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Trash Pick-up Schedule: 2023
Here is the official City-published calendar for trash pick-up for Portsmouth.
Recycle Calendar: 2023
Here is an easy-to-print calendar outlining the recycle schedule for Shea Terrace. We are on the weeks outlined in WHITE. Our pick-up day is FRIDAY.
Virginia Mortgage Relief Program
Virginia Mortgage Relief Program Hosts Application Assistance Outreach Event
Program Staff Onsite in Portsmouth, VA
The Virginia Mortgage Relief Program, or VMRP, was established through the 2021 American Rescue Plan to address mortgage and other qualified home ownership-related delinquencies to avoid default, foreclosure, or displacement due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
VMRP will be in Portsmouth, see details below:
Location:
Portsmouth Redevelopment and Housing Authority
3116 South Street
Portsmouth, VA 23707
Date: Thursday, October 27, 2022
Time: 12 – 5 p.m.
During the event, case management and outreach staff from the Virginia Mortgage Relief Program will be on-site to help homeowners, who need assistance with mortgage and other housing-related costs due to the pandemic, learn more about the program and complete their applications.
If you have a constituent who would like application assistance, please ask them to schedule an appointment to meet with a case manager at this event by contacting the VMRP Call Center at 833-687-8677, Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Walk-ins for application support at the outreach event will be accepted as availability permits. Note: Applicants with a completed application on file with the VMRP do not need to attend.
Those interested in applying for program assistance at the event can view a list of required documents and program eligibility requirements can be found, HERE.
Program Background
VMRP provides assistance of up to $40,000 for qualified homeowners as long as funding is available.
For qualified homeowners, the VMRP offers financial assistance for:
- Delinquent mortgage payments, mortgage reinstatement or other housing payments related to a period of forbearance, delinquency, or default;
- Delinquent homeowner’s flood and mortgage insurance;
- Delinquent homeowner’s association (HOA) fees or liens and other fees and charges; and/or
- Delinquent property taxes.
This project is being supported, in whole or in part, by federal award number HAF-0003 awarded to the Commonwealth of Virginia by the U.S. Department of the Treasury.
Constitution Water and Sewer Rehab Newsletter
The City of Portsmouth Department of Public Utilities will soon begin replacement of the existing water and sanitary sewer mains along a portion of Constitution Avenue from approximately North Street to Ann Street. In general, this work will be confined to excavation of the roadway for installation of the pipes, manholes, and various connections. Upon completion of the utility work, this portion of Constitution Avenue will be repaved.
The project was awarded to Gaston Brothers with an anticipated mobilization at the beginning of May. The total construction time for this project is two months. Unfortunately, construction of this magnitude can be disruptive. However, the City and Gaston Brothers will work very hard to minimize disruptions. Construction activity will be limited to Monday through Friday from 7:30 am to 5:00 pm. However, there will be a maximum of three scheduled water service interruptions as the contractor replaces the water lines. This work will occur between the hours of midnight and 6 am and you will be notified in advance.
Click the link below to see the attached PDF for information on entrance and exit plans for Shea Terrace traffic.
Summer Newsletter (June 2014)
The summer edition of the Civic League’s newsletter is now available for download. Click the link below to access:
Enjoy!
YARD SALE – May 3rd
Shea Terrace Annual Neighborhood Yard Sale
Just in time for spring cleaning, the Shea Terrace Annual Community Yard Sale will be held Saturday May 3rd from 9AM to 1PM. Participating homes are requested to donate $5.00 to the civic league to off set the cost of advertising in the Virginian Pilot. In return, paid participants will have their homes placed on a map that will be handed out at the Constitution Ave. entrance. This will direct traffic your way.
Payment must be made by 5PM May 1st to be placed on the map. This will give us time to create the map with the participating homes on it and get several hundred duplicated. We have handed out over 200 in the past.
We are also seeking volunteers to hand out maps for a period of one to four hours between 9AM and 1PM. To arrange for yard sale participant map placement payment, schedule volunteer map hand out time, or answer yard sale questions please call:
Nancy Lamartin at 393-2293 or Pat Pfeiffer at 478-7165. Please leave a message if we are not in.
Shea Terrace Welcomes New NIO Officer, Whitney Ray
Shea Terrace has had some terrific NEAT (Neighborhood Enhancement Action Team) officers, termed “NIO’s” (neighborhood impact officers) over the years. In fact, we’re such great trainers here in the neighborhood, we seem to lose NIO’s to promotion!
Rusty Venters, a previous NIO, is now Lt. Venters. And, unfortunately for us, but happily for him, NIO Sean Hughes has been promoted to Sgt.
Our new NIO is a trailblazer. Officer Whitney Ray is our first female NIO. Officer Ray will serve Shea Terrace and London Oaks. Ray is well thought of by both her peers and chain of command. She spent several years in security with the Portsmouth Police Department prior to becoming an officer.
Ray comes to us with 5 years total exp
erience. Her last position was as a uniformed patrol officer in the Southside area, serving residents of Truxton and Swanson Homes on the midnight tour.
Officer Ray has already met with members of the Civic League Board and looks forward to meeting community members at the next Civic League meeting. She has also met with the two detectives who serve our neighborhood. Ray is clearly a problem solver and a “people person”; both important qualities in a successful neighborhood officer.
Please be sure to offer Officer Ray a warm Shea Terrace welcome as you see her out and about. As always, call 911 first in an emergency, but feel free to call Officer Whitney Ray at cell phone number 715-3641 or rayw@portsmouthva.gov with any neighborhood crime questions or concerns.
10-10-10 Program
Department of Neighborhood Advancement
10-10-10 Program
To fulfill our mission of improving the quality of all Portsmouth’s neighborhoods and maintaining their diversity we need your help.
We need to challenge ourselves to discover the desires and expectations of each community – your community – and then work together to exceed them. We need to know what you think are the important attributes for a good neighborhood, what the negative factors are for a community and what current problems you feel need to be fixed.
The “10-10-10 Program” is our way of learning these specific desires and challenges. We’d like you to tell us 10 good attributes, 10 negative attributes, and 10 things you feel are preventing your neighborhood from being better.
Please take some time to complete the questionnaire below. We would like to have this information collected by October 15th. And please share this page with your neighbors. Thank you for your support.
Sincerely,
Fred Brusso
Director, Department of Neighborhood Advancement
SAVE THE DATE: Annual Yard Sale
SHEA TERRACE ANNUAL YARD SALE
Saturday, May 4th
Contact: Pat Pfeiffer (757) 397-6043
** It is the responsibility of each participant to purchase their own
Yard Sale permit (available downtown). I believe the cost remains $5,
and affords the purchaser one “rain date”.