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Christmas Eve Luminarias
You are invited to help neighborhood residents revive a special tradition in Olde Hermitage: Christmas Eve Luminarias!
With your participation, the community can bring back the warm, festive glow that once lit up our streets and made the evening magical.
How to Participate:
On Christmas Eve, line the street-facing edge of your property with luminarias. Here’s an easy way to make them:
- Use paper (white) lunch bags
- Add a few scoops of kitty litter or sand to weigh them down
- Place a votive candle inside the center base of each bag
That's it for preparation.
CHRISTMAS EVE LUMINARIAS
Date: Wednesday, December 24th
Time: At sunset
Location: Curbside at your residence
Instructions:
When the sun sets on Christmas Eve, simply light the candles and enjoy the beautiful display as our streets light up to guide Santa on his way!
We hope you’ll join in and help make this Christmas Eve extra special for everyone in the neighborhood.
Association's Annual Meeting
The annual meeting of the Olde Hermitage Association is scheduled for January 15, 2026, beginning at 7:30pm. This meeting is open for all residents of the neighborhood to attend. The main purpose of the meeting is to elect Directors for the Association's Board for the 2026 calendar/fiscal year. Treasurer's reports will be provided, including the 2026 proposed budget.
If you cannot attend the meeting via Google Meet, please submit your proxy and absentee ballot before January 15th.
Annual Meeting Documents Mailed
The envelopes containing the meeting invitation letter, the proxy & absentee ballot statement, and the annual assessment invoice have been mailed to all households on Monday, Dec. 1st. If you did not receive your envelope, or if yours was damaged or had missing statements, please notify Mitch Wilhelm http://mitchwilhelm07@gmail.com or
Mike Hall http://mdh910@gmail.com
ASSOCIATION'S ANNUAL MEETING
Meeting Date: Thursday, January 15, 2026
Time: 7:30pm
Location: Meeting via Google Meet software; the President will send residents a link to join the meeting before the 15th.
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Election of Directors for 2026
The Olde Hermitage Board of Directors will hold its annual meeting of the Association in January 2026. At this meeting, five (5) directors for the new year will be elected. From this group of five, these officer positions will be filled: President, Vice-President, Secretary, and Treasurer.
This notice is an invitation for you to express your interest in being a candidate for election to the OHA Board. Serving as a director for OHA is not a demanding job; there are usually 4 quarterly meetings during a calendar year, and for 2025, those meetings have been conducted via videoconferencing software.
If you are interested in being elected to the Board, please submit your name to the President, Mitch Wilhelm, or to any one of the other Directors, whose email addresses are on the Contact Us webpage of the OHA website ( Olde Hermitage Assoc Board of Directors 2025 ). We welcome all residents to consider volunteering.
Roseshire Gaming Parlor Opened
The Rosie's Gaming Emporium in Henrico County has opened for business at 4016 Glenside Drive. Henrico County held meetings for citizens to voice concerns about the opening of a gambling facility, and several Olde Hermitage residents attended meetings and expressed their concerns against the opening.
For more information about the gambling facility, here is a link to the Roseshire website:
Hermitage Road Sidewalk Coalition
The meeting held by Henrico County Department of Public Works officials to discuss plans for the possible Hermitage Road sidewalks project was held as scheduled on February 26th. For more information about the meeting and activities to come (a schedule), please use the link below.
Link: Hermitage Road Pedestrian and Roadway Improvements
Observe Neighborhood Speed Limit
The Board requests that all residents and guests driving in the neighborhood observe the posted speed limit of 25 mph. We have lots of people using the streets, including: residents who walk for exercise; dog walkers; parents with children in hand; parents walking with strollers and some walking with their dogs and children; and bike riders.
For the safety of all residents and users of our streets, please observe the speed limit; thank you.
Common Area Tree Damage
On Thursday evening, July 19th, a strong storm with heavy rain and winds occurred in our area. A bolt of lightning struck a pair of trees at the edge of the Common Area (C/A) on the west side of the bridge entrance. Two trees were felled by the strike, with one falling onto the Common Area grounds that are mowed, bringing down lots of vines and other brush debris. Within a couple days, President Mitch worked with a company to clean the C/A and remove debris back to the wood's edge. He also arranged with another company additional work needed to complete the cleanup and restore the Common Area.
