Comments on: New developments sprouting around the city http://richmondva.wordpress.com/2007/06/21/new-developments-sprouting-around-the-city/ Sat, 17 Oct 2009 21:46:54 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Parker http://richmondva.wordpress.com/2007/06/21/new-developments-sprouting-around-the-city/#comment-237 Parker Thu, 21 Jun 2007 19:03:11 +0000 http://richmondva.wordpress.com/2007/06/21/new-developments-sprouting-around-the-city/#comment-237 Seems like Richmond in general needs to take a couple of steps back, look around, and calm down for a second. Yes, we are growing. No, we don't need everything turned into apartments and condos. More organic growth and less jumping the gun would be nice. As far as the new VCU building go I'm all for it as long as they don't tear down every old building in their path and open their arms to local businesses and restaurants and not take the easy money route and put more corporate chains like Eugene Trani is known for. At one point I heard about a Chili's being integrated into the bottom of the new building. Why do we need that? This area has been and should continue to be about the local businesses not the generic, cookie cutter stuff that you see across every suburban strip mall. At least VCU brought Plan 9 into the bookstore. I'd like to see more of that happening. Seems like Richmond in general needs to take a couple of steps back, look around, and calm down for a second. Yes, we are growing. No, we don’t need everything turned into apartments and condos. More organic growth and less jumping the gun would be nice.

As far as the new VCU building go I’m all for it as long as they don’t tear down every old building in their path and open their arms to local businesses and restaurants and not take the easy money route and put more corporate chains like Eugene Trani is known for. At one point I heard about a Chili’s being integrated into the bottom of the new building. Why do we need that? This area has been and should continue to be about the local businesses not the generic, cookie cutter stuff that you see across every suburban strip mall. At least VCU brought Plan 9 into the bookstore. I’d like to see more of that happening.

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