A local nonprofit hopes to transform 151 acres of the shuttered Royal Virginian Golf Course into a $33 million memorial that would draw mourners to the tranquil setting.
Led by RRHA and nonprofit developer The Community Builders, the project began this summer when a portion of the public housing complex’s 504 units were razed.
The money will go toward expanding the park’s wildlife habitats and upgrading the Maymont mansion.
A Texas firm that has roots in Virginia is behind the income-based Brook Villas, a three-building complex under construction in Henrico County.
“Basically we have no access to our funds,” said Friends of Pump House President Penn Markham after the group was left hanging by the foundation’s demise.
The move kicks off a process of winding down the organization’s operations, which include the Evergreen and East End cemeteries.
A collective including Project:HOMES, the Better Housing Coalition, Virginia Housing and a group from Virginia Tech built the house as an experiment in housing affordability.
After pivoting into a nonprofit umbrella organization, the group is starting a program to train black business owners and those who aspire to be in topics like marketing, financing and bookkeeping.
“(Visitors) come in and ask for an orientation film all the time, so we’re excited to add this,” said Deputy Director Stephanie Arduini.
“What you see, what you’re sitting in, is eight years of dreaming and planning and strategizing,” UMFS President and CEO Nancy Toscano said of the Child & Family Healing Center.
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