shockoe center community support meeting
The first community support meeting for Shockoe Center was held tonight at GlobeHopper. With approximately 30-40 people in attendance for the meeting, a clear majority seemed to be in support of the...
View ArticleStyle Weekly: not a fan of baseball in the bottom
For those keeping score, Style Weekly’s cleverly-named cover story this week strongly criticizes the downtown stadium proposal. With the residents of Richmond divided on the issue, Style has clearly...
View Articlerecap of last week’s community support meetings
Stadium representatives have released the following points regarding Shockoe Center. The points highlight what was discussed at the Community Support Meetings held last week. “Supporters of Baseball in...
View ArticleACORN wants to restore creek in Shockoe Bottom
Style Weekly has the story on an interesting idea for Shockoe Bottom: restore a creek that used to run through the neighborhood. ACORN, citing the need for more water features and restoring nature,...
View Articlea second opinion on the Shockoe Center proposal
The RTD is reporting that the City is spending $100 k to study to the financial feasibility of the stadium proposal. A spokesperson for Highwood Properties calls the independent assessment “greatly...
View ArticleShockoe Center Minority Participation Briefing set for April
A Shockoe Center Minority Participation Briefing/Reception to provide briefing on potential minority participation in the Shockoe Center development by contractors, subcontractors and design...
View Article“we should embrace the Shockoe Center proposal”
As we wait for the latest economic study on the Shockoe Center and stadium proposal, the debate keeps on in our neighborhood. The RTD published a column from a Shockoe Bottom business owner who...
View ArticleLet’s Play Ball!
Despite many community meetings presenting Highwoods Properties’ plan for Shockoe Center, an official website promoting the project has been noticeably absent. Coinciding with the beginning of the 2009...
View Articlebaseball debate tonight
Tonight at 7 p.m. a debate and public comment period regarding baseball in the Bottom vs. baseball on the Boulevard will be held at the Richmond Times Dispatch headquarters To catch up on the latest...
View Articledrumroll, please
Mayor Jones plans to release the executive summary of a study on the proposed Shockoe Stadium today. The group performing the study hasalready indicated support for a ballpark in Shockoe, but this...
View ArticleDavenport and Company discuss the Shockoe Center
Silver Persinger’s Richmond City Council Reporter & Telegraph has the raw video from Davenport and Company presentation at Councilperson Ellen Robertson’s monthly 6th District meeting held...
View Articleformer outspoken city councilman opposes stadium
Former city councilman Sa’ad El-Amin has come out adamantly against any form of the Shockoe Center project, arguing that the area should be used entirely to commemorate the Slave Trail and black...
View Articleshockoe center is dead
Highwoods Properties annouced today that they are dropping the Shockoe Center project which also included a development along Boulevard, blaming the major Boulevard vs Shockoe stadium debate and a lack...
View Articleanother idea for shockoe
Style Weekly brings forward another idea for the parking lots of Shockoe Bottom, this time from former mayoral candidate Lawrence Williams. Williams envisions a four-square-block complex in the Bottom...
View ArticleBallpark discussion comes back to Shockoe
In the on going saga about the baseball stadium everything old is new again and we’re back to discussing putting a stadium in Shockoe Bottom. The last time a baseball stadium was seriously in the mix...
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