A Sealed Pipe and $1 Million in Unused State Funding
Cheers RVA!
Today will be mostly sunny with a high of 86, and a low of 64 in the evening.
the juice:
The Richmond Times-Dispatch is moving from their downtown location next year, according to Jonathon Spiers at Bizsense.
The paper has been at that location since 1923, when the Richmond News Leader built a building there. Those two papers merged in 1992, around the time print operations were moved to a facility in Hanover.
The RTD sold the building to Shamin Hotels just four years ago, when the paper was owned by a subsidiary of Bershire Hathaway.
It is unknown where the paper is going to move when the lease ends next June.
the pulp:
Richmond Police’s effort to crack down on crime by patrolling and visiting 21 specific “hot spots” in the city is having a positive effect in South Richmond, via channel 6. Chief Edwards had a noteworthy quote:
That's one of the things that we hold our supervisors accountable for," Edwards said. "I will never set a goal for gun seizures. I will never set a goal for traffic stops or felony arrests, but I do set goals for these visits. We measure them, and we track them every week and the captains have to present them. And if they're short, we want to know why."
The leak on the pipeline that was discharging sewage into the James has finally been completely sealed. VPM has the full dive. Also check out this instagram account to see pictures of the repairs over the last few months.
Apparently Richmond has too many deer, from the RTD.
the dive:
Tyler Layne from channel 6 reports on the City of Richmond not using hundred of thousands of dollars in state funds meant to help court-involved youth.
When a juvenile is involved in the court system, various programs are available such as anger management, mental health services, parenting coaching, and mentoring.
The Virginia Juvenile Community Crime Control Act, which was established by the General Assembly in 1995, provides state funding to all Virginia localities to implement nearly 30 allowable programs.
Last year Henrico County provided 14 programs and utilized all of the state funding. Chesterfield County offered 11 programs, and also utilized the funding.
Richmond offered only three programs, one of which was electronic monitoring, and sent back more than $1 million in unused funds of a total $1.3 million received since 2021.
Layne interviewed Dawn Barber, the director of Richmond Justice Services which provides the VJCCCA services.
She offered the theory that because Juvenile intakes have decreased recently, referrals are down and less programs are needed.
The number of juvenile intakes have decreased over the number of years. So that is the prevailing philosophy, that if juvenile crime is down, there's not enough juveniles, which is a good thing, to refer to programs," Barber said.
But Layne countered:
Is it true that juvenile crimes are down? I was looking through the DJJ resource data guide, and it says that juvenile felonies and misdemeanors are actually up over the past two years," Layne responded.
The article continues noting juvenile intakes in Richmond have increased since 2021, from 665 in 2021 to 915 last year.
Read the full article here.
the vibe:
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