New Chapter Members, February 2016
During the February member’s meeting, the Chapter welcomed two additional members.
Pictured is Chapter President Ray Powell swearing in our … Read more
During the February member’s meeting, the Chapter welcomed two additional members.
Pictured is Chapter President Ray Powell swearing in our … 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 the community’s values and vision into an action plan for parks, … Read more
On Saturday, November 21st, several members of local Boy Scout Troop #1 and their troop leaders spent the day installing canoe storage racks at our park. These canoe racks were designed, built and installed as an Eagle Scout’s Service Project by a member of Troop#1. Read more
On October 24th, access to our park was restricted to allow Tidewater Search and Rescue to conduct a search and rescue training exercise.