Calling all members: please volunteer for the community yard sale on May 5th. We need basic help with set up, operations, and take down. Use the form below or email info@kgcl.org to sign up.
If you are having trouble using the form, try the direct link to the form page.
There is a meeting of the General Members on Wednesday, January 25 at 7:30 P.M. This is a change from our traditional Thursday meetings. Our meeting place is no longer available on Thursdays. The meeting will be held at Little Neck Swim and Racquet Club.
We will conduct normal business, with reports from officers and directors, new business, unfinished business and announcement. President Joe Pilla will present the following items for discussion:
There will be a chance to win a free car detailing from King’s Grant Citgo. Members must be present to win.
Results from Clean the Bay Day King's Grant 2011
If you drove past The Triangle between the hours of 9AM and 12 PM on Saturday you probably saw the trash piling up. Perhaps you saw adults and kids walking around the neighborhood with big, orange trash bags in tow. That activity was part of Clean the Bay Day and those were volunteers from the King’s Grant Zone.
Rich Jarret, General Manager of London Bridge Nursery, empties the first truck load
Clean the Bay Day is an annual event that dates back to 2008 in King’s Grant and 1988 in Virginia Beach. Clean the Bay Day occurs every first Saturday in June. The purpose of the event is to remove debris from the Chesapeake Bay and its watershed and to raise awareness about pollutants found in the water. Prior to its affiliation with Clean the Bay Day, The King’s Grant Zone was established as a King’s Grant community cleanup to remove debris from our storm water system and adjacent parts of the the Lynnhaven River. Volunteers come from throughout the community of King’s Grant. Many participants come from neighborhood and nearby schools; Kingston, Malibu, Kemp’s Landing, King’s Grant, Lynnhaven and First Colonial. Others come from neighborhood churches and businesses that operate in King’s Grant.
A lawnmower, gas cans and a car battery were among the items found
In 2011, 45 King’s Grant Zone volunteers collected roughly 1,090 pounds of trash from approximately 3.5 miles of land. Forty-four bags were filled along with hundreds of pounds of bulk items. The most commonly found items were plastic drink bottles and aluminum cans. Other items included a lawnmower, a billboard, empty paint cans, lumber, PVC pipe, car tires and a car battery. One car battery, alone, contains 18 pounds of lead and 5 pounds of sulfuric acid.
If you would like more information about Clean the Bay Day in King’s Grant contact the Zone Captain, this writer, Kevin Curry: kmcurry@gmail.com
Saturday, May 7th, King’s Grant Community League held is first ever (or least as long as anyone can remember) community yard sale. The event was put on by the KGCL Board of Directors through an ad hoc committee organized by Lev Huntington, Treasurer. By all accounts the yard sale was well received by the community and a big success all around. The event ran from 8 AM until 2 PM. All 38 spaces reserved for the event were used, with the majority taken by league members to sell and trade household goods. Some sellers brought plants and flowers. Others brought hand made items. Face painting was popular with the kids at $1 each. Concessions were also served all day. Camaraderie among everyone was apparent.
The KGCL Board of Directors would like to thank Prince of Peace Church for sharing their parking lot. Thanks also go to King’s Grant 7-11 and King’s Grant Citgo for their neighborly cooperation. There was certainly an abundance of activity at The Triangle. Our hope is that community events held in our open spaces will demonstrate that King’s Grant is a vibrant, healthy community and will create opportunities for the residents of King’s Grant and surrounding neighborhoods to come together in good spirit.
We’re always interested in what you have to say. Share your feedback about the yard sale. Did you like it? Not like it? Was it good for the community? What would you like to see at a future KGCL yard sale? Are you interested in joining the organizing committee? Please write to us at info@kgcl.org.
On Saturday, May 7th the King’s Grant Community League will host a Community Yard Sale at “The Triangle,” in front of the 7-11 at the intersection of N. Lynnhaven Rd. and King’s Grant Rd.
The planned hours are from 8AM until 2PM.…
The next meeting of the General Members is:
Thursday, January 20th, 2011
7:30 PM
King’s Grant Elementary School
For more information about meetings visit the “Meetings” page. Meetings and other events can be found on our calendar.
Members are invited to join the ongoing effort to maintain and beautify our neighborhood’s
open spaces.
Date: Saturday, October 9th, 2010
Time: 9 am – 12 pm
Location: Meet at The Triangle in front of 7-11 & King’s Grant Citgo at 9 am.
We will start at The Triangle, make a brief stop at Witt Park and finish at the Lynnhaven River access on Watergate.
The weather forecast is sunshine and 70.
Steve Stasulis
Chair, Grounds and Maintenance Committee
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Announcing the first meeting of The General Membership for 2010-2011 Membership Year
Date: October 21, 2010
Time: 7:30 PM
Location: King’s Grant Elementary School (Cafeteria)
Dear King’s Grant Community League Members:
You are cordially invited to attend a City Council Candidates Forum on Sept. 16 at 7:00 PM at the Thalia Trinity Presbyterian Church, located across from Thalia Elementary School, sponsored by the Thalia Civic League. The event will be moderated by long time WTKR news anchor, Barbara Ciara.
This year there are 14 candidates running for 6 seats on City Council. Some citizens may not realize that they vote for all of the 6 seats, not just those running for their particular borough. Therefore, it is important that we in the Lynnhaven District know the facts not only about our candidates but all of the others as well.
We look forward to having you as our close neighbors at this forum where you will have the opportunity to hear and interact with those people who will be leading our city for the next four years.
Sincerely,
Mac Rawls
Vice President for Programs
Thalia Civic League
You can download a reminder of this event from our KGCL Community Calendar: https://kgcl.org/calendar/
Do you have pictures from the Summer BBQ last weekend? If so, please share them. There are a few easy ways to do that. You can email them to Kevin Curry: kmcurry@gmail.com. You can post them to your favorite photo sharing site and put a link in the comments, below. Or you can upload them to Flickr and “tag” them with “KGCL” (no quotes). Those pictures will automatically show up on this page in the photo album to the right!
Speaking of comments…
Have a friendly story or fun recollection share about the event? Have an idea for next year?
Please comment.