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Richmond 300 revisited: City Council suggests tweaks to city master plan
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Of the 17 goals, 73 objectives and 415 strategies detailed in the nearly 250-page Richmond 300 plan, City Council members see several glaring omissions that they want addressed with forthcoming amendments.
As they said they would do when they adopted the plan last month, councilmembers have submitted what they would like to see changed, removed or added to the years-in-the-making master plan update that’s meant to guide the city’s growth over the next 20 years.
What’s missing, members said in requests they submitted to Council President Cynthia Newbille are details on how the city plans to move forward on such things as improving public schools, transforming public housing and providing more housing options for lower-income residents. ....

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