Cheers for Inflection Points?
Cheers RVA!
Hot. It will be hot today, a high of 92. Drink that water.
the juice:
Neighbors report hearing rapid gun-fire, suspect Glock switch was used in deadly Northside shooting Tuesday night, from channel 6:
Other people living in the area said they have noticed an uptick in foot traffic and late-night activity that tends to spill into the alleys from Chamberlayne.
"It used to be real nice until the homeless people started coming in,” Hicks lamented. “They've got to live somewhere, but we just wish it was a different part of town."
There have been three murders in the Chamberlayne corridor so far this year.
the pulp:
RVA mag interviews Spamberger. Pretty dry, not much spice.
More Casino drama and quotes from locals in Petersburg from channel 6 and the mercury
Two pitbulls found in garbage bags near Buttermilk Trail from fox richmond
the haps:
Music on Main free concert series schedule announced:
May 9 – 🎤 Brencore Allstars “Frankie Beverly Tribute”
May 16 – 🎷 J Tucker and the Krewe
May 23 – 🎶 Sharon Rae North
The patio on the backside of Main Street Station transforms into your go-to destination for vibrant evenings filled with music. Whether you're a fan of the smooth tunes of Frankie Beverly, the soulful jazz of J Tucker and the Krewe, or the mesmerizing vocals of Sharon Rae North, there’s something for everyone.For the first Friday Cheers of the year, country music’s Canadian bella donna takes the stage in the form of Bella White.
the dive:
Spiers from Bizsense dives into mortage rates, Henrico County and Arcadia:
“Unless we do something, unless there is an inflection-point change to incentivize affordable housing in a different way, then the trends are going to be what they are,” County Manager John Vithoulkas told the board in a presentation last week.
“This is a time for an inflection point. There’s an opportunity here to do something different,” he said.
I simply don’t know enough about this topic to comment, but I love inflection points.
Describing housing affordability as “the most significant topic” facing Henrico, Virginia and the country right now, Vithoulkas added, “If you look at one topic that impacts so many things – from families, to passing on generational wealth, to economic development and new employees coming on and living in a locality – affordable housing is becoming more and more of an issue.”
The meaningful number of 10-15%, 900-1000 homes a year. The Arcadia project is 3%.
“If you are talking about making some sort of impact on the market, you’re not going to be able to do it by doing five or 10 homes,” Vithoulkas told the board. “You have to have a meaningful number, which my math would be somewhere between 10 and 15 percent.
“Somehow impacting 10 to 15 percent of everything new coming out of the ground, and then, potentially, you begin to make a difference,” he said, putting that percentage at between 900 and 1,000 homes a year.
This image screams South Richmond, among other things:
the vibe:
From r/rva, a nickel’s worth of passage. Have a great day RVA!
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