Tonight’s meeting on Shockoe Bottom Economic Plan is cancelled

When RPS is closed the meetings scheduled to be in RPS buildings are cancelled. As a result Councilman Charles R. Samuels and Councilman Jonathan T. Baliles have canceled tonight’s Joint Community Meeting on the Mayor’s Economic Development Plan for Shockoe Bottom and the Boulevard. It will be rescheduled in the coming weeks. In the meantime […]

January 22, 2014; 12:49 PM • by West of the Boulevard News

In the meantime you can read up on what’s going down with baseball in the bottom.

Some recent articles discussing the plan

Flexibility now a focus of ballpark debate – RTD – “What we have, unfortunately, before us is a vision that was developed with no council input and no community input,” said Councilman Parker C. Agelasto, 5th District. “I think as we go around talking about it, there are plenty of ideas, there are plenty of questions.” From the same article: “We have a deal on the table that works — it all works together to address the history of the area, create jobs, more housing, addresses a food desert and gives us a new ballpark,” said Tammy D. Hawley, press secretary to the mayor, in an email. “Other ideas are out there, but no ‘plan’ backed by developers willing to invest and banks willing to finance.”
Ballpark Boosters Win Contract to Redevelop Boulevard – Style Weekly – A company whose executives long have advocated for a Shockoe Bottom ballpark will oversee a phase of redevelopment on the Boulevard — including the land occupied by the current baseball stadium. The city awarded a $150,000 contract for design and construction administration of the site to Timmons Group, giving the company responsibility for the first round of redeveloping city-owned property.

Loving RVA – Marketing website for the Shockoe Economic Revitalization Plan

Archived RTD coverage

Shockoe News coverage (not fully up to date)