Another chance to give your 2 cents about the future of Richmond

Just received via email:

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DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN PUBLIC HEARING

1:30 pm MONDAY, MAY 19, 2008
5^th FLOOR CONFERENCE ROOM
CITY HALL
900 E. BROAD STREET

The City of Richmond Planning Commission will hold a public hearing on the Revised Draft Downtown Master Plan. The Commission will consider adoption of the plan and recommendation for approval to City Council.  The public is encouraged to attend the public hearing to share thoughts on the plan with the City Planning Commission.

 
A copy of the revised draft plan is available for review at the following locations:

Online:
 (http://www.richmondgov.com/departments/communityDev/DownTownMasterPlan.aspx)

 

City Hall (900 E. Broad Street)
5^th floor, Room 510

Libraries
Main Branch (101 E. Franklin Street)
Hull Street Branch (1400 Hull Street)
Belmont Branch (3100 Ellwood Avenue)
East End Branch (2414 R Street)
North Avenue Branch (2901 North Avenue)
Ginter Park Branch (1200 Westbrook Avenue)
Broad Rock Branch (4820 Warwick Road)
Westover Hills Branch (1408 Westover Hills Boulevard)
West End Branch (5420 Patterson Avenue)

For more information contact
Brooke Hardin, City of Richmond

Telephone: (804) 646-6310
E-mail: Brooke.Hardin@richmondgov.com

Comments

[Scott Burger]

Sounds like the Downtown Plan has been turned into the VCU plan.

Carver has been completely removed from the plan, I also noticed in
Chapter 1 that paragraphs recommending the elimination of surface parking lots, preserving public green space, and explanations of
historic districts have all been struck from the draft. Not sure if those have been moved to other parts of the draft or not.

[Nathan Hughes]

I haven't even had a chance to read through it yet. Thanks for the heads up on the change. I'll have to pick through it.

It will be interesting to see what's changed, and see if there is a theme to the changes.

[Scott Burger]

Got this back from Community Development:

Regarding the Carver removal from the Master Plan – this was initiated by the Carver neighborhood association. They wanted to be all in or all out of the plan. I toured the area with Barbara Abernathy a couple of months ago to discuss the pros and cons of being all in or all out. It was the neighborhood’s decision to not be included in the Downtown Plan. They want to be included in the next phase of the Master Plan, which will be City-wide and neighborhood by neighborhood. This was definitely Carver’s decision. We were all very open about it.

[Nathan Hughes]

Scott: Thanks for the follow-up. It's good to know that it was a conscious decision from all sides, and not a slight or an oversight.