A Virginia Beach Neighborhood Association Founded in 1944
Join us for a discussion on the integration of two seemingly disconnected fields: Art and Engineering. Learn how the merging of creativity and calculation gives us a new perception of our community. Our distinguished panelists include:
Donald Lipski
Artist of The Canoes at Lesner BridgeChris Wojtowicz
City of Virginia Beach, Project Manager of the Lesner Bridge Replacement ProjectMel Price, Principal, Work Program Architects (WPA)
Moderated by Ron Williams, Virginia Beach Deputy City Manager
View article at Pilotonline.com.
In 2016, the city collected $268,174 in taxes on short-term rentals and home-sharing transactions. In 2017, short-term rental and home-sharing revenue ballooned to $723,907. Those numbers don’t include homes managed by realty companies, like many large houses in Sandbridge.
Planning Commission members said that even with the new requirements, they expect the council to wrestle with the ordinance, too.
“It’s difficult to have a one-size-fits-all approach,” said commission member Don Horsley. “There will probably be revisions.”
13 News Now Video Coverage of Shore Drive Phase 4.
Coastal Engineer Phill Roehrs said it will be an asset for dredging and bridge maintenance projects.
“They bring a very large dredge plant to do that work, it needs a place, this will be an ideal site for that purpose,” said Roehrs.
Residents, like Jennifer Williams, worry about long-term environmental effects.
Vice Mayor Louis Jones, Councilman for Ocean Park, has asked us to come out to speak to City Council to ask them to help Vice Mayor Jones to secure funding for Phase 4.
Join us!
You do not need to speak to have a big impact for Ocean Park.
Carpool & attend City Council Meeting March 6th at 6pm.
2405 Courthouse Dr Building #1 Virginia Beach, VA 23456
OPCL Membership Meeting will be an important meeting to attend.
Especially if you’d like to hear more about Phase 4 updates, continuous sidewalks & bike lanes, crosswalks and storm water upgrades for Shore Drive in Ocean Park plus current news about Lesner Municipal Wharf.
Social starts at 700pm, meeting at 730pm.
Join us!
Both meeting are in the evenings.
View entire article at Pilotonline.com:
In the future, “we don’t want to lose the option to use it as a transfer site for neighborhood dredging,” Roehrs said.
In 1972, the city bought the space – southwest of the bridge and across from a cluster of waterfront seafood restaurants – to stockpile sand for Oceanfront beach replenishment.
Bids are due to CVB by January 8th. They usually award within a couple of weeks of the closing date & the work has to be completed within 30 days. Virginia Beach does require a certified arborist to be on site while the tree work is being completed.
Our Ocean Park neighbor remains in critical condition and in a coma at the time of this post.
Know someone who loves Ocean Park?
Here’s the perfect gift…
From before the time there was an Ocean Park until modern times, with pictures, maps and drawings to illustrate just how special our neighborhood is. Just $15 cash or check made payable to OPCL.
Also available at:
Tin Soldiers Forgotten Treasures
3725 Shore Drive
The Mayor & Vice Mayor have a copy! Do you have yours?
From an email from Baylake Pines:
A neighbor contacted us today regarding a dog attack on Battery Road. We feel it is important to pass this on:
The incident occurred around 5-5:30 Sunday night on Battery Road.
Our neighbor’s Rottweiler was attached by some type of animal in their backyard. Unfortunately, the dog did not survive. According to our neighbor, something attacked his back leg from behind and mauled his leg down to the bone. The vet said it had to be a large animal, as there were no bite marks, just ravaging claw marks. This is a large breed dog, too, so it must have been something large to attempt to attack the dog in the first place. Have there been any coyotes spotted in the neighborhood or other large predatory animals?
I know there are foxes in the neighborhood and several of our other neighbors say they have seen a very large raccoon in the area, but I’ve never heard of an attack of this nature and I don’t want this to become an ongoing issue.
I’ve given the animal control number to our neighbor so that this incident can be reported. Whatever attacked her dog is still out there and I’m concerned as there are frequently small children in our court playing flashlight tag, etc., not to mention the neighbors walking their dogs in the evenings.
Baylake neighbor on Battery Road near the lake.
Ocean Park Civic League 