July 2024 Edition – CPRV Community Newsletter
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Music of many genres filled the air on a late December night in Colonial Place as Porchella 2022 finally kicked off. After a reschedule—from a frigidly forecasted original date that would have impacted attendance and musicians’ vocal chords—the event got underway at 6:30 pm on December 30, 2022.
The brainchild of community organizer, artist, and former landscape designer, Cristina Fletcher, the event was a follow-on of the highly successful Ghent Porchella during COVID. She explains, “Richmond had one that I’d heard about, and I thought it would work in Norfolk. It was the end of 2020, as COVID was easing up, and things seemed safe for outdoor events. People were starting to do things again.” She thought her musician friends, and other area musicians, would appreciate the opportunity to play live music again after the lockdown. Cristina happened to live in a house with a great party porch, so she started spreading the word. That eventually evolved into Ghent Porchella, which included musicians Skye Zentz and Paper Aliens. The event spread throughout Ghent and met with tremendous success.
When Cristina’s parents moved to Colonial Place last summer, she knew it would be a perfect neighborhood for a second Porchella. She contacted the Civic League in November, and the board embraced the idea. The request went out for musicians, and host porches, and the neighborhood was soon on board. A schedule started to come together, and Porchella 2022 was born.
The music ranged from acoustic to rock, improvisational jazz, EDM, and more. Musicians included Allegra Duchaine, Rebecca Schultz, duo Nick Werner, and Tom Tompkins, and the band Times New Roman. Set against a backdrop of festive holiday lights and a variety of porches, attendees enjoyed 30-minute mini-concerts for over two hours.
On the CPRV FB page, Elise Ramos Krepcho wrote:
Check out pictures of the event collected from Facebook and attendees.
Photo credit: Nancy Rogan, Stephanie Clark, Andie Gabor, Erica Howell, Shannon Bowman, and Ellen Abbey Sacks.
AVAILABLE NOW – Read our newsletter for important information about officer election winners, our upcoming civic league meeting, community news, things for the kids and more!
On June 10th, 2024 we were joined by representatives from Monument and Kimley Horn discussed their intended development projects for 4101 Granby Street and took questions from the attending members.
League Officer Election Results — Here are the nominees for the upcoming election that was held at the June meeting. All ran uncontested, had no opposing votes among attending members, and will continue their positions for another year.
President – Pooya Mohit
Vice President – Laura Burns
Treasurer – David Wolfe
Secretary – Stephanie Clark
Neighborhood Representative – Patience MacCartney
We are joined by:
Troy Valos, Special Collections Librarian at Slover Library, to present on the Sargeant Memorial Collection (Local History and Genealogy Collection) located within Slover Library.
Erin, representing Monument Builders to talk about plans for a new mixed use as well as residential development coming to 4101 Granby Street.
Stay tuned for full minutes or access recording below.
Access past meeting recording and chat transcript below.
The 2021 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Lead and Copper Rule Revisions requires the City of Norfolk to prepare a service line inventory of both Norfolk and customer-owned materials.
Here’s how you can help the City develop our service line inventory.
Identify Your Service Line Materials:
For step by step instructions to identify your service line go to https://www.norfolk.gov/5838/Material-Verification
Questions?
Call (757) 664-6700
We are joined by:
Courtney Doyle, Norfolk City Councilwoman for Ward 2 gave updates on infrastructure projects in our neighborhood, a safety report on improving rates across our area, implementation of new speed cameras in school zones and more. The presentation was followed by a brief Q&A session.
Jeremy McGee spoke about his candidacy for Norfolk City Council Ward 6. Mr. McGee spoke about his background, move to Norfolk, local business ownership, civic involvement in Ghent Civic League, Norfolk ARB and now Norfolk Planning. The presentation was followed by a brief Q&A session.
Aleksandra Prouty joined us to introduce her new restaurant coming to Riverview
Village – Leila’s International Cuisine at 4136 Granby Street (next to Pittie Dog Grill)
The City of Norfolk’s Department of Utilities has hired East West Construction to repair and rehabilitate the sewer line in your neighborhood along a section of Gosnold Ave. The project area is shown on the map on the back [see below images].
Planned Start of Construction: March 2024
Anticipated End of Construction: June 2024
Access: Access to businesses and residences will be maintained throughout construction with detours around the work zone. The City and our contractor will do our best to minimize the unavoidable disruptions associated with construction.
If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to contact the city’s on-site construction inspector, Charles Davis. He can be reached by cell phone at (757) 647-9940 to respond quickly. You may also contact the project manager, Tiba Salim at (757) 266-9491.
For more info visit: www.norfolk.gov/utilitiesimprovements.
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