We should know soon what the new face of the Boulevard between Broad and 95/64 will be. According to the TD, the city is hiring a consultant who will search for developers:
Richmond plans to hire a consultant next month to run a nationwide search for developers to transform the park and surrounding area along the [...]
Richmond Braves baseball will stay on the Boulevard- either with a renovated Diamond or a new stadium, according to James L. Jenkins, chairman of the Richmond Metropolitan Authority board of directors [via].
The good news there is that the matter is settled- no more proposals for ballparks in the Bottom, or Fulton Gas Works, or the [...]
I’m losing count of how many times I’ve posted about plans for the Boulevard area.
Today’s TD features a column titled, “Renovate The Diamond and replace the Coliseum;” the title pretty much sums up the content. The author presents some rough financial figures to bolster his argument. He also echoes the idea floated in [...]
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Buttermilk & Molasses reports on conversations he’s had in his neighborhood with several new business owners.
Read his blog for info on “two new restaurants, a flower shop, an ice cream shop and a dog park” coming soon [...]
Petersburg is, arguably, in much worse shape than Richmond. The national trends of white flight, sprawl, and downtown neglect hit Petersburg hard. But some committed individuals are doing an amazing job of creating a community that’s truly invested in the future of the city.
In fact, they’ve just released a comprehensive plan for redeveloping [...]
Yet another proposal for the Boulevard surfaces in this week’s Style: put the Coliseum there.
I’ve already written about all the big plans for the area: renovate or rebuild the Diamond, a new aquatics center, VCU tennis complex and dorms; then there’s the smaller, less news-generating plans which are already moving forward: restaurants, condos, apartments.
And I’ve [...]
Today’s Times-Dispatch reports on efforts to build a swimming complex on the Boulevard to attract both regional and national swimming competitions. Details here.
Apparently this isn’t the first attempt to build such facilities in Richmond, but this time backers aren’t asking for city funds- which apparently held the project up in the past. Poseidon [...]
There’s a beautiful warehouse conversion happening over in Scott’s Addition that I missed in my post from last week, What’s happening on the Boulevard?
Baker Atrium Lofts will be 31 1-3 bedroom apartments, with a really cool atrium. I stopped by yesterday and the atrium area was open- unfortunately my camera battery died so [...]
The area on either side of the Boulevard between Broad St. and 95 continues to show signs of life and redevelopment - despite lack of movement by the city. The latest news is a $10 million proposal by VCU to build a sports complex and possibly dorms (!) on the site of the city’s [...]
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