Rich-mond or Poor-mond?

City_Budget_Comparisons_11-19-05.pdf Right or wrong, Richmond has carved out a reputation for its itself as a cash starved city constantly struggling to meet even the most basic needs of its citizens. Initial results from an ongoing study I am pursing of general fund...

Chevron and Richmond

The relationship between Richmond and Chevron may have recently moved onto ground never before plowed. What was for nearly 100 years a very cozy relationship began to slip in the late 1990s and the first years of the second Millennium as Chevron distanced themselves...

What a Week for Preservation!

I should leave town more often. A lot more seems to get done in my absence. Two projects to preserve Richmond”s rich history moved (literally) forward last week. Despite last minute attempts to derail (no pun intended) it by a handful of Point Richmond...

Report from New Orleans

I arrived in New Orleans Sunday afternoon. The main thing I noticed from the air was the blue roofs everywhere ” tarps provided by FEMA for storm damaged roofs. We spent all day Monday in orientation at the Preservation Resource Center learning about New...