Newbille says she won’t support Pear Street condo project in current form
The meeting was heated at times, with some people accusing Newbille of being unresponsive and not giving direct answers to questions. Some of the councilwoman’s statements drew raucous objections,...
View ArticleDeveloper to withdraw Pear Street condo project
The developer behind the contested Pear Street condominium project is asking that the plan be withdrawn from City Council consideration in the face of intense opposition from some in Church Hill who...
View ArticleBaliles: City should buy key Shockoe properties
It directs Chief Administrative Officer Byron C. Marshall to authorize the EDA to negotiate to gain control of the properties by purchase or lease, identify funding for transactions, complete an...
View ArticleBuilding a Compromise
Opinion: For more than 150 years Richmond’s leaders have been guarding the city’s most famous view. Surely we can’t let it be destroyed on our watch. Link
View ArticleCity Watchdog Discovers Salomonsky Project Information
This is a letter from city watchdog Charles Pool to the Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2014 6:15 PM Subject: 1650 Overbrook two-story addition built in 1956 Dear...
View ArticleOpinion: It’s time to save The Diamond and move Richmond forward.
So Please: Can Bates, Jones and company stop the character assassination and spare us their insincere, offensive, racial politics? The Diamond is recognized even by those supporting a new Boulevard...
View ArticleWilliams: Could Stone Brewing aid the memorialization of Fulton?
The park, as planned, would be a half-mile down the road from the proposed brewery site, in a triangular block bounded by Williamsburg Avenue, Fulton Street and Goddin Street. Link
View ArticleWilliams: With condo out, let’s build up on our history
“Never again should we limit public access to the James or alter the wonderful vistas we now enjoy of this magnificent estuary.” Link
View ArticleCouncil introduces 3 stadium-related measures
Richmond City Council members introduced a series of stadium-related measures Monday night that collectively lay out an alternative course of action to the Shockoe Bottom baseball plan proposed by...
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