2025 Membership Dues $25 Pay 🔥NOW: Get your 2025 Sticker While they last!

Did you forget? Today is the DAY! Link is right here to pay 2025 dues online easy peasy👉: Membership dues $25 pay securely by credit card ! If you can donate extra, it is much appreciated!! Thank you to all who have paid their 2025 dues!! Email here to get your sticker delivered to your mailbox! You can also pay at our Thursday, March 6 meeting and pick up your sticker!

Thank you for renewing and joining now! If you have any difficulties email Shane Abell our treasurer: treasurer@opcl.org . Get your 2025 sticker! Hurry while the supply holds out!

PayPal users will receive a notice that their recurring payment is cancelled. Here is the new link to set up a PayPal payment for OPCL: Click ONLY ONCE- if you see an error message, check to see if payment went through before clicking again. Questions? email Shane Abell

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Anything Fun Coming Up? Yes! Great Events Ahead!🍷🐣!

Mark your calendars! 🗓️

BOLO for information coming about our 2nd Annual Wine Tasting on March 30 at Brock!

Easter Egg Hunt Saturday, April 19th 10:00 am Loch Haven Park! Neighbors donated candy, decorations and refreshments last year! We had great helpers to stuff the eggs! Get ready for this year!

Spring Fling Picnic and Music with Johnny Smallwood at Taste Saturday, April 26th 4-7 pm!

Piling Day May 4th Sunday on the Beach!

July 4th Parade 10:00 am meet at Surry and Abermarle!

INDEPENDENCE DAY JULY FIREWORKS- DATE TBA SOON!

LOTS MORE: Movies on the Beach! Fall Fest ! Stay tuned!!

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Updates on Pleasure House Point

The path to the right of the front ramp to the Brock Center has been temporarily closed by COVB Public Works for repairs to the bridge. The bridge maintenance is separate from the wetlands mitigation project. They are fixing a washout below the bridge. The contractor needs about 10 days to complete the work and hopes to be done by March 5. This is weather dependent with the tides and potential snow. The trail from the Brock Center (contractor access) to the bridge will be closed during this construction work.

The projected start date for construction of the Wetlands Project is March 2025. The city will sent out notices two weeks ahead of start date.

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Thank you to all our neighbors who came out to our Chill-I Out Night! It was a great night with really great food from our chef-neighbors, super music from the Tidewater Bluegrass Society and stuff to buy from our silent auction and Ocean Park merch! Thank you to our volunteers who make it possible!! Huge thank you to all who cooked for us!! Thank you to Ocean Park Vol. Rescue Squad for being such a kind host! (please donate to them here or when their envelopes come in the mail!)

Thank you Sharon Grossman for the Balloon decorations!
Betty Dierstein and Marcie Chrisman
President Danny Murphy and Grant Simmons
Sec. Christy Allen, Board member Natalie McIntyre, Social Media Chair Jenny Snyder
Board Member Brian Snyder , Jenny Merch Chair and family!
Tidewater Bluegrass Society created great music and made the party!
Betty Dierstein: apron design and maker!

Huge thank you to all who cooked for us !! It was all delish! Congratulations to winners! Shane Kinsley won in Traditional Chili, Jen Clark (A Shore Thing) made white chicken chili and won for Non Traditional Chili, Melissa Waddel made banana budding and won in Dessert, Mary Faust won in Cornbread (again!)and Grant Simmons had a secret ingredient and won in Vegan/Vegetarian! Fun night for all! Thank you to Betty Dierstein for designing and making the apron prizes!

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Help us plan! Please sign up today to bring your best chili, chicken cornbread and 🧁dessert! NEW 🦀apron design this year for prizes 🎖️! Ocean Park Civic League’s friendly chili, cornbread and dessert cook off will be Thursday, Feb. 6th at OPVRS! Tidewater Bluegrass will join us again and provide live music! All neighbors are welcome! Sign up to help out set up clean up! This is not a member’s only event but it is a great time to renew or join OPCL! just $25 for the year per household!

Betty Dierstein has designed and made our prize aprons for many years! This year’s are outstanding-Look at the Crabby Chef! Thank you, Betty!

what you need to know:

  • Sign up ahead of time please to bring a pot of traditional, non traditional or NEW CATEGORY: vegan/ vegetarian chili, cornbread or dessert.
  • Drop off (very little parking) your chili in a crockpot with an extension cord, cornbread, dessert to OPVRS (back door) on Thursday, Feb 6 between 5-6 pm to get checked in and get your number.
  • Apron prizes will be awarded in those 5 categories decided by who gets the most votes!
  • You don’t have to bring a dish! Come enjoy the chili, cornbread, pizza and desserts! Vote for your favorite! Doors open at 6:00 pm!
  • Bid on our silent auction items! Also Ocean Park t shirts, sweatshirts and hats will be for sale!
  • enjoy the music from the Tidewater Bluegrass Music Society!
  • no admission for this event.. (but it’s a great time to join the civic league or renew! )
  • bring a muffin tin from home so you can put in all the samples of chili!
  • Questions? Communication@opcl.org
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Updates on PHP Wetlands Mitigation Project

The students of the Environmental Studies Program working with the COVB Public Works Dept. and the City Arborist have made progress with the tree/plant survey of the Wetlands project area at PHP. The survey includes: DBH ( diameter 4.5 ft above ground) minimum diameter 1.6 inches (circumference 5 in.), condition (including dead), classification: common name, invasive plant/tree etc. Here is the link to the survey still in progress. Right now you can click on individual dots (trees) to see information for that tree. A summary will follow which will allow counts of categories.

Councilman Schulman has formed a working group to coordinate efforts of environmental and other groups including Chesapeake Bay Foundation, Lynnhaven River Now, Friends of Live Oaks, Environmental Studies Program, Bayfront Advisory Commission, Ocean Park Civic League, Baylake Pines Civic League and volunteers to mitigate impacts on trees and wildlife.

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Pleasure House Point CleanUps for 2025!

Looking ahead to 2025, Mary Faust has the dates for Pleasure House Point Clean Ups. They are Saturday mornings from 9-12 at the Marlin Bay Trailhead. Bags, gloves and grabbers are provided (and yummy corn bread and chocolate muffins PLUS a little something for the kids! ). Plan to join in! Despite the construction, there is still a very large area to clean up!

  • March 15
  • April 12
  • May 17
  • June 14
  • Sept. 13
  • October 18
  • November 15
Red x is the Marlin Bay trailhead where we start!
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