“City Hall is 19 stories tall. Can you imagine that next to the Fan? It just doesn’t make any sense,” said a West Grace Street resident.
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The Agenda: Local government briefs for 9.28.20
West Creek is eyed for a 335-unit apartment complex, city-initiated rezonings and a renaming of Jefferson Davis Highway are on the City Council’s agenda, and a downtown nonprofit withdraws its proposal for a Black Lives Matter street mural.
Local engineering firm extends reach into Hampton Roads, West Virginia
Based in Henrico, Koontz Bryant Johnson Williams already had offices in Ohio, Kentucky and Wisconsin in addition to a branch in Chester and its headquarters at 1703 N. Parham Road.
City’s master land use plan update entering homestretch
A so-called “pre-final” version of the Richmond 300 plan that was released in draft form earlier this year is to be presented to the Planning Commission at its regular meeting today.
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 9.14.20
The City Council considers a grant for a local cidery facility and holds off on rezoning proposed along the Pulse, a former Loudon County official is Goochland’s new county administrator, new voter registrar offices open in Goochland and Richmond, and Henrico names its new aquatics center for a longtime supervisor.
After delay, city planners endorse next round of Pulse-driven rezonings
Proposed zoning changes to allow denser development in the area across Broad Street from the Fan are moving forward despite opposition from neighbors that has been lingering for months.
Donut developments: Sugar Shack closes Parham store; Dunkin’ builds from scratch on Brook
A local donut shop chain has left a hole in Henrico, but a national competitor is spending dough on a new store eight miles to the east.
Project Snapshot: Apartments rising from the ashes of Northside junkyard fire
Site work has started on The Foundry, a $40 million, 200-unit complex near School Street and Brook Road, a couple blocks southeast of VUU.
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.
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 7.27.20
Hundreds of acres are involved in proposed changes to an enterprise zone involving two localities, Petersburg pads its coffers with fund balance gains, and Richmond takes some time on a proposed name change for Jeff Davis Highway.