The RTD is reporting that the Shockoe Center proposal is dead: Developers of the proposed Shockoe Center ballpark announced this afternoon that they’re walking away from the project as well as a proposal for development along the Boulevard.
The UHCA voted approximately 25 to 2 in favor of a motion in support of the proposed Shockoe Center development, with 1 abstention, at tonight’s meeting at Cedar Street Baptist Church. Discussion touched upon both citizen desire to see Shockoe Bottom developed and thriving and apprehension of the city being held ultimately accountable for funding [...]
Two hundred or so residents turned out for the Church Hill Association meeting on Tuesday evening. The membership voted 62-44, with a handful of abstentions, against the Shockoe Center proposal. The main concern seemed to be the finances of the project, though mention was also made of the historic nature of the area of the [...]
The February 17th Church Hill Association meeting, normally held at the St. John’s Parish Hall, is moved to St. John’s Church to accomodate the expected larger-than-normal attendance given the scheduled discussion of the proposed Shockoe Center development. Also, Betty Squire, the newly appointed City Council 7th District Representative, is expected to be at the meeting.
A recent snapshot poll on this site, taken across the end of the 1st week of February, has 75% of the respondents are in favor of development that includes baseball in Shockoe Bottom.
The debate over the Shockoe Center proposal has flared up this week with dueling statements of support and opposition. On one side of the issue, ACORN released a statement saying that the development “is not an appropriate project for the City of Richmond’s most historic and hallowed ground”. Working in favor of the project are [...]
A message from Matt Conrad of the Union Hill Civic Association: Friends and Neighbors of Union Hill: The Union Hill Civic Association will meet on Wednesday, January 21 at 7:00 p.m. at Cedar Street Baptist Church of God (2301 Cedar Street). Please plan to attend, as we will be receiving a presentation from representatives of [...]
Del. Loupassi has introduced a bill to divert the state sales taxes generated by the stadium and other related new buildings from the Shockoe Center proposal to pay the cost of the development: The developers who want to bring minor-league baseball back to Richmond are proposing to finance a new ballpark in Shockoe Bottom with [...]
Paul Kreckman of Highwoods Properties held a presentation/Q&A session on the proposed Shockoe Center/Boulevard Gateway redevelopment last week with a group of local bloggers, including Save Richmond‘s Don Harrison, Ross Catrow from RVA News, Daniel Farrell, that guy from Tobacco Avenue, Aaron Kremer from RichmondBizSense.com, and myself.
The folks down at city hall have made available a copy of the presentation by Highwoods Properties (3.7MB PDF) from Tuesday’s CHA meeting about the proposed development for Shockoe and the Boulevard.
I had to bail on last night’s special CHA meeting before anything of interest really happened. Crime is down, the new budget was approved like 47-1 even with dues increasing, and then there was a presentation on multi-modal transportation. What did I miss?
Today the City Administration unveiled the result of a nearly year-long procurement process to develop two large tracts within the City at North Boulevard and Main Street Station. [via]
