Groveland Park is the city playground park near the intersection of Kings Grant Rd and N. Lynnhaven Rd. It is the nearest children’s playground for many King’s Grant homes. The final plan for site refurbishment and new playground equipment is now available. The equipment has been ordered and construction will be scheduled after the 4th…
Our quarterly newsletter always includes a neighborhood police incident report, a printed snapshot of activity in King’s Grant. Yesterday, City of Virginia Beach published an online, open data portal, OpenVB, that includes police incident and call for service reports, together with EMS calls for service and other public safety data about VB. There’s a tool called…
The City of Virginia Beach Department of Public Works is evaluating the condition of the storm drain system that serves the King’s Grant neighborhood. The field crews you may see working represent engineering personnel from Hazen and Sawyer, a contractor of Public Works. These crews may be observed along storm drainage easements and along the…
As everyone who travels Kings Grant Road between Virginia Beach Blvd and Little Neck Road has seen,the construction work for replacement of the sanitary sewer pump station on Kings Grant Road is finally underway. So is the work to install a new sewer line beneath Kings Grant Road. There are two separate work crews involved, so the…
The City of Virginia Beach awarded the construction work for replacement of the sanitary sewer pump station located at 728 Kingston Drive to Trident Civil of Virginia Beach. The contract is approved and the contractor is scheduled to start construction on Monday, November 2nd. Kings Grant residents near the construction site will receive formal notification…
Planned Construction Start Delayed The city project to replace the King’s Grant Road sanitary pump station is moving ahead but the planned construction start date of early summer was missed. Overhead utility lines are being replaced. New poles and new electric wires were installed to move the lines away from the pump station. The old electric wires…
Our next meeting of General Members will be on Thursday March 20, 7:30 PM at King’s Grant Elementary School. You don’t want to miss it! Here’s what we have on tap: Representatives from City of Virginia Beach will come to discuss the Lynnhaven Strategic Growth Area (SGA) and take your questions Zoning Director Steve Nimitz…
Update: this event has passed. There is a meeting of General Members TONIGHT, Thursday, March 21st at King’s Grant Elementary School. Click here for agenda Highlights The Virginian-Pilot Lynnhaven Beacon is researching story about the 50th anniversary of KGCL. Please come and share your neighborhood stories. “From the Vault” – display of KGCL archives; pictures,…
The following zoning updates were reported to the Board or Directors by Zoning Director, Paul Lougheed: Sidewalk on N. Lynnhaven Road According to a City of Virginia Beach spokesperson, the sidewalk project is 70% complete and ahead of schedule. The scheduled completion date is January 2013. King’s Grant House According to a King’s Grant House spokesperson,…
A meeting of the General Membership was held on Thursday, March 17th. The theme of the meeting was “Going Green.” Invited guest, Ms. Linda S. Minner, APR, presented the city’s recycling program. Ms. Minner is Media and Communications Coordinator with City of Virginia Beach, Waste Management Division of the Public Works Department. She was joined…