The farmers market formerly on Hampton Blvd at Church of the Good Shepherd has relocated closer to our neighborhood. They now operate at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Talbot Park.
Wednesdays, 3:00 PM – 6:30 PM, April through October.
Plus a special Thanksgiving Market on Sunday, November 21, 2021, 2-5 PM.
More information at https://www.norfolkvafarmersmarket.com/talbot-park
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Join fellow citizens for the 2021 Norfolk Neighborhood Expo and U.P.L.I.F.T. Awards on Saturday, September 11th at Lakewood Park! This year, the Norfolk Neighborhood Expo from pre-Covid years is being combined with the U.P.L.I.F.T. Awards from 2020. I have provided more information on both the Neighborhood Expo and the U.P.L.I.F.T. Awards below!
2021 Neighborhood Expo
The Expo is an annual event hosted by the Department of Neighborhood Services that celebrates communities and residents across the city. Our department focuses on engagement within Norfolk neighborhoods and aims at fostering positive relationships with residents while encouraging leadership capacity and creating and maintaining community partnerships. This year the Norfolk Neighborhood Expo will be held on Saturday, September 11th from 11 AM – 3 PM at Lakewood Park (1612 Willow Wood Drive). Because the Expo will be held outdoors, this will be a *light* rain or shine event.
Our event will focus on the positive pivots that communities are embracing after turning a corner from 2019. Telling a new story and coming together as engaged neighbors is what we are centering on. Please see the attached flyer and share with neighbors!
U.P.L.I.F.T. Awards
The 2021 U.P.L.I.F.T. (Unity, Public Service, Leadership, Innovation, Friendship & Teamwork) Awards seek to recognize those who performed an act of service that benefited their community and the residents of Norfolk during the pandemic. This includes individuals, civic leagues or community organizations, businesses, non-profits, and religious organizations – any individual or group that made a meaningful impact in the community to help others. Nominations are being accepted until August 27th at 5:00 pm. If they meet the criteria below, they will be recognized with an U.P.L.I.F.T. Award at a presentation ceremony at the 2021 Neighborhood Expo at Lakewood Park on September 11th.
Nomination Criteria
Please visit www.norfolk.gov/expo for more information or the UPLIFT Award Nomination Form to submit a nomination!
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This is a notification about upcoming night work taking place as part of the Granby Street Bridge Rehabilitation project. The contractor will be conducting bridge deck overlay work on five nights over the next month. This work is being performed at night due to the temperature-sensitive nature of the latex-modified concrete overlay material. Night work is planned between 6 p.m. and 5 a.m. on the five dates listed below, weather permitting. During these timeframes, there will be one lane open southbound and one lane open northbound.
Planned dates for night work:
In the case of a delay on one of the planned dates, the night work will be rescheduled to a weeknight the following week. For more details, please visit www.norfolk.gov/granbybridge.
Future updates will be announced on message boards along Granby Street, Norfolk City News Flashes, Nextdoor.com, and project update emails. Anyone wishing to join the project update email list can send a request to olga.beltsar@norfolk.gov.
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The Norfolk Commissioner of the Revenue’s DMV Select, located inside City Hall, is open by appointment. DMV Select weekday hours are 8:30 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Residents should email CORPP@norfolk.gov to request an appointment using APPOINTMENT REQUEST in the subject line. Also include a brief description of the desired transaction and provide a daytime contact number. Additionally, residents can call the office at (757) 664-7884 to schedule. Please be sure to leave a message with a contact number.
DMV Select transactions are limited to vehicle titles, registrations, and license plates, permits and placards, name and address changes, transcript requests and voter registration applications. For all other transactions, visit the Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles at www.dmv.virginia.gov.
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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.
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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 Map or Question/Comment Form.
Help us gather input by spreading the word to your neighbors and friends!
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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.
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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.
– Larry Estes
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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:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/financial-wellness-program-tickets-159523365681
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.
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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.
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