Citywide cultural heritage plan returns, modified to address fears about stifling housing development
Many residents see it as a critical roadmap for how the city can preserve its historic resources amid a sweeping zoning overhaul.
Housing
After Church Hill teardowns, Richmond eyes steep penalties for unapproved demolitions
It could become far more expensive to tear down a building without permission in some of Richmond’s most historic neighborhoods.
Richmond to seek proposals to redevelop city-owned parking lots in Shockoe, Manchester into affordable housing
The plans are part of a broader push by the city to repurpose properties Richmond owns but isn’t using for housing amid an affordability crisis.
Increasing Richmond’s density wouldn’t stretch utility infrastructure too far, officials say
Richmond’s utilities system has the capacity to handle the greater housing density envisioned by the city’s overhaul of its zoning code, according to DPU Director Scott Morris.
Promised sidewalk investments win Snead Road affordable housing project approval
Lynx agreed to either build sidewalks from the project site to the nearby J.L. Francis Elementary or give the city $50,000 to do so.
Neighbors push for study of five-point intersection near Diamond as potential ‘community hub’
A complicated five-way intersection just north of the Diamond could get special attention from city planners as Richmond moves toward a five-year review of its master plan.
RRHA board votes for more Gilpin talks but says it’s too early to OK redevelopment plans
“We do not have a meeting of the minds with the administration.”
