The City of Richmond Planning Commission continues the discussion on the Draft Downtown Master Plan. Neighborhood meetings have taken place and citizen comments heard.  Now Commission members will be considering all public feedback and make a recommendation on the Plan to Richmond City Council.   The proposed Master Plan is a hopeful, yet realistic vision created by the citizens of Richmond. Seven Plan Foundations are outlined in the Plan that include:

• Variety and Choice in Housing
• The Traditional City
• Green Qualities in the City
• The River
• Urban Architecture
• History of Richmond
• Mixed-Income or Economic Diversity

You can still comment directly to Planning Commission members.  All their contact information is listed below and A.C.O.R.N. encourages all Richmond citizens to contact them and let them know that you want a livable Richmond!

If you would like to review the plan online, click below:

www.richmondgov.com/departments/communityDev/DownTownMasterPlan.aspx

Downtown Richmond From Church Hill, Circa 1955

Courtesy VCU Digital Library

Planning Commission / City Council Contacts:

City Hall needs to hear from you!  Listed below are the emails for the your elected and appointed officials that will be voting on the master plan.  A.C.O.R.N. encourages you to email all of these individuals to express your opinion regarding the future direction of Richmond.  Your voice is critical!

Contact the Richmond Planning Commission members to express your opinion regarding the master plan:

- Robert Mills (Chairman)   BMills@comarchs.com   

- Beverley C. Lacy (Vice Chairperson)  bevlacy@comcast.net  

- Shelia Hill-Christian (Chief Administrative Officer)
  Sheila.Hill-Christian@richmondgov.com
  Alternate:  Michael Jackson  Michael.jackson2@richmondgov.com     
- Kathy Graziano  grazianokc@ci.richmond.va.us 

- William M. Hutchins  swhutchins@tcva.com

- Charles Wray Jr.  CWray@BCWH.com  
- Rodney M. Poole, Esq.  Rodney@thewiltonco.com

- Barbara Abernathy  babernathy@live.com  

- Melvin Law  lawmanchem@yahoo.com  

You may contact the Secretary of Planning Commission:
Lory Markham   Lory.Markham@RichmondGov.com and 646-6309

Also, be sure to contact City Council members as they will have the final vote:

- President Bill Pantele (2nd) Bill.Pantele@RichmondGov.com
- Vice-President Delores McQuinn (7th) Delores.McQuinn@RichmondGov.com
- Bruce Tyler (1st) Bruce.Tyler@RichmondGov.com
- Chris Hilbert (3rd) Chris.Hilbert@RichmondGov.com

- Kathy Graziano  Kathy.Graziano@RichmondGov.com
- Marty Jewell (5th) Marty.Jewell@RichmondGov.com
- Ellen Robertson (6th) Ellen.Robertson@RichmondGov.com

- Reva Trammell (8th) Reva.Trammell@Richmondgov.com
- Doug Conner (9th) Doug.Conner@RichmondGov.com

For more questions or for additional information contact Brooke Hardin,

City of Richmond:

Phone (804) 646-6310 or

e-mail: Brooke.Hardin@richmondgov.com

Media Contacts:

 If you cannot attend a meeting, make your voice heard by

 writing letters to the editors of the following publications:    

Brick Weekly:  mail@brickweekly.com
Richmond Free Press:  letters@richmondfreepress.com
Richmond Times-Dispatch:  letters@timesdispatch.com
Style Weekly:  letters@styleweekly.com