As design committee OKs revised Brown’s Island plan, members weigh corporate vibe vs. ‘wildness’
What started as a push to plant more trees on the man-made island has evolved into a bigger project.
Graham Moomaw
After audit found lax oversight of Richmond’s grants to nonprofits, the city will now call them gifts
“We were calling them grants when we really shouldn’t have, honestly.”
Pending Virginia budget gives Richmond bigger boost in Rosie’s gambling revenue
Richmond now stands to gain millions of dollars more per year under a change in the pending state budget that tweaks the allocation of tax dollars from Rosie’s gambling facilities.
Staffing changes announced at Richmond City Hall
The staffing moves announced Thursday solidified key City Hall positions.
Richmond zoning board rejects neighbors’ appeal of VMFA warehouse plan
A group of neighbors taken by surprise last year when construction fencing showed up next to their homes have been challenging VMFA’s plan for the storage warehouse, arguing the state-owned museum is abusing its governmental status to thwart city zoning rules.
Richmond took ‘little proactive action’ to prep water plant for storm, according to updated report
Not all plant employees had radios when they were troubleshooting the outage, creating a lack of communication HNTB representatives called “dangerous” due to the lack of awareness of where workers were.
At all-day retreat, Richmond’s elected leaders focus on improving trust and transparency
Richmond’s new mayor and new-look City Council huddled together for nearly an entire day Friday for a freewheeling and occasionally frank conversation about how city government can work better.
