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
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