Earlier this month, we shared concerns from drivers and community members about the Hermitage Road and West Laburnum Avenue intersection following the removal of the city’s last Confederate statue.
Richmond opened City Hall as a warming center on Christmas Eve and will again on Christmas Day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., but there's concern over what happens once the daytime warming shelter closes.
The Agenda: Local government briefs for 1.11.21
January 10, 2021
The properties near Main Street Station planned for a slavery commemorative site include the old Loving’s Produce building. (
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Loving land purchase authorization on city agenda
The Richmond City Council meets Monday with an informal session at 4 p.m. and regular session at 6 p.m. Business on the regular meeting consent agenda includes a public necessity declaration to allow the city to purchase 12 parcels totaling roughly 1.75 acres in Shockoe Bottom that would contribute to a planned Enslaved African Heritage Campus.
Other business includes a permit request from Richmond Hill Design + Build to replace six homes on Westview Avenue in the Westhampton area with two clusters of homes totaling 12 units. The new homes would fill a total of 1.3 acres and would straddle an existing house that is not included in the project.