tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53201396905577998172024-02-21T12:45:47.218-05:00City NewsRichmond WEBBI Teamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17226807626772346537noreply@blogger.comBlogger1021125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-64823605834416054202021-05-20T12:11:00.001-04:002021-05-20T12:11:08.182-04:00ONE Casino + Resort recommended by the Evaluation PanelMayor Stoney supports the
recommendationThe city’s Resort Casino Evaluation Panel has recommended that the
ONE Casino + Resort move forward as the city’s preferred casino gaming operator
at the proposed site on Walmsley Boulevard in South Richmond. The Evaluation
Panel’s recommendation is supported by Mayor Stoney. “ONE Casino + Resort presents a tremendous opportunity to develop
a resort Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-63048044692074659822021-05-18T08:33:00.003-04:002021-05-18T08:33:13.036-04:00Nine local businesses graduate from city and Capital One Diverse Supplier Mentoring ProgramNine
local, minority-owned businesses have graduated from the Diverse Supplier
Mentoring Program, a collaborative professional development program made
possible by the City of Richmond Office of Minority Business Development and
Capital One.
Led
by Capital One, the program provides business owners with the tools, resources
and counsel needed to succeed in today’s marketplace. As a part Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-32631786577565152272021-05-13T13:25:00.004-04:002021-05-13T13:25:52.723-04:00Mayor, City Council, community leaders rally around dedication to gun violence preventionImmediate
actions include introduction of a resolution addressing the public health
crisisMayor Levar Stoney, Police Chief Gerald Smith, members of Richmond
City Council and other city leaders and community members gathered outside City
Hall today to announce their intent to declare gun violence a public health crisis
through a formal resolution.
The resolution outlines the current stateOffice of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-43418411103500081372021-05-06T16:11:00.001-04:002021-05-06T16:11:08.304-04:00Mayor Stoney names directors for Human Resources, Finance; appoints Interim Budget Director Mayor Levar M.
Stoney today is pleased to announce the appointment of Mona Adkins-Easley to
the be the Director of the City of Richmond Department of Human Resources, and
the appointment of Sheila D. White to be the Director of the city’s Department
of Finance.
Mayor Stoney
also announced today that Office of Budget & Strategic Planning Deputy
Director Jason P. May will serve as Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-38268873371854207362021-05-03T14:37:00.002-04:002021-05-03T14:37:15.037-04:00Governor Northam Announces Biotech Company Aditxt to Build State-of-the-Art Facility in Richmond and Create Over 300 New JobsGovernor Ralph Northam today
announced that Aditxt (Aditx Therapeutics, Inc.) (Nasdaq: ADTX), a biotech
innovation company focused on improving the health of the immune system, will
establish its first high-capacity AditxtScore™ Center in the City of
Richmond in the second half of 2021. Aditxt plans to create more than 300 new
jobs and targets making a capital investment of $31.5 million Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-33679184801901531402021-04-21T09:55:00.002-04:002021-04-21T09:55:15.825-04:00Resort Casino Evaluation Panel reduces short list to two operatorsThe City of Richmond’s
Resort Casino Evaluation Panel has reduced the shortlist of proposed resort
casino projects being considered to Live! Casino & Hotel Richmond and ONE
Casino + Resort.
The
proposed Bally’s Richmond Casino Resort and the project’s proposed site of
Parkway Crossings (Chippenham Parkway and Powhite Parkway) are no longer being
considered by the Evaluation Panel.
&Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-79708682395418698382021-04-20T13:25:00.003-04:002021-04-20T13:25:52.516-04:00Mayor announces city acquisition of Burial Ground for Freed People of Color on North 5th Street Mayor Levar M. Stoney announced today the City of Richmond has
acquired the private land on 1305 North 5th Street – the known
location of the historic Burial Ground for Freed People of Color.
