Photos by Tod Connell Photography.
Upcoming Events
Make Friends With Our Parks Launch!
Saturday, October 28, 10-11:30 am
Voigt Park (corner of Paul Spring and Rippon Roads)
Meet neighbors, enjoy refreshments and learn more about our year-long Make Friends with Our Parks Initiative. Learn about native plantings through tours of McCalley Native Garden and the Hollin HIlls Entry Garden. Enjoy games, refreshments and crafts for both children AND adults. Share your memories as we begin an internet oral history of our parks. To find out more about the initiative and future activity activities, click here.
Saturday, October 28, 10-11:30 am
Voigt Park (corner of Paul Spring and Rippon Roads)
Meet neighbors, enjoy refreshments and learn more about our year-long Make Friends with Our Parks Initiative. Learn about native plantings through tours of McCalley Native Garden and the Hollin HIlls Entry Garden. Enjoy games, refreshments and crafts for both children AND adults. Share your memories as we begin an internet oral history of our parks. To find out more about the initiative and future activity activities, click here.
Living Modern–Building Community:
The Architecture of Charles Goodman
September 13-15, 2024
Save the date and join Friends of Hollin Hills for a weekend celebration of Hollin Hills architect Charles Goodman. The event includes notable speakers, a gathering of regional Goodman Communities, expert panel discussion ranging from how Goodman fits into the modern architecture movement to how to live in glass houses. Click here for more information and to stay up-to-date as more information is released. To volunteer to help plan and/or organize, click here.
For more information, contact: friendsofhollinhills@gmail.com. To volunteer to help plan and/or organize, click here.
The Architecture of Charles Goodman
September 13-15, 2024
Save the date and join Friends of Hollin Hills for a weekend celebration of Hollin Hills architect Charles Goodman. The event includes notable speakers, a gathering of regional Goodman Communities, expert panel discussion ranging from how Goodman fits into the modern architecture movement to how to live in glass houses. Click here for more information and to stay up-to-date as more information is released. To volunteer to help plan and/or organize, click here.
For more information, contact: friendsofhollinhills@gmail.com. To volunteer to help plan and/or organize, click here.
What is Friends’ overall impact?
- Underwrote development of the McCalley Park native demonstration garden, through a grant to the CAHH Parks Committee
- Installed a bench in Goodman Park through a generous donation from Hollin Hillers Paul Phelps and Susanne Garvey.
- Offered educational panels and presentations on Mid-century modern architecture, landscape design and preservation and historic Hollin Hills
- Underwrote the commission and placement of new park signs
- Refurbished or added facilities, including the Voigt Park playground renovation and a pedestrian bridge to McCalley Park
- Created the Voigt Park Bocce Court along Rippon Road
- Completed pilot program to test erosion mats that have ameliorated flooding in community parklands
- Invested in legal services to maintain integrity of Hollin Hills
A 501(c)(3) charitable non-profit organization, Friends celebrates
the Hollin Hills designation as a National, State and County Historic District.
the Hollin Hills designation as a National, State and County Historic District.
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