From City announcement: All residents are invited and encouraged to attend WHAT The Richmond City Council GRTC and Transit Study Task Force will hold a meeting. The purpose of the Task Force is to make recommendations to Richmond City Council with regard to enhancing mass transit in the Metro-Richmond area and the efficiency and effectiveness [...]
C. Wayne Taylor, who has been doing a lot of digging’ on behalf of the neighborhood, recently sent this missive: PLANNING COMMISSION To the Honorable Council of the City of Richmond, Virginia April 3, 2012 At its meeting of April 2, 2012, the Planning Commission voted (7-0) to APPROVE of: Resolution of Intent: To Amend [...]
From the City press release: Street Closure – Oregon Hill Parkway Traffic Advisory Richmond, Virginia Mayor Dwight C. Jones For Immediate Release March 30, 2012 For more information, contact: Sharon North – (804) 646-5607 Street Closure – Oregon Hill Parkway WHO: City of Richmond Department of Public Works WHAT: Street Closure WHEN: Wednesday, April 4, [...]
The good news that emerged this week was that the controversial 2nd Street Connector proposal has been withdrawn due to strong citizen opposition. The bad news was that the alternative Spring Street connector idea has been rejected as well. What may be seen as even worse news is that Dominion Resources is now proposing that [...]
Paraphrasing City announcement: The only MPACT sponsored Community Conversation with Mayor Jones regarding the City Budget is scheduled to take place at the Virginia War Memorial on Wednesday, March 28th at 6:30PM. Let your voices be heard regarding the City Budget, Capitol Improvements, and other projects and issues that concern Precinct 4. Feel free to [...]
The new maps of Richmond’s 9 voting districts were released earlier this week by the City. The full set of PDF’s can be accessed on the City’s website.
Laurel Street neighbor Tommy Birchett continues to ask some good questions in reference to the proposed 2nd Street connector. His latest: What if they built a Spring St connector instead? Newmarket could donate land at the bottom of their hill above Tredagar and they could connect Spring through to 5th st. No disruption to canal [...]
Scott Bass has a story in this weeks Style magazine that illuminates some questionable funding plans for the Landmark Theater (previously known as The Mosque), brought on by the controversial Center Stage. From the article: Increasingly, the city’s cultural hubs are paid for by taxpayers. The mayor’s plan to renovate the Landmark is almost identical [...]
From email announcement: Please note that the MPACT/CAPS Meeting for Precinct 4, scheduled for Thursday, March 15th, has been cancelled. The next round of Community Conversations with the Mayor is quickly approaching and as soon as we have a date for Precinct 4, follow-up correspondence will be sent out. In the meantime, if there are [...]
