Comments on: Silver on Water Rates: 1st District Gets Special Treatment?

By: New Residential Construction on Cherry Street | RVANews

New Residential Construction on Cherry Street | RVANews — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:48:58 +0000

[...] As referenced in previous comments, Gamino is moving ahead with Phase 2 on the 500 block of S. Cherry Street. [...]

By: Oregon Hill » New Residential Construction on Cherry Street - Richmond, Virginia

Sat, 11 Jul 2009 20:00:25 +0000

[...] As referenced in previous comments, Gamino is moving ahead with Phase 2 on the 500 block of S. Cherry Street. [...]

By: Scott

Scott — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 18:36:20 +0000

Katherina, anonymous, I have been negligent by not putting a new post up on the new construction. I will try to rectify that soon.

Oregon Hill’s state and federal historical designation do not protect from insensitive development. City historic neighborhood designation might (unless it is VCU, which does not care about that).

See this post:

http://www.oregonhill.net/2009/06/19/city-old-historic-district-public-conversation/

By: KATHARINA

KATHARINA — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 12:38:24 +0000

I am very much in accord with the person who wrote comment #7..UGLY is not strong enough a word for those boxes on the ends of Gamino’s constructions…I HOPE the new ones going up are not duplicates!

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:37:51 +0000

Don’t we have a historic designation and these would no way fall in….

By: anonymous

anonymous — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:36:24 +0000

I am sickened by the new construction on Cherry Street. Gamino once again has total disregard for the neighborhood with these huge UGLY monstrosities. The foundation is half way up my privacy fence(so much for that) The side windows will have a lovely view of my backyard. I plan extending the ugly galvanized roof to cover the back side of my shed. The city inspectors are obviously getting a payout since the steps on the previous new construction are not up to code…what a surprise!

By: Scott Burger

Scott Burger — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:11:16 +0000

Someone really needs to write a recent history of the City’s water utility.

By: tardus

tardus — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:06:00 +0000

Don’t forget that the city’s minimum water/sewer bill was doubled in the 1980s to the current $42/month (the highest of any city in the U.S) to subsidize the improvements to the storm water system, including the storm water pipe that was installed in the improved canal.

By: anonymous

anonymous — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:41:47 +0000

The recent stormwater assessment is also ridiculous. Only twenty-five more bucks to have as big a Mcmansion as you may desire!!!!

By: Richmond Greens » Stadium Debate Is STILL A Distraction From More Important Priorities

Wed, 24 Jun 2009 13:31:37 +0000

[...] Even with the Shockoe Center proposal “dead”, the baseball stadium debate is STILL distracting Richmond citizens from other, more important priorities and issues. [...]

By: tardus

tardus — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:49:07 +0000

The city is offering no break to the elderly and low income citizens who must pay $42/month just to be connected to the water/sewer system. This is the highest minimum water/sewer connection fee of any city in the United States. Instead the city is offering an exemption to affluent households who are using the most water.

By: Greta B

Greta B — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 01:07:33 +0000

Go Silver!