Virginia Commonwealth University
Approval waives zoning and allows residential use in industrial zone.
…Councilman E. Martin Jewell urged his colleagues to reject the project, saying the city had failed to plan for VCU’s growth and that Carver residents were put in an unfair position of having to fight over a special-use permit for the gritty, industrial block.
Critics argued that the development would be out of character for the neighborhood and that the eight student-housing projects already developed are enough.
These days, Carver is ground zero for Richmond’s gentrification battles, its quest to attract middle-class families and its unending wonder about what, exactly, the city should do with all those college students.
via New Directions | Cover Story | Style Weekly – Richmond, VA local news, arts, and events..
The mayor’s press secretary, Tammy D. Hawley, said Samuels has not called her office about the Fan trash issue.
via Residents of Richmond’s Fan district complain about trash piling up | Richmond Times-Dispatch.
Gilbane initially proposed a total of 477 units and 895 bedrooms in the 1200 and 1300 blocks of Marshall, but it’s now seeking approval for only 163 units in the 1200 block.
The Carver Area Civic Improvement League recently voted against supporting a new residential development in the neighborhood. By a 13-10 vote, the league is looking to keep out a mixed-use, student-centric housing development in the 1200 and 1300 blocks of West Marshall Street, a project that senior city planner Tom Phan says would “unquestionably … affect the character of the current predominately single-family Carver neighborhood in an unprecedented manner.”
At the request of Mayor Dwight C. Jones, the City Council agreed Monday on a fast-track basis to allow City Stadium to be leased or used by outside groups for less than one year.
via timesdispatch.com JOHN O’CONNOR AND WILL JONES.