Next Ghent Task Force (GTF) Meeting is 8:00am, Friday 9 March (City Hall, 10th Floor Conference Room) - see the agenda below. On tap are discussions on the benches in Stockley Gardens (south), the Heart of Ghent 10K race in September and the impact of concentrating homeless services in our neighborhood and commercial district are on the agenda. Members of the public are invited to attend.
GTF – Meeting Minutes final 13 Jan 2012
Posted in Bulletin, tagged Crisis Center on May 16, 2010 |
Posted in Bulletin, Events, Meetings, Neighborhood Safety on November 16, 2009 |
Dr. Theresa W. Whibley, Councilwoman – Ward 2 Norfolk City Council will be speaking and available toaddress questions and concerns to those present.
Posted in Bulletin, tagged EVMS, HAPC, Light Rail on July 20, 2009 |
Monday, July 20th, 7-9 PM at Blair Middle School
Posted in Bulletin on May 1, 2009 |
Monday, May 18th, 7-9 PM at Blair Middle School with guest speaker Norfolk’s Chief of Police Bruce P. Marquis, will be on hand to discuss crime and answer any questions or concerns you might have
Sat. May 16th 10am-6pm & Sun. May 17th 12pm-6pm – Proceeds benefit the Hope House Foundation. This will be the festival’s 25th anniversary of exhibiting in every fine-art medium.
Downtown’s Public Safety Ambassador’s are available to escort anyone to their car, business or residence in the downtown area by calling 478-SAFE. Don’t forget to save this number in your cell phone.
Officer Gilda Klein reported that there were 14 reported incidents. Two were involving robbery to individuals, one being a ‘snatch and grab’ (individual arrested) and another was a wallet stolen (arrest pending). There were also reported burglaries to homes and businesses. In some cases the individuals gained entrance by braking a window or the owner letting them in when answering the front door. An aggravated assault was reported at a restaurant along Colley Ave in the late hours. The incident was between two disputing individuals. Officer Klein asked that people remember to secure their license plates by purchasing special bolts from your local hardware store and to remember that making cutting marks on your inspectionsticker will help prevent theft of them.
City Forester, Mr Rick Wernickle presented the City of Norfolk’s tree planting procedures. He explained that city trees are replaced mostly upon request and not always with the same type or size. Tree plantings are done October thru March for the best chances of survival. Over the years they have discovered what trees fit best in certain areas. The City of Norfolk currentlyplants about 800 trees of their own. This number is currently down due to Hurricane Isabelle damaging many of their trees, but expect in the next few years the number to increase to 1500. Home owners can plant their own trees with the cities review and approval. If you have a city tree that you wish to have replaced or would like plant one on your own please call 441-2400.
Upcoming Ghent Neighborhood Elections ballots will be mailed out to members with a deadline of May 15th. The results are expected to be announced at the May 18th GNL meeting. Please come down and meet the new GNL board.
Representatives who are biding on the project presented their plans for a possible additional Mid-Town tunnel. The Tunnel will be added on the west side of the current tunnel. They explained that they expect the tunnel construction to last till 2015 and most will be done on the Portsmouth side and barged over. They will also take over maintenance of the current Mid- Town tunnel and the two Downtown tunnels. They plan to add tolls to all the tunnels of abut $2.00-3.00 per visit. The tolls will be collected by the Easy Pass and taking photos of vehicles license plates and billing them through the DMV. As of right now the bidding company has not included light rail to go through the tunnel but it can be added at a later date, per the instructions of VDOT.
Election results will be announced and new board members introduced to the community.
Chief of Police, Bruce P. Marquis will be speaking to the GNL and its members on the issues of crime impacting our city and community. He will discuss how crime in the City of Norfolk is being fought and how crime is directly impacting the Ghent area. He will also discuss methods of crime prevention.
The Ghent Dog Park Association has announced that it has raised
$22,000 for the fence with brick columns, the cornerstone of the
Ghent Dog Park improvement project located at 1300 Stockely
Gardens. The City Council will hear an ordinance for approval at
the Tuesday, May 19th meeting at 2:30 pm which would allow the
dog park improvement project to proceed with installing the fenc
and subsequent columns. The GDPA announced that if all goes
well the fence will become reality by late June/July
