The RTD has a look at push-back against keeping the city jail in the East End: Edward Shearn Jr. and his East End neighbors are pushing back against the city of Richmond’s plan to build a $137 million jail at the site of the current facility on Fairfield Way. [...] Lawrence E. Williams Sr., an [...]
The amazing Virginia Public Access Project has updated the numbers on the City Council 7th District campaign and the money is beginning to show up (previously)…
On the heels of last week’s mayoral candidates debate, we ran a (certainly very unscientific) poll to see what kind of support each candidate might have…
About 35 people showed up Saturday morning for the 7th District Meeting hosted by Delores McQuinn at Mt.Tabor Baptist Church on Fairmount Avenue. The meeting agenda included the city budget conflict, the Downtown Master Plan (and Echo Harbor), crime, and community concerns.
Charles H. Nance, a former Richmond School Board member, said a majority of the city’s 4,068 public-housing units should be torn down and rebuilt “primarily in the city, but also in other parts of the region.” Lawrence E. Williams Sr. wants to demolish Mosby Court’s more than 450 public-housing units in the East End. He [...]
