East End
Following a two-hour work session Thursday night, wherein in Council members quizzed city officials about the jail procurement process, the Dalal letter sparked a heated exchange between Council President Kathy Graziano and Jewell.
via City Auditor to Review Jail Contract | The Reporter’s Notebook.
The big lot at 25th/Nine Mile/Fairmount sits empty, going on 5+ years. Sunny Market is empty, Ocean Grocery thrives. Same same same as it ever was… I asked last spring: the plan shows vision, but now what?? In 2006 then-Councilwoman McQuinn said we’d see a grocery store at 25th and Nine Mile by 2008…. Will we even get a new Chimbo Mart out of this time around? Am I missing something worth celebrating?
via One year after the East End Charrette and what? ‹ Church Hill People’s News.
[The report does not list any actual results. Ed.]
Jones recently proposed to use $250,000 in money remaining from the sale of Miller & Rhoads Department Store a decade ago to help finance projects envisioned by the East End Initiative, including incentives for a grocery store. The money is part of $2.1 million in funds still held from the sale by the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority, which had planned to use the money toward the purchase of the former GRTC Transit System headquarters on South Davis and East Cary streets.
via Richmond mayor, others detail progress on East End Initiative | Richmond Times-Dispatch.
The owners of Richmond community hospital have donated $50,000 for promising East End entrepreneurs to develop new businesses.
Bon Secours Community Health System is putting up another $300,000 for three year low interest loans.
The result is that “Fulton is the community that’s on the brink,” Jemmott says: a neighborhood in transition that may decline without active intervention.
That’s why the national nonprofit, which funds community revitalization, chose to intervene. In September it hired community organizer Jason Sawyer to guide the creation of an all-encompassing rebuilding plan for Fulton. “We’re looking to reshape the neighborhood in such a way that meets the community’s needs,” Sawyer explains.
via East End Dreams | Articles/Archives | Style Weekly. by Melissa Scott Sinclair
The city is hoping to gather all public comment by September 30th.
City leaders will hold similar meetings with civic associations throughout the east end all month long.
via nbc12.com.
The proposal for Nine Mile Road and the 25th Street corridor in Church Hill were created during a series of community meetings in June.
via nbc12.com.
City of Richmond, Virginia
The East End corridor at 25th Street and Nine Mile Road is a microcosm of the economic challenges facing the city. A March policy paper by the city’s Economic and Community Development Department identifies the area as one of the most distressed retail areas of the city, with “high levels of physical and social deterioration, and a limited number of businesses that can provide basic goods and services.” styleweekly.com chpn.net
City of Richmond, Virginia
Saturday morning, city leaders unveiled the results of a seven-day design study, in which neighbors sounded off on the revitalization of the area. nbc12.com