Richmond Shockoe Bottom Security Cameras

Right now the cameras are operating in Shockoe Bottom, the Fan and Hillside Court on the City’s Southside.

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Above Water

The plans to save Shockoe Bottom have come in many shapes and sizes. They go back years and span a cacophony of master plans, maps and market analyses. But six years after Tropical Storm Gaston ripped through the Bottom — destroying businesses and restaurants with floodwaters as deep as 10 feet in some places — none of the sweeping development plans has taken hold.

The latest study is under way, with the city awarding a $149,750 contract to Bay Area Economics, a real estate consulting company. That amount is almost $25,000 more than what City Council budgeted for it last year, $125,000. City spokeswoman Hawley says extra funding will draw from economic-development funds.

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Shockoe Bottom club Alley Katz plans to reopen on Sunday

Since June 1, Shockoe Bottom has had 44 serious crimes reported, including 17 thefts, 10 assaults, eight motor-vehicle thefts, five robberies, three vice offenses and one burglary. There have been no homicides or sex offenses, according to Richmond Police Department records. The area had 78 serious crimes, including no homicides or sex offenses, during the same period in 2009.

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Transportation – New Directions in Shockoe Bottom: One Way to Two?

City of Richmond, Virginia

Officials from the city’s public works and economic and community development departments are meeting in closed session this week to consider a pilot project that would convert three one-way blocks of East Franklin Street between 16th and 19th streets, and two one-way blocks of 19th Street between East Grace and East Main streets. Select blocks on East Grace, Ambler and 18th streets might also be converted. styleweekly.com

Shockoe – Richmond officials concerned Norfolk train would bypass downtown

City of Richmond, Virginia

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Planned to start operating three years from now, the Richmond-Norfolk passenger train would run from South Hampton Roads through Petersburg and then up CSX tracks — called the A Line — to Amtrak’s Staples Mill Station in Henrico County.

Shockoe – Slave History Clouds Shockoe Bottom Project

City of Richmond, Virginia

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…the building, which some people say was used for slave auctions in the 1800s, could become a microcosm of the city’s efforts to revitalize the neighborhood while marketing the area’s slave-trading history.

City of Richmond, Virginia – Shockoe – City issued second request for proposals

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A study aimed at reviving Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom area is taking longer than expected, like the revitalization of the gritty neighborhood itself.

City of Richmond, Virginia – Shockoe – Former resident chronicled night scene

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Sara Hudson got so frustrated living in Shockoe Bottom that she chronicled her experiences with excessive noise, suspected drug dealing and other crimes in a video that was used to break her lease early last year.

City of Richmond, Virginia – Shockoe – Mayor seeking strategies for Shockoe Bottom

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Sara Hudson’s favorite neighborhood is Richmond’s Shockoe Bottom. She just can’t stand to live there anymore.