Colonial Place / Riverview
Civic League
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The Colonial Place/Riverview Civic League is a nonprofit organization serving the residents of these two communities. Elected officers along with appointed committee chairs manage the affairs of the League. Civic League meetings are held monthly on the second Monday of the month at 7 p.m. at Knox Presbyterian Church, corner of Colonial and 37th Street.
To keep residents informed the Colonial Place/Riverview Civic League Community News is produced monthly and delivered to all residents during the week prior to the monthly meeting. The current issue of the newsletter as well as an archive of the previous year are available on this web site.
Mail: Colonial Place/Riverview Civic League, P.O Box 6130, Norfolk, Virginia 23508
E-mail: searnhart(at)gmail.com (current president)
President: Steve Earnhart
Vice President: Sheila Janes
Secretary: J.J. Jacobson-Allen
Treasurer: James Gregg
Riverview Rep: Secretary is a Riverview resident
Beautification: Audrey Webb
Colley Business District Liaison: David Block
Community Improvement: Rose Thornton
Community Garden: Becky Kiser
Crime Prevention: Tara Sheldon
Dog Park: Buffy Masten
Haven Creek: Bill Nusbaum
Membership: Bob Baxter
Newsletter Editor: Stephanie Hale
Newsletter Advertising: Stephanie Hale
Newsletter Distribution: Buddy Petzinger and Mary Hormell
Publicity: Ann Fitzgibbon
Riverview Village Liaison: Alice McCoy
Webmaster: Jeanne Ullian
Annual Events and Ongoing Projects
Colonial Place/Riverview shows off in several annual events. Stroll the neighborhood and meet neighborhood artists at the annual Historic Riverview and Colonial Place Front Porch Art Walk. In December prizes are awarded in several categories to winners of the Holiday Decoration Contest.
Meet your neighbors at the July Hot Dog and Ice Cream Social--a family friendly event that usually includes local music talent and free bicycle registrations. The December Holiday Social features homemade holiday treats shared by everyone in attendance.
Take a walk through the Knitting Mill Creek Community Garden located behind Fellini's on Colley. Volunteer gardeners and admirers are welcome by project manager Becky Kiser. Or, let your dog run free in the CPRV Dog Park. Don't miss the dog portraits on the fence--one of the many projects undertaken by Buffy Masten to make this the best dog park in Norfolk.
John Stewart, a resident of Colonial Place, received an award in June 2007 in recognition of his leadership in forming the Lafayette Wetlands Partnership whose mission is to sustain and maintain the Knitting Mill Creek wetland at 46th and Colley.
Watch out for the Dominion Derby Girls as they practice flat track roller derby moves on Delaware Avenue in Colonial Place.
Promote the neighborhood. CPRV stickers (the famous white oval) are available by emailing Jeanne Ullian at ullian@verizon.net Stickers are $2.50 each.
Great Food! Great Company! at the CPRV Vegetarian Potlucks. Participate in these monthly, informal meals with your neighbors. You do not have to be vegetarian to attend. For information join the Veg Club listserv at: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/cprv_veggies.
Riverview was officially designated a National Historic District on September 24, 1999 and placed on the National Register of Historic Places and the Virginia Landmarks Register. On June 13, 2001 Colonial Place received its official designation. Volunteers in both neighborhoods donated their time to document every structure with both a photograph and a written description. The written documentation for Colonial Place is available if you would like to check on your house or read an interesting history of the neighborhood and an overview of its historical significance.
Our business corridors on Granby and Colley are flourishing. The Riverview Village Business District should see an increase in foot traffic with the new condos at the foot of the bridge and the promise of new apartments on the old yacht club property. Improvements in street lighting and sidewalks, as well as numerous flower pots, mark this area as a place to shop and dine. Alice McCoy is the civic league liaison to this district.
Attention is now turning to our other boundary--the North Colley Business District--where the North Colley Partnership (NCP) is focusing on strengthening relationships among the businesses and building a sense of community with the civic leagues of the bordering neighborhoods and ODU. David Block serves as the Civic Club liaison.
Membership and Membership Form
Annual dues are $10 per person or $5 for persons over 65. Only paid members
may vote at monthly meetings. Memberships expire on December 31st of each year.
New memberships paid after July 1 expire on December 31st of the following year.
Make checks payable to:
Colonial Place/Riverview Civic League
Mail your check and membership form to P.O. Box 6130, Norfolk, Virginia 23508
or bring it to any Civic League meeting.
The current Colonial Place/Riverview Civic League Bylaws were adopted in 1986.
