Meeting – Friends of Live Oaks

May 13, 2022 Tim Local live oaks, Meeting, Public Engagement

Friends of Live Oaks (FOLO) MTG on May 16, 2022 OPVRS & Zoom starts at 430pm

This month we will again meet in person at the Ocean Park Rescue Squad(OPVRS) building located at 3769 E Stratford Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23455.

Enter door opposite Shore Drive. We also have the option to participate in the meeting by Zoom. (Check email for details.)

Our focus this summer will be on completing an inventory of live oaks that are present on City owned properties to identify areas where they do not currently exist so that our City’s official tree can be planted there. FOLO is also making plans to work with a commercial business to plant live oaks and recreate a demonstration maritime forest landscape that might promote other businesses to do the same. FOLO has applied for grant funding that if approved will support this business project and also allow us to hold a live oak tree giveaway this fall.

We hope you can join our meeting to add your input to the agenda and any other ideas you can share – such as how we can improve our website, and helping us build partnerships with other organizations. You can also learn more about pending tree legislation in the General Assembly this year, and read the recently completed State Study on tree protection at
https://rga.lis.virginia.gov/Published/2022/RD43 and also the tree legislation adopted by the General Assembly this session and signed into law by the Governor at
https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?221+sum+SB537.

FOLOAgendaMay162022.pdf.pdf Download

April 22, 2022April 22, 2022 Tim Local live oaks, Meeting, Public Engagement

Friends of Live Oaks (FOLO) MTG on April 25, 2022 OPVRS & Zoom starts at 430pm

Join us!

This month we will again meet in person at the Ocean Park Rescue Squad(OPVRS) building located at 3769 E Stratford Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23455.

Enter door opposite Shore Drive. We also have the option to participate in the meeting by Zoom. (Check email for details.)

View & download Agenda below.

FOLOAgendaApril252022.pdf Download

March 18, 2022 Tim Local live oaks, Meeting, Public Engagement

Friends of Live Oaks (FOLO) MTG on March 21, 2022 OPVRS & Zoom starts at 430pm

Join us!

This month we will again meet in person at the Ocean Park Rescue Squad(OPVRS) building located at 3769 E Stratford Rd, Virginia Beach, VA 23455.

Enter door opposite Shore Drive. We also have the option to participate in the meeting by Zoom. (Check email for details.)

View & download Agenda below.

FOLOagendaMarch22-2022.pdf Download

November 15, 2021November 15, 2021 Tim Local live oaks, Meeting

Join us November 22nd!

From Clay:

All –

I hope this email finds everyone enjoying the beautiful fall weather and colors we have been experiencing in Virginia Beach! As I reflect back over the past year Friends of Live Oaks has many things we can be thankful for, and our members are at the top of this least! Several accomplishments really stand out:

We have significantly grown our funds balance thanks to the dues and generous gifts of many
We now have officially partnered with our first business
We have greatly increased our social media presence and outreach
We have visited over 14 sites to offer property owners assistance and suggested advice on how to best care for their live oaks
We have purchased a new banner for use at events
We have started making changes to our website to better inform the public and our members
We have harvested a number of live oak seedlings grown by our foraging squirrel partners (who have also eaten a number of these seedlings as well!) to donate for adoption and planting
We participated in the City’s Treetopia event at Mount Trashmore on November 6 until poor weather resulted in its cancellation
We have grown our partnership with local developers and builders to increase our efforts at protecting existing live oaks before and during the redevelopment and development process
We are currently exploring the potential to transplant a large live oak which would be lost to development due to its location on a lot in the Ocean Park area

As we move towards the end of 2021 I am optimistic that these accomplishments and many others will continue into 2022!

Below is the agenda for our next meeting on November 22, 2021 at 4:30 PM. The agenda is organized around FOLO’s priorities for 2021, and specifics on these priorities reflect our focus areas for this year. At this meeting we will look to 2022 and how we want to refine or revise these priorities to keep our momentum as a group. Make sure to bring your input for the times listed under old business, as well as any new business ideas to share.

We will also have a Zoom meeting option. The link to the November 22nd Zoom meeting is as follows will be sent to you after contacting us.

We are meeting in person at the Ocean Park Rescue Squad Building located at 3769 East Stratford Road, Virginia Beach, VA 23455.

I suggest parking in the rear of the building or along a side street. You can enter the building at the rear door located next to the rear parking area. I will put a sign on the door to the room where we are meeting.