President's Page

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We have enjoyed a cool spring this year – some say it’s too cold. All you

sun worshippers, take heart, it will be the Virginia Beach summer with a

vengeance soon enough. Hazy, hot, and humid will be the standard daily

forecast. Me, I just put away my snow shovel.

We have a lot of terrific people in this neighborhood. In April, we

received a request from Chelsea, Administrator at SonRise Christian

Church, seeking assistance for the five families displaced by the recent

major fire at naval housing near Little Creek. I shared the message with

the neighborhood via an email broadcast. The outpouring of donations

from our residents was unbelievable. Donated items from this

neighborhood more than half-filled the collection room at the church.

Again, in April, we received an unsolicited one-thousand-dollar donation

for our scholarship from Bob, a long-time resident of our neighborhood.

We indeed have a very caring and generous neighborhood that should

give us all pride in living here.

All neighborhood residents are invited to come to a cookout in Haygood

Point Park on Sunday, May 19, 2024, from 2PM to 4PM. We will be

serving up grilled hamburgers, hot dogs and perhaps some brats along

with all the condiments. We will also have bottled water and chips. Get

them while they last. All you need to bring is a lawn chair. Come out and

spend a little time with your friends and neighbors in the relaxed setting

of the neighborhood park. You will also have an opportunity to meet

your civic league board members. They are the folks working behind the

scenes on your behalf every day.

Following several years of study and surveys, a plan has been finalized

and fully funded to correct the severe bank erosion and embankment

failure in the storm water ditch between Lake Smith Terrace and

Lakeview Shores. At a meeting with the Virginia Beach project manager

and our District 9 council member, we were provided details of the work

to be performed and a projected timeline. Work is scheduled to begin in

October 2024 with a scheduled completion by February 2025. This will

reverse and stabilize the deteriorating land subsistence at the homes

along Five Forks Ct and the Lakeview Shores homes on the opposite side

of the ditch.

Our final civic league meeting before the summer break is on Tuesday,

May 21, 2024, at 7PM in the fellowship hall at Bayside Presbyterian

Church. The program will be a presentation by Shawn Reid from the

Virginia Aquarium. It will be an interesting and informative meeting that

you don’t want to miss. Put it on your calendar and plan to spend an hour

with your friends and neighbors.

We have reached that time of year when your civic league takes a

summer break. The months of June, July and August are typically the

period when we schedule no events, newsletters, or membership

meetings. Even though we are not visibly active, your board of directors

continues to meet throughout the summer addressing issues pertaining to

our neighborhood. Sam Hribal and I will continue to send periodic email

broadcasts to the members on topics of community importance. To be on

the email broadcast, you must be a civic league member. If you have not

joined, we welcome you to do so.

I hope everyone has a safe and enjoyable summer.

John Eason - President