The Green Bucket Brigade is the City of Norfolk’s newest litter task force, uniting businesses, nonprofits, government, and all residents of Norfolk in the fight against litter. Through the Green Bucket Brigade, you can adopt your own litter kit including a green 5-gallon bucket, a litter grabber, trash bags, and KNB swag. Keep your corner clean and inspire others to do the same. Join the fight and keep Norfolk LITTER-FREE!
The City of Norfolk received $154.1 million in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. Residents can provide their priorities to help establish a collaborative, community-driven plan through online tools and newly added drop boxes located throughout the city.
The two January public meetings have been cancelled due to the rise in COVID-19 cases.
To provide residents without internet access with an opportunity to have their priorities heard, drop boxes with comment cards are available at the following locations:
Mary D. Pretlow Anchor Branch Library
Jordan- Newby Anchor Branch Library
Richard A. Tucker Memorial Library
Berkley Recreation Center
East Ocean View Recreation Center
Lambert’s Point Community Center
Norview Community Center
Huntersville Multi-Service Center
Feedback from these resources and from previous public meetings can be viewed with the new Public Engagement Dashboard, an online collection of all input provided by residents that is updated daily. All ARPA funding tools and information is available at www.norfolk.gov/ARPA.
Resident feedback will be used to create a community-based City Manager’s recommendation for City Council consideration on ARPA funding. City Council will hold a public hearing once they have received the community-based City Manager’s Proposed Plan.
Friends of Norfolk Environment (FONE) in conjunction with the Norfolk Master Gardeners, will provided at least one Fruit or Nut Trees to any resident of Norfolk. These are bare-rooted and not in pots.
Please pass this information along to you members, neighbors, and Norfolk friends.
DATE: Saturday, January 29, 2022
TIME: 10:00 am -1:00 pm
PLACE: Shelter #2 in Lafayette Park and Circle area
Real-time flooding updates just got easier thanks to Norfolk’s partnership with RISE, climate tech FloodMapp and Waze! FloodMapp is testing the integration of their flood forecast technology with Waze’s navigation app here in Norfolk.
What’s this mean for Waze users? Drivers receive pop-up icons and audio alerts to warn them of flooded streets along their route – to help avoid property and life-threatening hazards. Drivers can also confirm flooding in the app with a “thumbs up” to help validate FloodMapp’s technology and improve the accuracy of future Waze alerts.
City staff invite you and your neighbors to join them in small group discussions about your priority’s for the city’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding.
They are hosting two community engagement and input meetings in January:
Thursday, January 13 (6:30 p.m.) Berkley Recreation Center Gym, 121 Liberty Street
Thursday, January 20 (6:30 p.m.) Norfolk Fitness and Wellness Center, 7300 Newport Avenue
You can also provide comments on the use of these funds through the following:
Place natural trees, with decorations removed, at the curb on your trash collection day. You can also drop off natural trees to Waste Management, 1176 Pineridge Road, December 28 through January 28.
Street sweeping delays are expected through late January/early February. Due to national supply chain shortages for parts, the Stormwater Street Sweeping Program is experiencing delays in equipment repairs.
Street sweepers are not designed to pick up large volumes of leaves. Only streets with a curb and gutter are swept. Leaves should never be raked or blown into the street or curb line. Per City Code 41.1-4, proactively keep leaves and other debris out the curb line in front of your home.
Need to get rid of leaves? You have a few options!
Leave the leaves – rake them into your flower beds (free mulch – feeds and insulates your flower beds, and provides a winter shelter for birds, frogs, butterflies and beneficial insects)
Mulch mow – mow the leaves (chop them into smaller pieces), and leave on your lawn (free fertilizer)
Compost (free soil)
Bag for trash day – up to twenty (20) clear bags of leaves can be set out on your regular collection day for pick up by Waste Management
For parking enforced areas, parking enforcement will continue and posted no parking zones will be ticketed as usual. Please adhere to all No Parking signs.
For non-enforced parking areas, if a neighborhood route is unable to be completed, they will attempt to make it up the following week. If not, the missed portion will be prioritized the next month.
Wards Corner Civic League 