Learn about the Wetlands Restoration at Pleasure House Point from 10 am to noon! Sign up for a tour! Lynnhaven River Now has added another tour for Saturday, October 26th!

Huge thank you to all our parade participants!! Thank you for dressing up!
Thank you to our wonderful Parade leader Emily Dorrance!

Fall Fest could not happen without the wonderful volunteers who bring their creativity and enthusiasm and do all the hard work (and have some fun too!) to make it a great event for the community! Thank you to all and now you can rest your aching feet!!

Thank you to all our neighbors who came out for Fall Fest! We are so fortunate to live in our wonderful Ocean Park neighborhood with terrific friendly people. Thank you to all who came out!! Thank you to Lewis McGehee for his great music! Thank you to the Chesapeake Bay Foundation Brock Environmental Center for the beautiful venue! Great food from Pollard’s!

Remember the Little Free Food Pantry that used to be by OPVRS? It has moved to 2224 Greenwell Rd by the Bayside Christian Church right behind the Sunoco Station on Shore Drive. Donations are urgently needed now and through the winter months. There is a drop off box there. Donations can also be dropped off at the Pleasure House Point Clean Up on Saturday, October 18th from 9-12 at the Marlin Bay Trailhead on Marlin Bay Drive. Thanks to all who have donated! Needed items: canned soups, noodles, pasta and sauce, canned meats, breakfast bars.

Separate from the COVB Wetlands Project at Pleasure House Point is the wetlands restoration project by the Army Corps of Engineers which has been in progress for 10 years. The 3rd phase will restore 6.6 acres at the southern tip of Pleasure House Point on Crab Creek.

“Over time, marshes around the river have been particularly impacted by invasive species and human development, such as waterfront property owners installing bulkhead barriers”, said Gina Dotolo, a biologist with the Corps’ Norfolk District. “Their shorelines and wetlands have been filled in,” she said. “Now there’s more flooding going on because there’s no tidal wetlands there to absorb all the water, and a lot of wave action hitting the shoreline is causing a lot of erosion.”

Two phases of wetlands restoration are already completed. Invasive species were pulled up and about 28 acres of marsh were planted behind Princess Anne High School and in the Seatack area.

The entire Lynnhaven ecosystem project will cost nearly $40 million, Phase 3 will cost about $6 million. The federal government covers 65% of the project cost, with Virginia Beach responsible for the rest. Officials hope to start construction at Crab Creek in 2028.

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