October 2015

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The 17th Annual Colonial Place - Riverview Front Porch Art Walk, October 11, 2015!

The Annual Colonial Place-Riverview Front Porch Art Walk returns for its 17th year. This yearly event is an opportunity for neighborhood artists to share and sell their creative works. Artisans display their paintings, photography, pottery, jewelry, an other mixed media art at homes throughout the two historical neighborhoods. This year the event is held on October 11, 2015 from 12PM to 5PM, rain or shine.

This year’s Featured Artist is Reba McConnell, a local artist from Vir-ginia Beach. Her stunning watercolor pieces are inspired by life by the wa-ter. The beautiful paintings include beach related themes, surf art, mer-maids, beach babes, funky crabs, and classics cars. Reba’s work can be seen internationally and throughout Hampton Roads. She will be located at the Lydia Roper Home - a great place to start your Art Walk experience.

All residents of Hampton Roads and beyond are invited! Park, walk, or bike and enjoy this free community event with friends and neighbors by visiting each artist. You can pick up your maps of the neighborhoods highlighting the artists and their locations starting at 12PM at the following Riverview hospitality sites: Lydia Roper Home (127 East 40th Street), Briki Coffee House (4117 Granby Street), and MJ’s Tavern (4019 Granby Street).

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CIVIC LEAGUE MEETING:

Monday, October 12th

6:30 pm

Eggleston’s (110 La Valette Ave)

Mark Your Calendars

cprv.net

6:30 pm

New Meeting Time

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Colonial Place/Riverview Community Newsletter

The official publication of the Colonial Place/Riverview Civic League

Norfolk, Virginia

Published 12 times per year.

Circulation: Colonial Place/Riverview - Approximately 1600 residences.

Publisher: CPRV Civic League David Spriggs, Media Chairperson

Civic League President’s Resignation By John W. Robertson, Vice-President

I am sorry to inform you that our re-cently-elected President, Lindsey Flaherty, has tendered her resignation, saying “My work has become busier the last couple of months, requiring more of my attention on the evenings and weekends. I do not ex-pect it slack off anytime soon. I am not able to give this position the attention that it deserves.” Anyone who knows the pas-sion and dedication Lindsey brings to her growing law practice will not be surprised at her difficult decision, and the Board thanks her for her service. Lindsey will continue to be involved with the Civic League, most notably in the efforts to place our beautifully-repaired mermaid, Lady Anne, in her new location at the Dela-ware and Colonial circle. As provided in our By-laws, the Vice President will assume the duties of leading the Civic League until we are able to hold a special election to fill the President ’s position.

Young Children's Playgroup

Hello young families! If you are home on Wednesday mornings with your children 1-5 years old, please consider joining our neighbor-hood playgroup from 10:00 a.m. – noon.

For more information contact Megan Jaskoski at: megan.jaskoski@gmail.com

Recycling Incentives

In 2012, the City of Norfolk introduced incentives to recyclers with “Recycling Perks”.

Residents can freely activate their Perks account online at Recycling Perks.com.

Remember

NO PLASTIC BAGS IN YOUR BLUE CART

Street Sweeping Schedule

Colonial Place Tuesday October 13th (Even Addresses)

Wednesday October 14th (Odd Addresses)

Riverview Wednesday October 21st

Colonial Place & Riverview Curbside Recycling Schedule

Thursday, October 1st

Thursday, October 15th Thursday, October 29th

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CPRV Community Photos October’s photo taken by Tara Honey

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17th Annual Colonial Place - Riverview

Front Porch Art Walk

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This is a great opportunity to find that unique, handmade gift or to add some local art to your current collections. You will also be supporting local artisans and will be able to enjoy the beauti-ful Colonial Place and Riverview neighborhoods. For more information please visit www.cprv.net or https://www.facebook.com/CPRV-Annual-Front-Porch-Art-Walk-230363677024680.

Pick up your Dog’s Poo! 8 Reasons Why

1) Storm water carries pet waste and other pol-lutants directly into waterways.

2) Animal waste adds nitrogen to the water. Excess nitrogen depletes the oxygen in water necessary for beneficial underwater grasses, wildlife and fish.

3) Animal waste may contain harmful organ-isms such as Giardia, Salmonella and E. coli that can be transmitted to humans and other animals by ingesting contaminated water.

4) Roundworms and hookworms deposited by infected animals can live in the soil for long periods of time and be transmitted to other animals and humans.

5) Norfolk has an ordinance that requires own-ers to pick up after their pet.

6) No one likes to step in pet waste and spread it into homes, cars and businesses.

7) It’s easy to clean up by carrying plastic bag-gies and paper towels in your pocket. The baggies can be secured and thrown away in the garbage.

8) Your neighbors will appreciate your good manners!

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Norfolk Police Department: Public Notice

The Norfolk Police Department is schedule for an on-site assessment as part of a program to obtain its first accreditation status by verifying that it meets professional standards. Administered by the Commission of Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (CALEA), the accreditation program requires agencies to comply with state-of-the-art standards in four basic areas: policy and procedures, administration, operations and support services.

As part of the on-site assessment, agency employees and members of the community are invited to offer comments at a Public Information Session on October 13, 2015. The session will be conduct at the Third Pa-trol Division Community Room, located at 901 Asbury Avenue in Norfolk, Virginia. The Public Information Ses-sion is scheduled to being at 6:00 pm.

Agency employees and the public are also invited to offer comments by calling 757-664-8204 between the hours of 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm on October 13, 2015.

