> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.richmonder.org/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Oct. 27 Newsletter: Protecting cultural heritage while creating housing - URL: https://www.richmonder.org/oct-27-newsletter-protecting-cultural-heritage-while-creating-housing/ - Published: 2025-10-27T10:00:16.000Z - Updated: 2025-10-27T14:01:25.000Z - Description: Plus, a burial 200 years delayed finally takes place at Hollywood Cemetery, RPS shares some of its maintenance projects, and the shortcomings of the RVA311 system. - Author: Michael Phillips - Tags: Newsletter **Weather:** Cool weather appears here to stay this week. High of 60. **On this date** in 1927, a group of business and civic leaders is convened to discuss the building of City Stadium, which opened two years later. --- [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/99/06/99067822-fdfd-42b1-ab19-555c33eefb89/content/images/2025/10/02212716-83ED-46AC-97E8-C7395585CE8D_1_201_a.jpeg)](https://www.richmonder.org/citywide-cultural-heritage-plan-returns-modified-to-address-fears-about-stifling-housing-development/) ### Citywide cultural heritage plan returns, modified to address fears about stifling housing development A new version of Richmond’s proposed Cultural Heritage Stewardship Plan will make its way through the approval process, addressing concerns that the original plan could stifle housing development amid an affordability crisis. For many residents who had been involved with the crafting of the document, the decision to delay discussion was seen as an affront. - But other residents criticized the plan as an effort to cramp neighborhoods’ evolution by defining them in terms of their historical “character” and regulating further growth through new rules. [**Read more on the proposal here.**](https://www.richmonder.org/citywide-cultural-heritage-plan-returns-modified-to-address-fears-about-stifling-housing-development/) [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/99/06/99067822-fdfd-42b1-ab19-555c33eefb89/content/images/2025/10/IMG_1703-1.jpeg)](https://www.richmonder.org/after-200-year-delay-pres-monroes-daughter-is-buried-in-hollywood-cemetery/) ### After 200 year delay, President Monroe's daughter is buried in Hollywood Cemetery [](https://www.richmonder.org/author/payton/) Nearly 200 years after her death, the remains of Elizabeth "Eliza" Kortright Monroe Hay, daughter of the fifth President of the United States, have been reunited with her family in Richmond’s Hollywood Cemetery. 💅 Eliza’s confidence and leadership qualities as a woman during her time were not warmly welcomed. [**Read more on the retired teacher who discovered her in an unmarked grave in Paris.**](https://www.richmonder.org/after-200-year-delay-pres-monroes-daughter-is-buried-in-hollywood-cemetery/) [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/99/06/99067822-fdfd-42b1-ab19-555c33eefb89/content/images/2025/10/July22_photo--1--2.jpg)](https://www.richmonder.org/to-some-callers-rva311-is-the-wrong-number/) ### To some callers, RVA311 is the wrong number Richmond's 311 system has undergone a facelift to make it easier for residents to report issues, but as **David M. Poole** reports, that doesn't always mean those issues find their way to the right departments. - DPU maintains a separate complaint system that uses outdated technology that would be too expensive to integrate with RVA311. [**Read more here.**](https://www.richmonder.org/to-some-callers-rva311-is-the-wrong-number/) [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/99/06/99067822-fdfd-42b1-ab19-555c33eefb89/content/images/2025/10/rps-coo-3-2.jpg)](https://www.richmonder.org/rps-details-25-million-in-facility-upgrades-over-the-past-two-years/) ### RPS details $25 million in facility upgrades over the past two years The release of the projects gives insight into how the division is attempting to mitigate problems within its aging buildings. RPS estimates it will spend $2.5 million on projects this school year – the amount budgeted for capital improvement plans. Last year's number was higher because of state and federal grants. [**Read more here.**](https://www.richmonder.org/rps-details-25-million-in-facility-upgrades-over-the-past-two-years/) --- ### In other news - [**Richmond shelter operator charged with embezzling city funds meant to help the homeless**](https://www.wtvr.com/news/local-news/kia-player-rva-sisters-keeper-embezzlement-charges-oct-24-2025) (CBS 6) - [**RTD175: 25 people who profoundly changed Richmond**](https://richmond.com/news/local/history/article%5Fe041ea98-9711-491e-8713-c43cd6bc7f60.html#tracking-source=home-top-story) (Times-Dispatch) - [**If you haven’t visited Chesterfield’s Latino Farmers Market, here’s your sign**](https://www.styleweekly.com/more-than-a-market/) (Style Weekly) --- ### The editor's desk ![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/99/06/99067822-fdfd-42b1-ab19-555c33eefb89/content/images/2025/10/IMG_3887.jpeg) Good morning from Kansas City, where our radio team enjoyed a tour of the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum yesterday. It's an absolute must-see if you're ever in the area. *Michael Phillips, founding editor* *mphillips@richmonder.org* --- Sent this by a friend? [**Sign up for our free thrice-weekly newsletter here.**](https://www.richmonder.org/sign-up-for-the-richmonders-free-newsletter/) Want to support The Richmonder? [**Become a donor for $9.99 a month**](https://donate.stripe.com/aEU8xm7EWefggx29AP) and keep quality local journalism in the community.