Back in February, the city was the only bidder for the property,
which was sold at auction for a bid of $145,000. City officials completed the
transaction on Friday, April 16 and obtained the Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-80488662633782080572021-04-20T13:22:00.004-04:002021-04-20T13:22:53.477-04:00Governor Northam, Mayor Stoney announce sustainable biotech firm to expand operations in Richmond, creating 250 new jobsGrenova Inc. to invest $10.6 million to increase production of
pipette tip cleaning, washing and sterilizing machinesGovernor
Ralph Northam today announced that Grenova Inc., a Virginia-based sustainable
biotech firm that designs, develops, and manufactures devices that wash and
sterilize contaminated pipette tips for reuse, will invest $10.6 million to
expand in the City of Richmond. The companyOffice of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-27495547616700989012021-04-13T12:46:00.003-04:002021-04-13T12:46:13.387-04:00City Treasurer to host citywide Virtual Financial Literacy FairThe City Treasurer’s Office of Financial Empowerment is proud to announce its 2nd Annual Financial Literacy Fair to be held virtually on Tuesday, April 20, 2019 from 11:30 am – 3:30 pm in in support of Financial Literacy Month. Residents will have the opportunity to learn valuable information about their finances during the COVID-19 pandemic. As a new feature this year, workshops will Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-5452886497630350662021-04-12T14:08:00.003-04:002021-04-12T14:08:10.299-04:00Mayor appoints new Director of Housing and Community Development, creates Homeless Services Liaison positionMayor Levar M. Stoney today announced the hiring of a new Director of Housing and Community Development as well as the appointment of a Homeless Services Liaison for the City of Richmond. Longtime affordable housing and community development professional Sherrill Hampton will serve as Director of Housing and Community Development. Dianne Wilmore, the Community Service Manager at Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-20146977195288602162021-04-07T09:46:00.002-04:002021-04-07T09:46:12.186-04:00Residents invited to attend resort casino virtual meetingsThe City of Richmond has scheduled the next virtual community meetings to report on the public comments received since March 2021 on resort casinos and proposed resort casino projects and locations. The meetings will take place on Thursday, April 8, at 6:00pm, and Friday, April 9, at 12:00pm. The meetings will be held via MS Teams and will feature the same presentation. Thursday, April 8 at Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-61992772611928638422021-03-30T08:42:00.006-04:002021-03-30T08:42:57.660-04:00Richmond to install five parklets adjacent to local businessesPilot program uses public space to facilitate safe support for local businessesIn June of 2020, Venture Richmond and the City of Richmond announced “Picnic in a Parklet,” a program designed to assist Richmond restaurants and other businesses with safe reopening and social distancing requirements. Through this partnership, business owners were offered design and permitting assistance for their Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-37680264417421308552021-03-26T13:16:00.003-04:002021-03-26T13:16:14.818-04:00Application open for city’s Educator Task ForceGroup will engage teacher voices to advance career preparation and year-round school goals The application for Richmond Public Schools educators to join the city’s Educator Task Force (ETF) is open and available here. The mission of the ETF is to engage and elevate educators’ voices to support and advance Mayor Stoney’s children, youth and education priorities for his second term Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-30110197496457519842021-03-24T18:26:00.008-04:002021-03-25T15:40:12.591-04:00Three resort casino proposals advance to next phase of selection process The City of Richmond today narrowed the field of proposed bidders for a resort casino development to three finalists. The three finalists selected by the City’s Evaluation Panel are: Bally’s Richmond Casino Resort, Live! Casino & Hotel Richmond, and One Casino + Resort. Six proposals were originally submitted and reviewed by the Evaluation Panel, which considered, among other Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-62443173820142503582021-03-23T13:04:00.004-04:002021-03-23T13:04:17.487-04:00Proposed city ordinance to fund red Pulse lanesAt the March 22 meeting of Richmond City Council, the city administration introduced an ordinance to direct funds from the Virginia Department of Rail and Public Transportation to paint the Pulse Bus Rapid Transit bus-only lanes red.