Making Overby-Sheppard Elementary School a community hub
As plans continue to evolve for the Highland Park land that once housed the Dove Court housing project, Style Weekly reports that the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority wants to make nearby Overby-Sheppard Elementary School the centerpiece of any new development: If the authority’s redevelopment of Dove Court goes as planned, it could mean as many […]
As plans continue to evolve for the Highland Park land that once housed the Dove Court housing project, Style Weekly reports that the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority wants to make nearby
Overby-Sheppard Elementary School the centerpiece of any new development:
If the authority’s redevelopment of Dove Court goes as planned, it could mean as many as 300 new homes in the neighborhood, which would likely lead to an infusion of new pupils at Overby-Sheppard. Richmond school spokeswoman Felicia Cosby says that depending on Dove Court’s progress, renovations at the school could start sooner.Steve Heikin, a principal with ICON Architecture, the firm the housing authority hired to help plan the renovation, says the goal is to position Overby-Sheppard as a community-based school that would offer services in the evening, possibly a day-care facility, a senior center, or both. The housing authority has also hired ICON to help plan the redevelopment of Gilpin Court.
The authority says once the new Dove Court is complete, plans call for 30 percent of its units be set aside as subsidized housing.
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