Whither City Stadium? VCU has an interest

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.

Urban-revitalization tour explores Broad Street corridor

This year, the tour explored the revitalization along the Broad Street corridor and simulated the proposed “bus rapid transit” route that would run west to Willow Lawn and east to Rocketts Landing. The former bank building, which was Richmond’s tallest from 1930 to 1971, was one of the properties toured by about 150 people on four buses yesterday.

via timesdispatch.com Jeremy Slayton.

Another baby step toward mixed-use on Canal Walk

Partners Fountainhead Development and the WVS Companies had requested several changes to restrictive covenants put in place when the Canal Walk was developed in 1994. Those changes have now been endorsed by the executive committee of Venture Richmond, and director Jack Berry said he expects the full board to approve the changes within the month.

via richmondbizsense.com Al Harris .

BROAD STREET RAPID TRANSIT STUDY

Alternatives Analysis / Environmental Assessment Presentation to Commonwealth Transportation Board PDF

February 2010

Public shares concerns on GRTC bus rapid transit plan

Where a proposed bus rapid transit would run, its accessibility, its costs, its operations, its environmental impact and its fairness to long-time riders drew questions from the public tonight.

via timesdispatch.com Peter Bacque .

People near Carytown fighting big box retailers

It won’t be a Walmart, but people who live near a proposed retail center near Carytown fear that could change.

via nbc12.com Tara Morgan.

Broad Street role eyed in regional transit plan

GRTC is in the early stages of planning a “bus rapid transit” system that would provide faster, more reliable transit service by establishing a main route from West Broad Street at Willow Lawn in Henrico County through downtown Richmond and out East Main Street to Rocketts Landing.

via timesdispatch.com WILL JONES AND PETER BACQUE.

Priority transportation projects for the Richmond area.

Keep Monroe Open & Public

Our coalition of churches and other organizations DO NOT oppose renovations to Monroe Park. We like pretty parks! But we cannot sit idly by while those most in need have their only open public space closed. We have created this petition to demand that the renovation be done in stages, rather than all at once, leaving between 25% and 50% of the park open for the people who need it most, and the organizations who are able to provide that need. We also firmly oppose any private security force in this public space, especially one specifically charged with keeping out the “apparently homeless”.

via change.org.

Bring buses — and people — to Grace Street

The bus project, like CenterStage, is but one cog in this much-needed revitalization. Grace Street needs to be more than a place where folks transfer from one bus to another. It must become a destination.

via timesdispatch.com MICHAEL PAUL WILLIAMS.

Food Not Bombs Releases Statement on Monroe Park

The proposed renovations to Monroe Park are an attack , a judgement on who the park should and shouldn’t be for. It is an attack on the homeless, the “homeless-appearing” (whatever that means – it’s in the Monroe Park Advisory Council’s renovation plans), and groups and individuals who don’t judge people by their social status or whether they have conventional means of acquiring shelter.

via oregonhill.net.