Villas at Rocketts Landing will be “Virginia’s First Solar Community”

I still think it should be a crime the way they cut down that grove of OLD trees to cram these boring houses in next to each other. They should have worked with and around some of the trees.

BTW, shade trees cut down on energy bills too!

I also object to the use of Rocketts Landing outside of the Rocketts Landing development AND Rocketts itself.

That area is part of historic Rocketts. That name way predated Fulton Village!

The label “Rocketts” on those maps is written next to the blocks it represented. It does not apply to the entire area. Both of those maps were not drawn to scale or even accurately to the actual grid as they are representational. What was labelled as Rocketts in those maps were Lester’s (and others) Addition, Nicholson’s Addition, and Port Mayo. Micajah Bates’ 1835 map has “Rocketts warehouse” on lot 170 near today’s intersection of Main St. and Williamsburg Ave. The Woodward House is said to be the last structure from Rocketts. That area was laid out as early as 1812 being a part of Wiltshire E. Lewis’ estate. Rocketts is also pointed out in “General Lee’s City” as being below Libby Hill on the river which references the Matthew Brady photograph of Rocketts. I am aware of Rockett’s ferry in the 1700s. The landing and port only applied to what was on and close to the river.

The area east of what would be the old Williamsburg Avenue was a part of another subdivision. It is represented by numbered blocks on F. W. Beers’ 1877 and T. Crawford, Redd & Brother’s 1901 maps of Richmond and Henrico. I admit I still need to research that subdivision’s name as well as a curious feature on the 1877 map which is the “line of Mt. Erin and Fulton.” It appears to outline a property. I will also need to research the properties of Baldwin and Ware Rockett to see just what they owned. The Mayos owned Powhatan Seat to the south (Port Mayo was subdivided from that plantation) and the Fultons had Mt. Erin to the east. Those two places were existing at the time of those maps from 1864 and 1865 and are not represented.

I cannot change the name of this development. I was pointing out how has always been Fulton Village since the subdivision was laid out. This is the last phase of it. I saw the sketch of this phase in 2006 when I spoke to its developer as I asked that the original grid be preserved. The city’s assessor legally has it as Fulton Village and I was stating I will not change the name on my map until it is changed by the city. I have never seen a subdivision be rolled out in phases and the last phase be renamed at the last moment. Both are by the same company and perhaps the name did change and it is a separate subdivision, but until the city updates it officially and legally, my map won’t change.

Virginia’s first solar community is actually Garden Atriums in Poquoson started in 2002. Not only are they solar, they are very close to net zero, including using rain water for all household water and using permeable paving throughout and communal vegetable gardening.

The 45 homes are going to be the best! The area is coming back and the area is going to be prime!! Stone Brewery and much more!!

There were communities called Solar I, Solar II and Solar III in Chesterfield in the 80s. Why would they call this the first? Maybe the first in the City of Richmond, but not in the state.