NORFOLK INFORMATION AT A GLANCE Real Estate assessments or appeals, call 664-4732 Personal property taxes: taxes assessed for vehicles, including autos, trucks, motorcycles RVs, and boats, as well as business property. Call 664-7800.
TRASH/ RECYCLING
Curbside trash is picked up once a week, recycling 2 times a month on trash collection day. Recycling Perks – accumulate points for local discounts by recycling. Visit www.NorfolkTrash.com or call 664-6510. Bulk waste collection - For trash that does not fit inside the green cart, make a Bulk Collection Request by calling 664-6510 or visiting www.NorfolkTrash.com by 3 pm the business day before your collection day. Electronic recycling (Norfolk residents only, bring proof of address) Most items with a cord such as hair dryers, computers, and televisions. Division of Waste Management - 1176 Pineridge Road, 10 am to 2 pm, Mon. - Sat. Division of Towing and Recovery - 1195 Lance Road, open 24 hours a day and seven days a week. Household Hazardous Waste (Norfolk residents only, bring proof of address) Automotive fluids, old paint (wet or oil) lawn care products, and fluorescent bulbs. Division of Waste Management, 1176 Pineridge Road between 10 am and 2 pm, Mon. - Sat.
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UTILITIES
Water turn on or turn off service, call Customer Service division at 6646700, 7:30 am to 5 pm Mon. – Fri., except holidays. Water Utility Emergency Numbers: Water or Sewer Main Breaks 823-1000 Customer Service 664-6700 Wastewater problems: Call Utilities before calling a plumber, as your problem may be in the city infrastructure. 823-1000
If ever a street cried out for celebration, it is Norfolk’s Granby Street. Norfolk’s first street festival on lower Granby Street this past summer brought 7,500 people and the most asked question - “when are you doing this again?” Plans are in the works, check back on www.norfolk.gov The Granby Street experience starts in downtown, where a jumble of restaurants, apartments, theaters, Tidewater Community College and, soon, the Governors School for the Arts, reside. New restaurants, retail, such as Urban Outfitters, and start-up technology companies add to the excitement. Traveling north, from the Granby Bridge you can catch views of the super-modern cranes loading ships at Norfolk International Terminals, or watch kayaks and boaters traverse the Lafayette River. The wide, tree filled medians along Granby as you head north were first envisioned by Fred Heutte, the father of the Botanical Garden. Wards Corner is beginning a rebirth decades in the waiting. Further north, you skirt the edge of Norfolk Naval Base, Forest Lawn Cemetery, Mason Creek, the Ocean View Golf Course, Pretlow Library, and finally, the timeless waters of the Chesapeake Bay.
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VOTING
Registration: Office of Elections, City Hall, Monday-Friday 8:30 am-5 pm. Registration must be completed at least 22 days before an election. Voting hours 6 am-7 pm. For precinct and other information, call 664-4353 or see www.norfolk.gov/Elections
VOLUNTEER
More than 15,000 volunteers help make Norfolk a great city. There is a volunteer job for every interest and a need for every talent. See www.norfolk.gov/volunteer or call 664-4031.
ABOVE: the cats at the Norfolk Animal Care Center adore 89-year-old volunteer Sue Davis.
The city is compiling an online Granby Street Experience of memories, plans, photos and ideas (see below). These photos help tell the story: Top to bottom left, Granby Experience 2012, Post WW2 Wards Corner, Granby Street circa 1940 and (above right) 1909 President Taft visits Granby.
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Do you have a Granby Experience? Do you live, work, learn or play on Granby? Were you born there? Married there? Do you have photos to share?
Tell us your favorite Granby Street Experience.
Send us letters (no photos at this time) to Granby Street Experience, Rm. 302, 810 Union Street, Norfolk, VA 23510. Include a phone number if you have photos. Or, go to www.facebook.com and click Norfolk VA to check out the Granby Street Experience section. Historic photos and facts, and future Granby events, will be posted at www.norfolk.gov Granby Experience.
How should the city celebrate Granby Street?
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