Spring cleaning? Making room in your garage? Now’s the time to sign up for our annual community yard sale on June 4 from 8 am until 12 Noon.
Join us on June 4th, and we’ll promote your home’s participation in our community event. Sign up by May 28 to get on the neighborhood map!
Your opinion matters! Please complete the Virginia Department of Transportation survey to help improve travel in our community.
Provide feedback on potential transportation safety, operations, transit, transportation demand management and bicycle/pedestrian improvements along Route 60 (Semmes Ave.) between Route 683 (Forest Hill Ave.) and Route 1/301 (Cowardin Ave.).
Take the survey in English: https://metroquestsurvey.com/w5j1x
Llene la encuesta en español: https://bit.ly/3J3cy3i
Neighbors Tanya Pruett and Mark Lewis have compiled the locations of little libraries, food pantries, little art galleries, and the Li’l Info Shop in Woodland Heights. Tanya and Mark drove, walked, and biked around the neighborhood to identify where these acts of kindness are located. After locating and writing down a brief description of each resource, Tanya and Mark entered the information into a Google map and created a webpage to access the map.
If you are out and about in our neighborhood, you can find wonderful reading material, food, displays of art and rad literature! Please support these community-driven locations by visiting them, donating or maybe get inspired and create your own little place.
We know times have changed. Some of us love picking up a paper copy of our Riverside News and reading about topics of community interest, while many of us consume news solely online or among friends and neighbors. There are also individuals who like keeping informed any which way they can, and we appreciate all of you.
Riverside News is typically published 4 times per year. We’ve scaled it back to 2 issues in 2021 due to low content submissions. While our generous neighborhood advertisers have offset the financial cost of the print newsletter, our volunteers contribute hours of time each issue securing content and advertisements, arranging layouts, and delivering the print editions.
Congratulations to our neighbors!
Carol and George have a pesticide free yard with over 700 gallons of rainwater storage that feeds extensive vegetable, herb and fruit gardens. Material for composting is collected from 9 households.
The lawn is seeded with clover and chemical free so it needs no water and stays green longer. Invasives, like ivy, are plucked when they appear. Water runoff and AC condensate is channeled to fruit trees/bushes.
Betty’s nominator shares that he’s, “Surprised no one has nominated my wife, Betty, for recognition. So, I decided to do it myself. No doubt you have seen her flower gardens on our corner. One thing for sure— the bees, butterflies, finches, and hummingbirds, etc., know where it is. Lots of native species, too!”
Liz’s nominator notes that, “Over the years Liz has lived in Woodland Heights, she has planted and nurtured many bee-friendly plants, both native and ornamental. She and her husband Neil are committed to gardening organically and to tackling exotic invasives without using herbicides. They have a lovely vegetable garden, fruit tree and a stunning bank of azaleas that numerous neighbors stopped to admire this spring.