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.
Richmond registrar office trading City Hall for bigger digs
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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.
7 more takeaways from Richmond 300
Rewatering the canal. Tunneling under the expressway. Closing Carytown to vehicles. Those are among the standout ideas and stats presented in the city’s draft master plan, which reaches the end of its public comment period Monday.
Richmond 300: City’s draft master plan turns attention to Southside
Restoring a roundabout near Southside Plaza, mixed-use development along Route 1 and a town center on Hull Street Road are among the ideas planners have for the city south of the river.
Bridging the gap: Richmond 300 plan envisions reconnecting Jackson Ward
With development activity picking up on both sides of the freeway that effectively cut the historically Black neighborhood in half 80 years ago, Richmond planners are floating the idea of a bridge deck spanning the width of First and St. James streets.
Updated: Judge who issued Lee Monument injunction recuses himself from pending case combination
Another Richmond Circuit Court judge has taken himself off one of the lawsuits seeking to stop the removal of the Robert E. Lee statue on Monument Avenue – and this time it’s the judge who lives in the neighborhood.