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Code Refresh: LEARN and MEET to voice your thoughts March 5!
With neighborhoods, neighbors, and City representatives (past and present), we invite YOU to learn more and share your thoughts on Code Refresh by gathering March 5 at 6 p.m. at Holton Elementary, 1600 W
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Zoning Code Refresh — A Nightmare For Our Communities?
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
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Code Refresh DUMPS MORE SEWAGE in the James!
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 […]
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Code Refresh: MYTH BUSTING!
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 […]
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Zoning Code Refresh — A Nightmare For Our Communities?
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 […]
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Unlimited Rooming Houses For All of Richmond
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 […]
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Richmond Dumps Millions of Gallons of Raw Sewage into James River
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 […]
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“City Employees Only” Please Tell Us What You Need Or What You See
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 […]
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Richmond 311 System, Can’t Reach Anyone?
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 […]
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Water Crisis? Will it happen again?
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 […]
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The Big One What Will It Take To Put Richmond On The Right Course? Be Polite!
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 […]
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Problems With Trash
City Trash Pickup How is it working for you? What changes should be made?
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Dept. Public Utilities Meter Errors? Outrageous Bills?
DPU The Department of Public Utilities is in chaos. Past due accounts exceed $60 million. Water meters are running wide open in many locations across the city. Erroneous estimated bills […]
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Potholes – Streets or Sidewalks Need Repair?
Are you satisfied with Richmond’s streets and sidewalks? What improvements need to be made? Are you happy with Slurry or liquid paving on your street? Should Richmond City Council create […]