tagged with: Dwight Jones
October 7, 2008
Rev.Jones and all of that development on Hull Street
Style Weekly drops a hot one, giving us a close look at the impact (or lack there of…) of Rev. Dwight C. Jones and the First Baptist Church on Hull Street:
“In fact,” he told the crowd, “I am the only candidate that is running that has contributed to the economic development in the city by developing apartments and commercial space in the Hull Street corridor.”
As the race has unfolded, Jones has often trumpeted his commitment to bringing back Hull Street. But a quick tour south of the Manchester Bridge — in the corridor that Jones claims to have helped revitalize — could make it difficult to reach a simple verdict on the state of renewal.
His most recent project — a five-year, $5 million development — has produced and rented out 68 low-income apartments, even as high-rent renovation projects crop up blocks away. The ground floor, intended for commercial use, remains empty.
The first-floor vacancy there and at a handful of other properties owned by First Baptist Church of South Richmond, where Jones is pastor, has long frustrated developers and city officials who say the boarded-up buildings make it more difficult to lure investment into the neighborhood.
November 4, 2007
Tuesday’s election
There is apparently some kind of election on Tuesday… Henry Marsh, the incumbent Democrat, is being challenged by the Independent candidate Robert Owens of Chester for his Senate of Virginia 16th District seat. Democrat Dwight C. Jones is running unopposed for the House Of Delegates 70th District seat.
