A small crowd of 40 or so gathered with folks from Parks and Rec to release fish into Forest Hill Lake Saturday, April 24. J.R. Pope, head of P&R, said a few words and then turned the presentation to Carl (whose last name I didn’t catch). Eager young children learned about cool sciency stuff like [...]
City Council voted 9-0 last night to name the soon-to-be-built bridge at Forest Hill Park Lake after the Harvey Family who were murdered January 1, 2006. In a separate matter they also approved the use of property at Canoe Run to be used for new fire house. via RTD
I would think it was obvious but received a press release from the Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Facilities warning folks to stay of the local lakes including Forest Hill Park Lake. Signs are going up around the three lakes at Byrd Park, the Azalea Garden Pond and Young’s Pond at Bryan Park, and [...]
As head of the Richmond park system, J.R. Pope has been overseeing the revitalization of Forest Hill Park Lake. If you’ve ever gotten a chance to hear the excitement in his voice when he’s talking about our parks, you know that he’s in it for the right reasons. He was profiled in RTD today: He [...]
Despite the rain and vandals good progress is being made and the project is about 15-20% done. Thanks to David Hathcock for providing the pictures. Pictures were taken on the July 7th and now are presented in an exciting slide show format.[slideshow id=4] [singlepic id=105 w=420 h=340 float=] Previous pictures here.
Friends of Forest Hill Park hosted a small tour of the lake restoration project Tuesday evening and I was happy to tag along and take a few pics. For more info and photos
This weeks pictures don’t seem to show much progress but progress in happening. The large amounts of rain are not helping efforts but work continues. Older pictures are here. Thanks to David Hathcock for providing the pictures. Pictures were taken on the 23rd.
Pictures were taken on 6/16. Thanks to David Hatchcock for providing them. Previous posts with pictures are here.
One of the few blogs I actually read everyday is The Hat by Harry Kollatz Jr. at Richmond Magazine. It was nice to see a story on the Forest Hill Park lake restoration. J.R. Pope, director of the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation & Community Facilities introduced the two firms that will be leading the charge [...]
David Hathcock mentioned it previously here but I wanted to call some more attention to this crime. Contractors for the lake restoration project are already reporting some vandalism and the equipment has not even arrived yet. So far the problem has been limited to surveying stakes being removed and the security fencing ripped down. Of [...]
