Green Run and our neighboring communities will be hosting a Candidate Forum for the City Council and School Board candidates who are running for the Rose Hall District - Green Run and surrounding neighborhoods.
The Forum will be held at 6:30 pm at Green Run High School. For details, call Chandler at 621-4919.
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I’ve recently updated the Parks section of the photo gallery! I’ll try to start updating these sections as I am able to take pictures as well!
Let us know what you’d like to see!
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Check under community resources for an important new link the City of Virginia Beach’s ePro Website. With ePro you cann access reported crime and traffic accident reports. So if you’re curious to see what’s going on in your city or even within your community, check it out!
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Here is Mr. Villanueva’s full response from this month’s question to our City Council:
Councilman Ron Villanueva, (H) 757-523-9393, rvillanu@VBgov.com
“First, let me applaud the Association’s civic engagement in making our city stronger. Rather than this monthly questionnaire, you could invite different councilmembers to meetings to brief you on different subjects.
As one of nine councilmembers who voted this past May to support our public safety initiatives, which include recruitment and retention of police officers, I agree with you that community resources need to stay within their respective precincts but we have to work with the Police Administration on how to best allocate resources.
Also one of the things that needs to change is an organizational approach (from the Police, businesses, and government) as to how we operate down at the Oceanfront with the bar district and special events and how we can use the money spent on overtime and manning these events thus bringing back resources to the communities that need more policing.”
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Did you know that the GRHA Board of Directors hold monthly forums to provide residents with an opportunity to discuss community concerns and learns about issues facing our community?
Forum Purpose:
These Forums are designed to provide GRHA homeowners and residents the opportunity to bring their questions and concerns directly to the GRHA Board of Directors.
The agenda will be an Open Forum, but we will try to stay on the topic listed for each Forum.
The meetings are held at 7pm on the first Wednesday of each month in the Green Run Clubhouse, 1248 Green Garden Circle.
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Hey Teens!
Need Volunteer Hours? Like working with children? The Virginia Beach Central Library is seeking teen volunteers age 14-17 to help with our annual Summer Reading Program. Two hours per week requested, more available if wanted! Check out their flyer.
If interested you can fill out an application at www.vbgov.com/volunteer.
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Green Run Residents,
How safe do you feel today?
Timberlake, Chimney Hill, and Campus East have hired off-duty police officers to patrol their neighborhoods. Some residents have suggested that Green Run consider doing the same because they believe that safety is the highest priority for our community.
Is City Council doing enough to ensure that residents feel safe? Do you agree with the city’s spending priorities?
· The proposed city budget includes $3.5 million in funding for a pedestrian cross walk at Town Center.
· There is no available funding for at least the next five years to upgrade older street lights with newer, brighter lights at a cost of roughly $100 each – at least in part because of the high cost of high-end lights being installed along Shore Drive and the “Laskin Road Gateway” to the Oceanfront.
· Many of the canals throughout Green Run are in desperate need of dredging to ensure they can handle the volume from a major storm without flooding nearby homes.
City Council is holding a Public Hearing on the proposed 2009/2010 budget at 6pm on April 17 at Green Run High School. During the meeting, Green Run Homes Association will encourage Council to allocate more funding for neighborhoods.
It is important that a large number of Green Run residents attend this hearing in order to ensure that City Council takes our request seriously. Large number are critical to our visibility – we need to have as many people as possible sitting in the audience wearing green shirts. Please bring your spouse, children, friends, and neighbors! GRHA will provide free pizza and beverages afterward as our way of thanking those who participate.
We also need help from people who are willing to speak because there is normally a three minute limit per speaker. Please let us know if you are willing to speak or to read from prepared remarks.
But whether or not you speak, you will be helping the community by attending the meeting! So that we can coordinate our effort, please call the Green Run office at 427-2600 if you are able to attend.
Chandler Scarborough
President
Green Run Homes Association
For more information on the preceding letter from our Board of Directors’ President, check out these two editorials:
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John Carrier, Eric Custer, Terry Grinnell, Pat Keeley, Chandler Scarborough, and Chris Wiemken of the Green Run Homes Association Board of Directors met a few weeks ago to discuss establishing a Vision Statement, a Mission Statement, and broad Objectives to help us achieve our goals. They drafted the following:
Proposed Vision Statement:
To build a safe, attractive community that people are proud to call home.Proposed Mission Statement:
To improve the quality of life in our community.Proposed Objectives:
□ To unite neighbors into a community.
□ To enhance and maintain a safe community.
□ To advocate on behalf of the community and to encourage civic involvement.
□ To preserve and enhance community appearance.
□ To provide quality recreational, sports, and social activities and facilities for all age groups.
□ To promote and support our schools.Slogan / Tag line
□ Neighbors Working Together for a Better Community.
□ The Heart of Virginia Beach.
The Board of Directors is wondering what our community thinks about these proposed ideas to help us better community life. If you would like to share your ideas and provide feedback, feel free to correspond with William Newman, our Executive Director, via e-mail at grha1@verizon.net. The Board of Directors will use any feedback received between April 5th and April 25th at their next meeting to set up specific goals to help maintain the outlined objectives.
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Residents,
Architectural Review Committee
The next round of architectural rules and policies review will take place on March 13th (Thursday) at 6:30 p.m. in the Association Clubhouse. The Architectural Review Committee is made up of both residents and board members. It is important that all residents who have an interest in making our community a better place to live have an opportunity to share ideas or concerns for how the properties in Green Run are maintained.The Association has taken strong measures in the past two years to make it possible to enforce certain architectural rules and regulations more stringently. There are still many rules that need to be addressed in Chapter 3 of the manual. We are encouraging all residents who would like to be part of this effort to come and participate. The meeting should last for 1.5 – 2 hours. Light refreshments and drinks will be provided.If you are interested please come out and join us. If you cannot make it that evening but want to be part of this process, please call me at 427-2600 or simply respond to this email with your comments, ideas or concerns.
Footbridges
Each week we have our maintenance crews inspect the footbridges in Green Run for structural integrity and safety. During the last heavy rain we had, they noted that one of the end support blocks was missing (found down stream). When the Windmill Bridge was inspected they discovered a pylon deficiency that was not evident prior to the heavy rains. With this situation present the bridges had to be closed and secured. We are in the process of searching for qualified contractor/engineers to dismantle and bid on rebuilding new bridges. Once the bids are in, they will be presented to the Board of Directors for review.
Vandalism in the Keegan’s Landing Neighborhood
I am asking for resident’s assistance on this one. We have suffered an extensive amount of vandalism in this neighborhood. Please keep your eye and ears open for anyone that is damaging either Association property or private property. We have lost 5 watch lights (repaired by Dominion Power), 3 trees (yes, someone has taken an axe to them) and over $1,600 in other damages. Call the police and then notify me if you see anything. Thank you.Have a great weekend!
Bill Newman
Executive Director
GRHA
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Check out the map of the different parks, pools, tennis courts, and other buildings available by clicking the “Map” tab at the top of the screen.
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