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 bounded by Main Street Station and 18th streets, running from the end of the 17th Street Farmers’ Market north to Broad. It would be a smaller-scale [...]
Now that the plan for a Shockoe stadium is officially dead, what will happen? Reynolds Packaging Group is suggesting that the city take a look at Manchester, specifically the area between the Manchester and 14th Street Bridge overlooking the city skyline. A formal proposal has not been submitted to the city, but real estate investor [...]
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 of a team. [via]
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 report is supposed to be a more in depth look into its financial viability. A press release from the City on Friday suggests [...]
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 back and forth, RichmondBizSense is reporting problems in purchasing a baseball team, Club Velvet’s controversial anti-stadium sign can stay for now, [...]
No, this isn’t a cool picture of the neighborhood way back when. The RTD has a story on Richmond’s first year without a baseball team since 1965. O Romeo, Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo? In 1965, that line meant more to Richmonders than a memorable Shakespearean snippet. It reflected discontent regarding Richmond’s disappearing Class AAA baseball [...]
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 strongly supports the stadium. Josh Dare from the Hodges Partnership focuses his argument on why Shockoe Bottom is the best location [...]
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 encouraging”. [via] UPDATE: The firms that will perform the independent assessment already endorsed the project in a study they performed 6 months ago. The [...]
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 the Bottom” encourage fellow supporters to contact their local representatives to voice their support for the proposal. • Development Conforms to Downtown Master Plan: walkable, street retail, [...]
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 sided with those opposed to the stadium. It requires a deep-seated, religious-like faith to believe that a new ballpark for a team that doesn’t exist can [...]
RTD has the full story on a team the Richmond Baseball Group is in talks to buy. A Richmond group hopes to buy a franchise that belongs to the Class AA Eastern League, the Connecticut Defenders, and move it to Richmond, according to sources familiar with the situation. Bryan Bostic said the goal of Richmond [...]
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 project. More information on the details of the meeting are coming tomorrow. If you are interested in attending tomorrow night’s meeting, it will [...]
Two lively discussions are currently taking place over at the Church Hill People’s News. A recent snapshot poll on this site, taken across the end of the 1st week of February, has 75% of the respondents are in favor of development that includes baseball in Shockoe Bottom. Where do you stand on the proposed stadium?
