The economic disruptions of the coronavirus pandemic burned a $26.1 million hole in GRTC’s budget for its current fiscal year.
Pandemic caused $26.1M hole in GRTC’s budget
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City starts process to update ‘problematic’ B-3 zoning district
As an update to Richmond’s master land-use plan continues, a separate but related effort to redefine a business zoning district found primarily in the city’s Southside is likewise moving forward, despite reservations from residents of a neighborhood on the opposite side of the river.
City files permit to demolish Fulton Gas Works buildings
The City of Richmond’s efforts to remediate the former Fulton Gas Works site for reuse or redevelopment will mean the loss of nearly all of the site’s century-old structures, including the main building beside Williamsburg Avenue.
With eye toward denser developments, Chesterfield weighs changes to parking space requirements
Chesterfield County is considering a proposal to dial down current parking space requirements to streamline and encourage higher density in areas zoned for apartment and townhouse developments.
Richmond registrar office trading City Hall for bigger digs
Just in time for this fall’s elections, the city office responsible for voter registration in Richmond has secured a new home base that will bring all of its operations under one roof.
Hundreds of acres to be added, removed from Henrico enterprise zones
The update would add several notable properties, the largest of which includes 115 acres straddling Richmond-Henrico Turnpike between Richmond Raceway and Azalea Avenue.
Small Virginia colleges, university foundations sought relief through PPP loans
Nineteen small private and for-profit colleges and universities in Virginia applied for a combined range of $22 million-$55 million from the federal Paycheck Protection Program.
AG’s office calls for end to Lee Monument injunction
With a new judge on the case, Attorney General Mark Herring is continuing his fight to squash the lawsuit that thus far has prevented the state from taking down the Robert E. Lee Monument on Monument Avenue.
Protest response cost city, police at least $1.7M over 30 days
Police response to the first month of protests and demonstrations in Richmond cost the city more than $1.6 million in overtime pay for officers.
City buys Canal Walk extension from developer of The Locks
The city paid nearly $2 million to secure the improvements to Canal Walk, which were completed and paid for initially by a partnership between WVS Cos. and Tom Papa.