tagged with: Mayo
February 16, 2008
on the Slave Trail
Richmond’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities is offering guided walks on the Slave Trail every Saturday in February at 9:30AM. The walks are led by the department’s James River Park System staff and cost $5 per person. I got up and out early this past Saturday to experience this for myself…
February 14, 2008
condos, hotel proposed for Mayo Island
Republic Mayo Island LLC is proposing a $250 million development to include condominiums, offices, shops and a hotel on the 13-acre Mayo Island. The draft of the current downtown plan has the area slated to be greenspace. [via]
“A mixed-use development incorporating public access will increase access to Mayo Island, creating premiere public space, and restore the vibrancy of the Mayo Bridge . . . accommodating pedestrians, automobiles and streetcar traffic between Manchester and downtown,” Andrew M. Condlin, a local lawyer for the developer, wrote in a letter Tuesday to Richmond Community Development Director Rachel O. Flynn.