Telephone comments, as well as appearance at the Public Information Session, are limited to ten minutes and must address the agency’s ability to comply with CALEA standards. A copy of the standards is available at the Norfolk Police Department, Police Administration Building, located at 100 Broke Avenue. The local con-tact is Accreditation Manger Lieutenant Karen Alsup. Lieutenant Alsup can be contact at 757-664-3299 or by email at Karen.Alsup@norfolk.gov.

Email comments may also be sent using the address of “calea@norfolk.gov”. All emails will be forwarded directly to the on-site assessors for review.

Anyone wishing to submit written comment about the Norfolk Police Department’s ability to comply with the standards for accreditation may send them to:

The Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement, Inc. (CALEA) 13575 Heathcote Boulevard, Suite 320 Gainesville, Virginia 20155

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Tri-Neighborhood Party in the Park

By Officer Carrie Maglalang

Please come join us for a community event on Octo-

ber 10th. We have a kickball game planned against the

police officers and need people for the community team.

If you are interested in playing please message me. Also,

if you would like to volunteer or help in any way please

message me. We hope to see you there!

Contact Information: Officer Carrie Maglalang

Phone: 823-4425

Email: carrie.maglalang@norfolk.gov

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Vice-President John Robertson called the meeting to order at 6:30pm. President Lindsey Fla-herty was unable to attend the meeting.

V-P Robertson reported on the Tri-Neighborhood Picnic sponsored by the Norfolk Police Department. It will be held Saturday, October 10th at Larchmont Elementary School. Residents of Colonial Place, Riverview, Larchmont and Highland Park are invited and encouraged to attend.

Treasurer Pete Stoll reported that income for August was $1,925.09 and expenses were $517.17, leaving the Civic League with a balance, including the CD, of $16,690.38.

Membership Committee chair, Tobie Serafim, reported that we have 186 members, and that she will start sending out renewal notices in early De-cember.

Welcome Committee chair, Linda Daniel, report-ed that there were four new families in the neigh-borhood.

V-P John Robertson reported on the status of the mermaid project, advising that the Civic League needed to provide the City with a site plan, which Jack Kennedy was preparing.

The Annual Front Porch Art Walk is scheduled for Sunday, October 11th.

Officer Carrie Magalang reported that last month there had been an attempted robbery in the neigh-borhood. She encouraged everyone to attend the picnic on October 10th, and advised that there would be many different activities including a dunk tank, kick ball games, bomb squad demonstrations, as well as food and drink. She was asked if the Police Department had many complaints regarding Lou’s Bar on Colley Avenue and she stated that it was be-ing investigated by the City’s Bar Task Force. Officer Magalang distributed information regarding the

police department undergoing an on-site assess-ment as part of its accreditation process and en-couraged citizen input and participation.

A question was asked about the raccoon contro-versy, and V-P Robertson advised that the civic league was not directly involved in the issue.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned.

Colonial Place/Riverview Civic League September 14th, 2015 Meeting

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JOIN THE CPRV CIVIC LEAGUE: Make your voice count on neighborhood issues!

Name #1__________________________________ Name #2___________________________________

Address___________________________________ Phone_____________________________________

E-mail #1__________________________________ E-mail #2___________________________________

Dues are $10 per person or

$5 for persons over 65 years

of age. Membership expires

December 31st each year.

Clip this coupon and mail to:

Colonial Place-Riverview

Civic League, P.O. Box 6130,

Norfolk, VA 23508 or bring it

to the next meeting.

CIVIC LEAGUE OFFICERS

President (Vacant) - President@cprv.net

Vice-President John W. Robertson 449-8814 VicePresident@cprv.net

Secretary Tobie Serafim 635-1853 Secretary@cprv.net

Treasurer Pete Stoll 627-1728 Treasurer@cprv.net

Neighborhood Representative Jeremy Jones (Riverview) - NeighborhoodRep@cprv.net

* Denotes Board Member

Welcome* Linda Daniel - Welcome@cprv.net

Community Improvement* &

Beautification John W. Robertson 449-8814 Community@cprv.net

Community Garden Garden@cprv.net

Crime Prevention * Dave Wolfe 373-6731 Crime_Prevention@cprv.net

Environmental* Audrey Webb 623-1197 Environmental@cprv.net

Membership & Publicity* Tobie Serafim 635-1853 Membership@cprv.net

Media* & Media Advertising Dave Spriggs 627-1441 Media@cprv.net

Newsletter Distribution Mary Hormel 627-2392 Newsletter@cprv.net

Newsletter Production Gregory Grevelding - Editor@cprv.net

POLICE NON-EMERGENCY: 441-5610

Officer Carrie Maglalang: 823.4425 or email: carrie.maglalang@norfolk.gov

Norfolk Cares 664-6510 (neighborhood issues) or healthyneighborhoods@norfolk.gov

Norfolk City Council Members serving Colonial Place & Riverview:

Barclay Winn ( barclay.winn@norfolk.gov ) and Terry Whibley ( theresa.whibley@norfolk.gov )

CIVIC LEAGUE COMMITTEES

#1 #2 Welcome

#1 #2 Community Improvement

#1 #2 Community Garden

#1 #2 Crime Prevention

#1 #2 Environmental

#1 #2 Membership

#1 #2 Publicity

#1 #2 Technology

#1 #2 Advertising

#1 #2 Newsletter Distribution

#1 #2 Newsletter Production

#1 #2 Art Walk

#1 #2 Social Activities

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