“With this ordinance, we’ll join other pioneering cities in using red lanes to help complete our streets, building a safer and more efficient transit system for our Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-85586447114204549512021-03-23T09:12:00.003-04:002021-03-23T09:12:30.600-04:00City of Richmond, partners to address abandoned, underused propertiesThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded the City of Richmond Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), Henrico County Economic Development Authority (HEDA), and project:Homes (p:H), a 501(c)3 organization focusing on safe, affordable housing in Central Virginia, collectively hereinafter referred to as Coalition, with a $600,000 grant to assess properties under itsOffice of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-67218337851341876922021-03-15T14:30:00.002-04:002021-03-15T14:30:06.592-04:00City to launch new and improved RVA311 systemFeatures include enhanced map views, news alerts, upvoting community requests, easy-to-use mobile appsOn Wednesday, March 17, the city will launch an updated version of RVA311, the city’s current customer service and response system, which includes improvements to the online citizen portal and completely new mobile apps. Using the improved web portal at RVA311.com and the Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-13537005737804642582021-03-05T15:52:00.002-05:002021-03-05T15:52:16.953-05:00Mayor Stoney presents FY22 proposed budget“Pandemic-era budget” level-funds key services, invests in Marcus Alert, proposes competitive compensation for employeesToday, Mayor Levar M. Stoney and administration leadership presented the proposed FY22 budget to Richmond City Council. Despite municipal revenues projected to be nearly $18.5 million less than revenues in last year’s FY21 proposed budget (when excluding one-time funding sourcesOffice of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-18650554040745476612021-03-04T12:17:00.001-05:002021-03-04T12:17:08.968-05:00Budget team presents five-year capital improvement planFY22-26 Capital Improvement Plan proposes significant investments in Enslaved African Heritage Campus, school modernization, vital city infrastructureAt the March 4 meeting of the Richmond Planning Commission, the administration presented Mayor Stoney’s FY2022-2026 Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), which proposes significant investments in key priority areas like modern schools, safe city Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-75655309296678337462021-03-01T19:23:00.004-05:002021-03-01T19:23:54.248-05:00City Council unanimously approves sale of the Public Safety Building$325 million redevelopment project moves forward Richmond City Council approved three Ordinances introduced by the Stoney Administration for the sale and redevelopment of the site of the of the existing Public Safety Building. The city is selling the 3-acre property to Capital City Partners, LLC for $3,520,456 who will then redevelop the site into a $325 million mixed-use project Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-80548582343414613822021-02-26T13:39:00.006-05:002021-02-26T13:39:37.589-05:00City names resort casino RFQ/P responders and sitesCommunity engagement process outlined; project summaries posted hereThe Stoney Administration has formally announced the six responders and respective sites for the Richmond Resort Casino RFQ/P: ResponderSite / LocationBally’s CorporationChippenham Parkway & Powhite Parkway (Parkway Crossing)Golden NuggetChippenham Parkway & Powhite Parkway (Parkway Crossing)ONE Resort & Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-52498904304567354922021-02-25T16:24:00.004-05:002021-02-25T16:24:36.342-05:00City to begin installing signs naming U.S. Route 1 “Richmond Highway”Department of Public Works crews will begin replacing street signs on the stretch of U.S. Route 1 running through the City of Richmond, reflecting the renaming of Jefferson Davis Highway to “Richmond Highway.” The change, which was approved in an ordinance co-sponsored by Mayor Stoney and Richmond City Council last summer will involve the replacement of 98 signs, at a cost of approximately $Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-46294132515284243862021-02-25T16:23:00.004-05:002021-02-25T17:32:03.093-05:00East District Center unavailable for in-person payment February 26 – March 5The Department of Finance will not be able to receive payments at the East District Center from Friday, February 26 to Friday, March 5 due to staffing-related challenges. Residents will still be able to drop off payments in person at City Hall and Southside Plaza building. There is also a drop box at the East District Center that will remain operational. Please call Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-87860721509874866592021-02-23T15:02:00.005-05:002021-02-23T15:02:24.876-05:00Mayor Stoney introduces draft Equity Agenda, invites public feedbackResidents can explore and offer feedback on the agenda at www.rva.gov/rvaequityAt his weekly briefing today, Mayor Stoney introduced the city’s draft Equity Agenda, a foundational document that will serve as the roadmap toward a more inclusive and thriving Richmond. The Equity Agenda offers the city’s definition of equity: the empowerment of communities that have experienced past injustices Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320139690557799817.post-82242087376825271492021-02-18T16:47:00.004-05:002021-02-18T16:47:43.332-05:00Resort Casino RFQ/P Evaluation Panel namedCity to release names of groups submitting proposals and the locations proposed, community engagement calendarThe Stoney Administration named nine members to an evaluation panel to review proposals submitted in response to the city’s Resort Casino RFQ/P. The evaluation panel will objectively assess the proposals received and make a recommendation to Mayor Levar Office of the Press Secretary to the Mayorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15520481313056343142noreply@blogger.com