Just received via email:
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DOWNTOWN MASTER PLAN PUBLIC HEARING
1:30 pm MONDAY, MAY
19, 2008
5th FLOOR
CONFERENCE ROOM
CITY HALL
900
E. BROAD STREET
19, 2008
5th FLOOR
CONFERENCE ROOM
CITY HALL
900
E. BROAD STREET
The City
of Richmond Planning Commission
will hold a public hearing on the Revised Draft Downtown Master Plan. The Commission will
consider adoption of the plan and recommendation for approval to City Council.
The public is encouraged to attend the public hearing to share thoughts on the
plan with the City Planning Commission.
A copy of the revised draft plan is available for review at
the following locations:
Online:
(http://www.richmondgov.com/departments/communityDev/DownTownMasterPlan.aspx)
City
Hall (900 E. Broad Street)
5th
floor, Room 510
Libraries
Main Branch (101 E. Franklin
Street)
Hull Street Branch
(1400 Hull Street)
Belmont Branch (3100 Ellwood Avenue)
East
End Branch (2414 R
Street)
North Avenue Branch
(2901 North Avenue)
Ginter Park
Branch (1200 Westbrook Avenue)
Broad Rock Branch
(4820 Warwick Road)
Westover Hills
Branch (1408 Westover Hills
Boulevard)
West
End Branch (5420
Patterson Avenue)
Main Branch (101 E. Franklin
Street)
Hull Street Branch
(1400 Hull Street)
Belmont Branch (3100 Ellwood Avenue)
East
End Branch (2414 R
Street)
North Avenue Branch
(2901 North Avenue)
Ginter Park
Branch (1200 Westbrook Avenue)
Broad Rock Branch
(4820 Warwick Road)
Westover Hills
Branch (1408 Westover Hills
Boulevard)
West
End Branch (5420
Patterson Avenue)
For more
information contact
Brooke Hardin, City of Richmond
information contact
Brooke Hardin, City of Richmond
Sounds like the Downtown Plan has been turned into the VCU plan.
Carver has been completely removed from the plan, I also noticed in
Chapter 1 that paragraphs recommending the elimination of surface parking lots, preserving public green space, and explanations of
historic districts have all been struck from the draft. Not sure if those have been moved to other parts of the draft or not.
I haven’t even had a chance to read through it yet. Thanks for the heads up on the change. I’ll have to pick through it.
It will be interesting to see what’s changed, and see if there is a theme to the changes.
Got this back from Community Development:
Regarding the Carver removal from the Master Plan – this was initiated by the Carver neighborhood association. They wanted to be all in or all out of the plan. I toured the area with Barbara Abernathy a couple of months ago to discuss the pros and cons of being all in or all out. It was the neighborhood’s decision to not be included in the Downtown Plan. They want to be included in the next phase of the Master Plan, which will be City-wide and neighborhood by neighborhood. This was definitely Carver’s decision. We were all very open about it.
Scott: Thanks for the follow-up. It’s good to know that it was a conscious decision from all sides, and not a slight or an oversight.