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Code Refresh HARMS our communities. Read our concerns in the Open Letter to the Mayor. Code Refresh displaces, causes gentrification, destroys tree canopy and access to sunlight, overburdens fragile infrastructure, […]
The News On Code Refresh Zoning Read Post »
Concerned about parking, sunlight blocked, your neighborhood’s houses, trees and soil demolished to cram 3 homes on every lot? In Richmond, all of the following six SUP criteria must be
Concerned About Sewage and Parking? Read Post »
Presently the city is a large polluter of the James River. It dumps raw sewage into the James with every major storm in what’s called the combined sewer overflow. Richmond
Code Refresh DUMPS MORE SEWAGE in the James! Read Post »
Northside’s Rich Souser weighs in on Code Refresh MYTHS: “I received this postcard from the city regarding the current rewrite of the entire city’s zoning code. It arrived just like
Code Refresh: MYTH BUSTING! Read Post »
Perhaps once in a lifetime are the citizens of any city faced with an existential threat similar to Richmond’s imminent Code Refresh. The Fabric of CommunityCode Refresh threatens to tear
Zoning Code Refresh — A Nightmare For Our Communities? Read Post »
Richmond’s proposed zoning Code Refresh seeks to allow rooming houses in every neighborhood, permitting an unlimited number of unrelated people to live in a single home. Picture this: 10 people living
Unlimited Rooming Houses For All of Richmond Read Post »
The city of Richmond uses a combined overflow sewage system which presently dumps raw sewage into the James River at the time of a heavy storm, year round. The city’s
Richmond Dumps Millions of Gallons of Raw Sewage into James River Read Post »
This space reserved for Richmond City Employees and Former Employees Only. If you work for the city, here’s your chance to express your thoughts and needs. What is it that
“City Employees Only” Please Tell Us What You Need Or What You See Read Post »
City 311 System, Does it Work For You? Richmond has had an ineffective 311 system for about 25 years. It has never worked as an effective means of allowing citizens
Richmond 311 System, Can’t Reach Anyone? Read Post »
Water Crisis More To Come? January 2025 saw Richmonders without drinking water for 5 days, and two more boil water advisories thereafter. May 2025, DPU staff had failed to perform
Water Crisis? Will it happen again? Read Post »
The possibilities here are limitless, but here are a few: – Promote a full study of city finance and operations. – Hire efficiency experts to find the waste, fraud, and
The Big One What Will It Take To Put Richmond On The Right Course? Be Polite! Read Post »
City Trash Pickup How is it working for you? What changes should be made?
Problems With Trash Read Post »
