Wednesday, February 22, 2012

Councilman Samuels invites residents, business owners, commuters and patrons of Robinson Street establishments in Richmond's Fan Neighborhood to atten

RICHMOND CITY COUNCIL
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COUNCIL PUBLIC INFORMATION NEWS ADVISORY
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Wednesday, 22 February 2012

Councilman Samuels invites residents, business owners, commuters and patrons of Robinson Street establishments in Richmond's Fan Neighborhood to attend a Robinson Street Placemaking and Streetscape Improvement Planning Meeting

Meeting is free and open to the public

WHAT The Honorable Charles R. Samuels, Councilman, Richmond City Council, North Central 2nd District invites all residents, business owners, commuters and patrons of Robinson Street establishments in Richmond's Fan Neighborhood to attend a Robinson Street Placemaking and Streetscape Improvement Planning Meeting/Visioning Session. The meeting will be an opportunity for all stakeholders to map Robinson Street's assets and assist potential future street improvements.

Sponsored by the Historic Monument Avenue & Fan District Foundation, the meeting will be facilitated by the Storefront for Community Design and will serve as a visioning session for a Robinson Street Placemaking and Streetscape Improvement Plan being completed by Mark Hill, a Virginia Commonwealth University candidate of Master of Urban and Regional Planning.

The meeting is free and open to the public and all residents, business owners, commuters and patrons of Robinson Street establishments in Richmond's Fan Neighborhood are invited and encouraged to attend.

WHEN Thursday, February 23, 2012
6:00-8:00 p.m.

WHERE Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Conference Room #2 on Cheek Theater Level
200 N. Boulevard
Richmond, Virginia 23220

CONTACT For more information and/or to RSVP, please contact Ms. Giles Harnsberger, Manager, Storefront for Community Design, at 804.322.9556 (tel); or giles@storefrontrichmond.org (email), or

Background - Storefront for Community Design ____________________________________________
Storefront for Community Design opened on Monday, February 14, 2011 and is a nonprofit Richmond-Area community architectural design center that provides affordable individual, neighborhood and commercial consulting, planning, facilitation and education. The centre is located at 1001 North 25th Street in Richmond's church Hill North Neighborhood and represents the dedication and collaborative efforts of architects, neighborhood residents, civic organizations, nonprofits, design professionals, business owners, elected and government officials, and academic partners.

Services provided by Storefront for Community Design include such things as schematic drawings for home projects, conceptual planning for commercial areas, community park planning, neighborhood facilitation, and providing assistance to local governments.

The goal of Storefront for Community Design is to provide affordable community architectural design services to assist the continued enhancement and improvement of our neighborhoods and business districts.

Significant partners that drove the creation of Storefront for Community Design included Burt Pinnock, BAM Architects; Mary Harding Sadler, Sadler & Whitehead Architects; Mary Thompson, New Vision Civic League of East End; Juanita Buster, Principal Planner, City of Richmond; Matt Conrad, Commonwealth of Virginia Deputy Secretary of Agriculture and Forestry; R. Michael Cross, R. Michael Cross Design Group; Peter Fraser, Fraser Design Associates; Jacek Ghosh, Director of Sustainability, Virginia Commonwealth University; David Herring, Better Housing Coalition Neighborhood Revitalization Center; James Hill, Planner, City of Richmond; Andrew Moore, Glavé & Holmes Architecture; Charles Peters, Citizen; and, Jennifer Wimmer, Glavé & Holmes Architecture


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Office of the Chief of Staff
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