City Council gets off to slow start after summer break
The agenda for the first council meeting since mid-July included 47 items, but roughly half the papers were withdrawn or continued because they needed amendment or weren’t ready for a vote. … The...
View ArticleDevelopers claim Boulevard stadium worth millions more than Shockoe plan
Developers of a proposed baseball stadium on the Boulevard claim their plan would bring in at least $65 million more in tax revenue over 20 years than a similar proposal in Shockoe Bottom. Link
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City documents suggest Marshall severance pay was optional
The city of Richmond may not have been required to pay $163,617 in severance compensation to former Chief Administrative Officer Byron C. Marshall, but the office of Mayor Dwight C. Jones has declined...
View ArticleAfter Richmond spends millions on City Hall, renovation focus turns to schools
Richmond officials have set aside $32 million for repairsat nearly 50 school buildings Link
View ArticleGRTC studies Northern Va. rapid transit model
The Broad Street Bus Rapid Transit project in Richmond has applied for a $24.9 million TIGER grant for the final design and half of construction costs. The rest would come from state and local sources...
View ArticleWilliams: Carytown sign would send wrong message
This Carytown sign would be the latest example of apparent extravagance at a time when Richmond is struggling to provide basic services. Link
View ArticleMayor to propose one-cent reduction in property tax rate
Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones will call for the city’s real estate tax rate to be lowered 1 cent at a news conference today, a proposal that, if approved, would be the city’s first rate reduction...
View ArticleMayor announces “school finance working group”
The group is supposed to meet in private at 3 p.m. Tuesday. After that, Hawley said, the names might be available. Link
View ArticleMayor calls for 1-cent reduction in tax rate, says he’s open to going lower
Mayor Dwight C. Jones held a news conference Tuesday to call for a 1-cent reduction from $1.20 per $100 of assessed value to $1.19, which is about where the rate would fall automatically under a state...
View ArticlePanel votes to recommend denial for planned gateway sign
The Urban Design Committee’s discussion started with a question about whether the project could be killed outright, and ended with a suggestion to overhaul the entire design. If the city Planning...
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