor-hood graduates, block parties, and food bank donations Weekly Wednesday Walks begin March 30Neighbors meet at the corner of Pennsylvania and Greenville Kids and pets are welcome ! Lt. Naroz gave his police report There has been a slight increase in violent crimes Across the precinct, there have been 36 crimes this year ascompared to the same time period in 2021 . Property crimes are up more significantly462 in 2022 compared to 397 in 2021Hondas, Prius, church vans are particularly targeted for ve-hicle theft T o contact Lt . Naroz, his email is David.naroz@rva.gov Amy Robins gave her 5 District report on behalf of Stephanie Lynch Byrd Park is supposed to be paved in early April Neighbors were notified about elderly and disabled tax reliefand warned against scam notices Budget season is coming – details on what items are in the CIPare coming Bike lanes are coming to Allen, Harrison/Colorado (protected)April 27 at 6pm is the 5th District T own Hall Reminder to use the RVA 311 app to report issues to the City Street cleaning is TBDSidewalk project is still on hold Betsy Carr gave her report on the outcome from the most recent General Assembly session She discussed an excessive noise bill that passed . No budget was approved so the members will have to comeback together for a special session. Parke Richeson of Maymont reported to the neighborhood850,000 visitorsth The Mansion is reopened with an expanded historical story –reintrepretation Stone Barn renovations are underway Baby animals are coming ! 2 fainting goats and 3 lambs andewes. Herbs Galore – April 30Dominion Easter – April 16Summer Kick Off – May 6Mutts at Maymont – May 21 and June 18Beer and Wine Classic – June 11April 30 is also Arts in the Park The meeting concluded and neighbors mingled afterwards – ex-cited to be able to meet in person.