Ward 3 Councilwoman Mamie Johnson, School Board Vice-Chairman Carlos Clanton, The City of Norfolk, STOP Inc., Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. – Alpha Phi Lambda Chapter (Norfolk/Virginia Beach), the G.W.C. Brown Legacy Education Fund, Sentara and many more are bringing resources to the Our Norfolk Community! The Community Connect Resource Expo will assist community members in learning more about the agencies and services available to assist them with various needs. There will be a range of resources and opportunities to get connected with organizations in Norfolk. Visit www.thecommunityconnect.org to register for free, sign up as an exhibitor or volunteer, and for a list of resources that will be available.
The public input period for for Granby Street Bike Lanes between Willow Wood Drive and Admiral Taussig Boulevard is being extended until 9 a.m. on Friday, October 22, 2021.
Please visit www.norfolk.gov/granbybike for more information, including a Project Q&A Sheet, recordings of the March 11 and June 29 Virtual Workshops, as well as Crash Analysis and Traffic Study materials. Members of the project team are also available to speak with individual civic leagues through mid-October by request. Provide your input through the Online Comment MaporQuestion/Comment Form.
Help us gather input by spreading the word to your neighbors and friends!
The City’s recycling contractor, TFC Recycling, is experiencing a driver shortage, the cause of ongoing collection delays. TFC Recycling is implementing aggressive driver recruitment and training programs to attract and maintain a fleet of drivers, including significant wage increases. Drivers are currently working longer hours and weekends to keep up with collection schedules.
If your recycling is not collected on your normal day, please leave the can at the curb. TFC Recycling will ensure that it is collected.
Greetings fellow Norfolk natives and others. In the most iconic years of the 1980’s music scene, I was working at the premiere Tidewater Record Store – Tracks at Wards Corner right where the parking lot is for Harris Teeter. Hired the same month MTV was launched, it was a pivotal time for music…and art, as music and art (video) mixed like never before.
Some 40 years later, I have created an “1980’s Art Exhibit” featuring those years at my Art’s Up Gallery @ Pembroke Mall. I think it would be a treat to the Wards Corner populace to visit the free exhibit. A special treat is a photo I took of Tracks in 1984, arguably the most vivid year of the ‘80’s music scene (Madonna, Prince, Springsteen, etc) from a rooftop at the corner of where K & K Square is now.
100% proceeds from a number of these prints that are signed and numbered (limited edition of 1984) will help support the Norfolk TCC music department, whose band “Blue Moon Jazz Ensemble” performed at the most recent art opening. This promotion is local, charitable, and put on by me – a Norfolk son, grandson of Norfolk’s original tough copper, and son of Army parents.
In April 2021, the Urban League of Hampton Roads launched a Financial Literacy Program, opening three Urban League Financial Centers.
On Tuesday July 27, 2021 meet the Financial Coaches serving the community helping people in need of improving their finances. They are hosting a free online Financial Wellness event from 6 pm to 7 pm. To register, please click on the link:
The Urban League invites you and your network/clients to join us for this brief overview of the Urban League’s Financial Centers and the free coaching services they will be providing for each client. They will follow up with each organization to discuss any level of interest in the program and look forward to partnering with you.
Norfolk Festevents and the City of Norfolk are excited to announce a full weekend of Fourth of July waterfront celebrations for Independence Day, including fireworks shows at both Town Point Park and Ocean View Beach Park!
The Fourth of July Great American Picnic and Fireworks at Town Point Park is scheduled for Sunday, July 4, from 5pm to 11pm along the Downtown Norfolk Waterfront with the one of the largest fireworks shows in the region beginning at 9:30pm over the Elizabeth River.
The celebration will also feature a full afternoon of patriotic musical performances. Festival guests can enjoy all-American food favorites, including hot dogs, hamburgers, barbecue, seafood and more. Guests are allowed to bring their own lawn chair or blanket to enjoy the show.
The Shore Thing Concert & Independence Day Celebration at Ocean View Beach Park is scheduled for Friday, July 2, from 6pm to 10pm with fireworks starting at 9:30pm above the Chesapeake Bay. The OV celebration will also feature live music from local dance-pop party band Wonderland, as well as food trucks, children’s activities and more.
Both events are free and open the public. Go to Festevents.org for details.Masks are not required. Please be mindful and respectful of the health and safety of others.
Do you walk, drive, or bike along Granby Street between Willow Wood Drive and Admiral Taussig Boulevard (just south of the I-564 overpass)? If so, we need to hear from you and your neighbors – again!
The Department of Transit is hosting a second Granby Street Bike Lane virtual workshop on June 29, 6:00 – 7:30 p.m., to get your input as we work to develop a potential project that would repurpose one vehicle lane in each direction into bike lanes along this portion of Granby Street.
During the workshop, learn about the traffic study results and provide your comments on potential design concepts in small group break-out sessions with the project team.
RSVP to save your seat and receive a link to the virtual workshop: https://bit.ly/3wWiJAr.
The city is currently not planning to open any outdoor pools this summer, including the outdoor pool at the Norfolk Fitness & Wellness Center located in Wards Corner. The city manager has stated that there is a lifeguard shortage and there will not be sufficient staffing to open outdoor pools. Indoor pools and beaches are set to remain open and staffed by city lifeguards.
Are you 16 or older and looking for summer or part-time employment? Consider applying for a lifeguard position with the City of Norfolk. The city is looking for lifeguards for Norfolk beaches and indoor pools. Interviews are held weekly.
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