Shockoe Stadium public hearing brings opponents to the plate
Talk about playing hard ball. Several people opposed to the mayor’s plans for a ballpark in Shockoe Bottom spoke passionately to city council members on Tuesday. Link
View ArticleMayor’s baseball plan gets first public hearing
A Richmond City Council committee got an earful Tuesday night during the first public hearing on the mayor’s plan to bring baseball to Shockoe Bottom. Mayor Dwight Jones unveiled the large economic...
View ArticleFunding details yet to materialize for Shockoe slavery sites
Richmond officials have laid out how the financing would work for the Shockoe Bottom baseball stadium and the mixed-use development next to it, but the source of roughly $30 million needed to complete...
View ArticleCanal Water Levels And Venture Richmond
There is important new documentation on the water level in the James River and Kanawha Canal provided by the research of canal enthusiast C. Wayne Taylor. Link
View ArticleDoes Mayor Jones’ curve ball spell trouble for the Squirrels?
Have the Richmond Flying Squirrels been leveling with their own fans and the people of the Richmond over whether they want baseball on the Boulevard or in the Bottom? Link
View ArticleBelow the Bottom: Historical Significance, Archaeology, and Public Engagement...
Instead of discussing who’s right and who’s wrong, I want to discuss the way this debate frames what is historically significant about this space, and how that affects the archaeological resources at...
View ArticleA Proposal for the Rehabilitation of the First Market Square
We are convinced that the ballpark plan will negatively affect the quality of the Market Square and its neighborhood. Link
View ArticleRichmond’s Ballpark Controversy: Planning For The Market Square In Shockoe...
This ill-conceived land deal will transform the heart of a gritty, vital urban district into what will be, in essence, a shopping mall development, and an economically risky one at that. It seems to us...
View ArticleMcDonnell asks $11M for Richmond slave history site
In his final, two-year budget that he will formally unveil on Monday, McDonnell will propose $5 million for the planning, design and construction of the Pavilion at Lumpkin’s Jail, $1 million for...
View ArticleAre Richmond slave history sites, baseball development inextricably linked?
Ana Edwards, chairwoman of the Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project of the Defenders for Freedom, Justice and Equality, said people are realizing that the slavery commemoration can move forward...
View ArticleRichmond seeks to lease Monroe Park
Todd Woodson, the treasurer of the Oregon Hill Neighborhood Association, called it a “terrible idea,” pointing to the park’s history as a key site for political rallies and musical performances. “All...
View ArticleRichmond official seeks UNESCO application for Shockoe slavery sites
If federal officials green-light a nomination, the requesting group must produce a polished dossier explaining the site’s value, Morris said, which can typically cost several hundred thousand dollars...
View ArticleWilliams: Building’s neglect reflects on us
A city can’t be entrusted with its most ambitious visions if it remains blind to the need to preserve its history. Link
View ArticleGroup Pushes for Shockoe Growth Without Ballpark
Opponents of Mayor Dwight Jones’ proposal for a Shockoe Bottom ballpark are uniting around an alternative development — a plan they say will honor the area’s slave-trading past while allowing for...
View ArticleBuilding on History
The proposed [Shockoe Bottom stadium] location is in the oldest part of the city, he notes, and building there could destroy two roads from the original city grid laid out in 1737. He adds that careful...
View ArticleHow ‘Tredegar Green’ and Shockoe Stadium Proposals Are Similar
This past year Venture Richmond promoted two proposals for downtown Richmond, one being a new concert amphitheater on the Kanawha Canal near Oregon Hill (codenamed ‘Tredegar Green’), another putting a...
View ArticleA Proposal for the Rehabilitation of the First Market Square
We are convinced that the ballpark plan will negatively affect the quality of the Market Square and its neighborhood. Link
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Richmond’s Ballpark Controversy: Planning For The Market Square In Shockoe...
This ill-conceived land deal will transform the heart of a gritty, vital urban district into what will be, in essence, a shopping mall development, and an economically risky one at that. It seems to...
View ArticleMcDonnell asks $11M for Richmond slave history site
In his final, two-year budget that he will formally unveil on Monday, McDonnell will propose $5 million for the planning, design and construction of the Pavilion at Lumpkin’s Jail, $1 million for...
View ArticleAre Richmond slave history sites, baseball development inextricably linked?
Ana Edwards, chairwoman of the Sacred Ground Historical Reclamation Project of the Defenders for Freedom, Justice and Equality, said people are realizing that the slavery commemoration can move forward...
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