Three big projects under way along 21st Street and Broad Street will bring almost 500 apartments and more than 13,000 square feet of retail space to the area where Church Hill and Shockoe meet.
Bon Secours has launched a blog for the upcoming East End Transformation Charrette. So far: What is a Charrette? and A Welcome from Mayor Jones. They’ve also set up a companion Facebook page for the blog and suggest using #eevric as a twitter tag for the process.
An email circulating says that the Planning Commission will be taking on the zoning on the block around the Oakwood Heights property at their next meeting: City lawyers have recommended that Margaret Freund’s property stay at its current high-density zoning designation (R-53), while the rest of the area be re-zoned for single family housing (R-8).
There will be a public hearing at the May 24 City Council meeting at 6PM to a request to close an alley “at the request of the owner of the adjacent property to the north (Hunt Investments, LLC)” as part of redevelopment of the apartments on Cedar Street: To close, to public use and travel, [...]
The Peter Paul Development Center will be hosting an informational meeting on Habitat for Humanity’s Pillars at Oakmont development on May 12 at 5:30PM.
The James River Green Building Council‘s 2010 Green Spaces Forum, showcasing the entries for this year’s competition, will be held at the Robinson Theater on May 27th: Building off of last year’s Play Space challenge, this year’s entrants are asked to look at the remaining 34 +/- acres on the Greater Fulton Gas Works site [...]
The East End Transformation Charrette, announced for for June 1-7, will focus on the 25th Street and Nine Mile Road corridors, previosuly declared by Mayor Jones to be “a top priority for redevelopment and revitalization”. The process will be facilitated by Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, “a major leader in the practice and direction of urban [...]
A small piece on the Style Weekly website gives some updates on Echo Harbor: Theobald and developer Ross presented the project to downtown boosters Venture Richmond on April 9 and have been making the rounds trying to drum up support among civic groups. According to city planning staff, under a standard timeline City Council would [...]
Habitat for Humanity will be hosting a Neighborhood Block Party at T and 33rd Streets on Tuesday, April 20, from 5:30-7:30PM: Please join us for food, fun, and fellowship to celebrate our volunteers and the groundbreaking of The Pillars at Oakmont, Richmond Habitat’s newest townhome development in North Church Hill. Children of all ages will [...]
Following up on an idea from Phil Riggan: What’s the worst abandoned/blighted property in the area? Suggest addresses in the comments and I’ll pull in photos…
The classifieds section of the March 25-27 issue of the Richmond Free Press has a Legal Notice Demolition of Structure listing 6 buildings that “have been condemned and will be demolished by the City of Richmond”, including 3316 N Street.
According to the sign out front, the Glenwood Hill Townhomes are ready to rent.
The Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods is offering the two-story brick house at 421-423 North 33d Street (built circa 1910), in the Oakwood-Chimborazo Historic District, for sale to a buyer willing to renovate.
The Alliance to Conserve Old Richmond Neighborhoods will host another Renovator’s Open House event at the newly renovated, no longer leaning, 2200 East Marshall Street on Wednesday, March 31st from 5:30-7PM. RBVa President David Cooley will be on hand to answer questions about the restoration of this 19th-century Queen Anne style house. PLEASE RSVP. Send [...]
