City of Richmond
“The mayor’s Shockoe Bottom ballpark proposal continues to
receive mixed reviews as Richmond leaders hold multiple community meetings to
explain and answer questions about the proposal. About 50 people attended one
of the meetings Saturday at Martin Luther King Jr. Middle School, some holding
signs that said, ‘No stadium, yes historic district.’
The sweeping $76 million proposal — anchored by a new home
for the Richmond Flying Squirrels — is three-pronged. The baseball stadium
would be accompanied by a museum and other forms of commemorating the Bottom’s
slave history, along with private development including apartments, a hotel and
grocery store. Opposition has recently focused on making the plan work without
a ballpark, but Mayor Dwight C. Jones and developers on board with his proposal
have said all three pieces of the plan are essential.”
~Writes John Ramsey of the Richmond Times Dispatch
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