Despite blustery winds, cold temperatures, intermittent snow flurries and opening day of spring turkey season, enough dedicated IKES turned out at the chapter’s park on the 9th of April, to make it a successful event. 15-20 of our members managed to accomplish all the top priority tasks on the list.
Our February member’s meeting guest speaker was Robert (Bob) Lane. Bob is an Extension Specialist with the Virginia Seafood Agriculture Research and Extension Center which is a Virginia Cooperative Extension of Virginia Tech. He specializes in Engineering, Process Applications, Energy and Resource Management associated with seafood processing.
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During the February member’s … Read more
On Tuesday January 26th, N2 publishing sponsored a community event at the Planters Club in northern Suffolk. N2 publishing creates magazines focused on specific neighborhoods and associated businesses. The magazine includes personal articles about both residents and businesses in order to aid in their efforts to transform neighborhoods into communities.
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During the January member’s meeting, the chapter welcomed several new members and their families. The chapter gained three additional family memberships and increased one existing membership to include family members.
Pictured is Chapter President Ray Powell swearing in our newest chapter members, Patrick Rouse and grandson, … Read more
Our first member’s meeting guest speaker for the year was W. Mason Copeland. Mason is a Lieutenant assigned to the Suffolk Fire and Rescue Bureau. Lt. Mason also became one of our chapter’s newest members as he was sworn in at the meeting.
During Lt. Copeland’s presentation he discussed the … Read more
The Nansemond River Preservation Alliance is seeking volunteers to spend a couple of hours this month restoring a 100-foot buffer adjacent to North Suffolk’s Sleepy Hole Park’s new 300-foot pier and kayak/canoe launch. The water access project is almost complete and is expected to open to the public later this … Read more
On December 9th, 2015 the City of Suffolk, the Green Infrastructure Center and students from the University of Virginia hosted a community forum in the City Council Chambers. The meeting was well attended and the audience was composed of many interested and engaged members of the local community. Included, among … Read more
Suffolk was one of eleven counties, cities and towns across Virginia that have received technical assistance grants to map, River Watershed to inventory the City’s natural assets and develop data to aid future land use decisions. Thanks to funding provided by the Southern Region of the U.S. Forest Service, grant recipients … Read more
The City of Suffolk Parks and Recreation Department is in the final phases of updating the department’s master plan. The objective of this plan is to translate … Read more
