Canal 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 ArticleArchitecture Review: The Shockoe Ballpark Plan
Richmond’s oldest neighborhood deserves a lot more planning than a rubber stamp for a baseball stadium. Link
View ArticleMayor faces tough questioning at town hall on ballpark
“Mr. Mayor, you said that you were going to consult with the community before you made your decision, but as far as I know that never happened,” said University of Richmond economics professor Jonathan...
View ArticleThree Strikes and You’re Out
Twice the people of Richmond have rejected a proposal to put a minor league baseball stadium in the historic Shockoe Bottom neighborhood. Now Mayor Jones is back with a new plan and we think this...
View ArticleThe Binding Referendum Project
As 2013 is ending City Hall seems to be telling the citizens of Richmond they have two choices in how they may react to the new baseball stadium in Shockoe Bottom deal. We can like it, or we can lump...
View ArticleResidents passionately debate ballpark proposal
Duskin received loud applause when she said the plan was wrong on many levels, but the meeting organizers jumped in when they thought her speech was going too long…. There was little discussion at...
View ArticleLETTER: Could Ballpark Hinder Shockoe Development?
… what do you do with the stadium 30 years from now when it is functionally obsolete? Link
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Council waives zoning rules 31 times in 2013
The city of Richmond is the only locality in Virginia that waives zoning rules. The city charter empowers council to allow a “special use” (special privilege) to an individual landowner. Often the...
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 ArticleCritics offer a different plan
The plan, produced by a group of opponents, is designed to allow for the addition of a hotel, grocery store, office space, apartments and a parking deck while “allowing the city to avoid the...
View ArticleDurham could be ballpark template
Mayor Dwight C. Jones and five or six Richmond City Council members are expected to take part in the outing, which was organized by Venture Richmond and John Stallings, president and CEO of the...
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 ArticleFuture of RMA is key regional issue for General Assembly
Del. G. Manoli Loupassi, R-Richmond, will try again to reach an accord that gives Chesterfield and Henrico counties equal representation with Richmond on what he envisions as a regional transportation...
View ArticleRichmond leaders travel to Durham to tour ballpark
A road trip for Richmond city leaders Wednesday could help make a baseball stadium in Shockoe Bottom a reality. They traveled to Durham, North Carolina, to talk with officials there about how they were...
View ArticleCity group tours ballpark in Durham N.C.
After a defeat in a referendum and a threat to move the Durham Bulls outside the city, the Durham City Council took a risk by choosing to move forward with a new ballpark anyway using a financing...
View ArticleMayor responds to ballpark letter from Baliles
Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones has delivered a nine-page defense of his economic development plan for Shockoe Bottom in response to a skeptical letter written late last year by City Councilman Jonathan...
View ArticlePlanning Commission to Consider Historic Canal Destruction
From: C. Wayne Taylor Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 1:08 PM To: Ali, Lou B. – Council Chief of Staff Cc: C. Wayne Taylor Subject: Council – Agenda Item #2c, Location, Character and Extent: Tredegar...
View ArticleFlexibility now a focus of ballpark debate
“What we have, unfortunately, before us is a vision that was developed with no council input and no community input,” said Councilman Parker C. Agelasto, 5th District. Link
View ArticleAuthor shares secrets of Denmark
In San Luis Obispo, Calif., statistically one of the happiest cities in America, the leadership decided four decades ago to reshape the community around enhancing quality of life instead of catering to...
View ArticleWilliams: What is the key to making Richmond a happier place?
In Richmond, we keep looking for that bricks-and-mortar game-changer when we’d be better off setting our sights on creating a more equitable and livable community. Link
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