Gilpin Court plan unveiled by housing authority
The Times-Dispatch’s Zachary Reid has details on recent presentations by Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority on plans to dramatically transform the Gilpin Court and Dove Street communities in North Richmond. About 100 residents of the Gilpin Court public-housing project watched as Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority staff members and representatives of two architectural firms spelled out […]
The Times-Dispatch’s Zachary Reid has details on recent presentations by Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority on plans to dramatically transform the Gilpin Court and Dove Street communities in North Richmond.
About 100 residents of the Gilpin Court public-housing project watched as Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority staff members and representatives of two architectural firms spelled out their vision for a $503 million revitalization of the area, which includes less poverty and stronger ties to the downtown community just across Interstate 95.
In the coming decade, the foreboding blocks of apartment buildings could give way to a community of homes, businesses, schools and government agencies known as North Jackson Ward.
It would represent the area’s first major attempt at decentralizing poverty, a key goal of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and a driving force for the RRHA’s executive director, Anthony Scott.
If the plan plays out according to Scott’s vision, the residents would represent a true slice of the area: some on public assistance, some not, but neither side distinguishable from the other.
They would live in a neighborhood that includes everything they would need and want. And, playing off the proximity to the city’s convention center, the new neighborhood would be skirted by hotels and other traveler-friendly amenities.
It would have 1,600 to 2,000 housing units, including 480 to 600 subsidized units. Although that’s a decrease from the area’s current 800 units, no RRHA resident would lose housing because of the project.
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