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Cultural Heritage Stewardship Plan - Final Draft

The City of Richmond’s historic preservation planning program was first established in 1957 with the creation of Old and Historic Districts and the Commission of Architectural Review. Despite the longevity of the City’s historic preservation program, there has never been a city-wide plan or process for identifying, evaluating, and stewarding Richmond’s historic and cultural resources. The purpose of this Cultural Heritage Stewardship Plan (CHSP) is to establish a clear, equitable, and predicable approach to identifying, recognizing, and conserving the community’s cultural and historic assets. These assets include above ground resources such as buildings, structures, and landscapes; below-ground resources like archaeological sites or cemeteries; and intangible resources including community identity or character, sense of place, lost sites, and oral history.
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Tara Worden Feb 24 2025 at 2:12PM on page 71

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This Markel Building is in Henrico County -- doesn't fall within the City's boundaries. Suggest replacing this with a photo of an architecturally distinct building in the city.

Tara Worden Feb 24 2025 at 2:04PM on page 67

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misspelling of Department

Tara Worden Feb 24 2025 at 2:03PM on page 66

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OOS recently developed a parcel level analysis of all parcels and structures and analyzed their vulnerabilities to flooding and extreme heat - we can provide you some information on assets that are at risk

Tara Worden Feb 24 2025 at 1:57PM on page 63

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Add OOS

Tara Worden Feb 24 2025 at 1:51PM on page 63

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Consider including "resilience planning" in this in coordination with Office of Sustainability

Tara Worden Feb 24 2025 at 1:41PM on page 54

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Consider strategy to lobby General Assembly to have local authority to use a Vacancy Tax on commercial properties that have been left abandoned?

Tara Worden Feb 24 2025 at 10:26AM on page 57

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Suggestion to revise to "Resilience Planning", and add extreme heat to the risks that Richmond faces.

Tara Worden Feb 24 2025 at 10:24AM on page 56

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Suggest to adjust incorrect statement about ADUs being the conduit to achieve the density needed. While ADUs are valuable for incremental density and can be deployed quickly within existing neighborhoods, they simply cannot match the density potential of larger multifamily infill projects. This limitation is inherent to their design as accessory structures on single-family lots.

Tara Worden Feb 24 2025 at 10:18AM on page 56

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stay away from subjective language like this - some of these infill projects can be seen by others as an improvement to the architectural landscape of a block

Tara Worden Feb 24 2025 at 10:14AM on page 53

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Revise link - not working - and be more specific about dollar amounts invested in multifamily developments

Tara Worden Feb 24 2025 at 9:56AM on page 45

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Consider exemptions for installation of solar panels on historic buildings

Tara Worden Feb 24 2025 at 9:34AM on page 32

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Suggest changing this photo - this site is planned for demo to be redeveloped as 6 story office + 20 story apartment buildings link

Tara Worden Feb 24 2025 at 9:29AM on page 30

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Could this statement be added to with a dollar amount of investment? This seems like a vague statement from student work - needs some more data to back it up.

Tara Worden Feb 24 2025 at 9:27AM on page 28

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Suggest referencing the VA State Code Section rather than the House Bill Number

Tara Worden Feb 24 2025 at 9:27AM on page 28

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Suggest referencing the VA State Code Section rather than the House Bill Number
in reply to Brian White's comment

Elizabeth Feb 21 2025 at 3:11PM on page 60

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Agree with Mr. White's statement.

Elizabeth Feb 21 2025 at 3:10PM on page 59

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Excellent idea.

Elizabeth Feb 21 2025 at 3:08PM on page 55

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There are a number of publications (such as the Journal of the American Planning Association, the Journal of Urban Economics) that have found that areas with historic designations frequently have higher housing costs.
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Elizabeth Feb 21 2025 at 2:57PM on page 51

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Agree with this comment.

Elizabeth Feb 21 2025 at 2:22PM on page 11

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50 years or older does not necessarily mean historic. This needs to be redefined.
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Elizabeth Feb 21 2025 at 2:20PM on page 10

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Agree. Old does not necessarily mean historic.

Elizabeth Feb 21 2025 at 2:19PM on page 9

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Is there data to support that historical buildings are being demolished?

Laura Thomas Feb 19 2025 at 1:30PM on page 22

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and resilient

Laura Thomas Feb 19 2025 at 1:11PM on page 163

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Hard to read legend. Can you use different colors? Same for the next page

Laura Thomas Feb 19 2025 at 1:10PM on page 171

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This is really light on the displacement language. I suggest enhancing it to ensure clarity, to the degree that is most appropriate, that there was forcible displacement.

Laura Thomas Feb 19 2025 at 12:53PM on page 202

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Add OOS please!

Stephanie Lynch Feb 18 2025 at 10:08PM on page 43

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Design Overlays and OHNs are hard to pull off for a lot of communities but when I think about Blackwell, Swansboro, Randolph, Byrd Park, Woodland Heights- these areas are ripe for signage and place-making (how cool would it be to have unique community signage for each of those neighborhoods!). Perhaps the Cultural Heritage District makes better sense as it is lower barrier and less restrictive for property owners? Is there something even less formal and perhaps less cumbersome. The goal being that we would solidify prioritization of these neighborhoods for signage/beautification?

Stephanie Lynch Feb 18 2025 at 10:04PM on page 34

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It may have been mentioned or implied- but don’t see any explicit nod towards Parks Master Plan effort…since so much of our historical inventory is along the JRP system and in our parks- can we make it clear that there will be collaboration there and/or some coordination across PDR, DPW and DPR?

Stephanie Lynch Feb 18 2025 at 9:46PM on page 24

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Noble and worthy goal! Can we include Natural Spring Fountains in the historic inventory and prioritize appropriate design, maintenance etc?

Brian White Feb 18 2025 at 10:58AM on page 79

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largest perceived threat

Brian White Feb 18 2025 at 10:54AM on page 69

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"Ability" to fund isn't really relevant. The more relevant question is whether it makes financial sense.

Brian White Feb 18 2025 at 10:51AM on page 68

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How do we measure "intrinsic value" to compare against redevelopment value?

Brian White Feb 18 2025 at 10:49AM on page 67

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City permit data, as I understand it, offers no information on the cause of demolition and does not cite "development pressure" as a factor.

Brian White Feb 18 2025 at 10:44AM on page 64

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Spelling

Brian White Feb 18 2025 at 10:42AM on page 63

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Have these other departments reviewed the plan and offered thoughts? Are staffing levels sufficient to add increased workload to those departments without increased cost or service disruptions?

Brian White Feb 18 2025 at 10:34AM on page 60

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Zoning designations must be consistent with land-use recommendations of Richmond 300

Brian White Feb 18 2025 at 10:32AM on page 60

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There are multiple historic structures of significant height and mass already between Libby Hill and the river, including the 10 story building at 10 S. 20th St, and another nearly as tall at 2700 E. Cary St.

Brian White Feb 18 2025 at 10:29AM on page 60

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Richmond 300 designates Shockoe as a "Priority Growth Node" and calls for Destination Mixed Use to the South of Libby Hill and Corridor Mixed-Use to the Southeast. As member of Planning Commission, I cannot support a recommendation to abandon land-use recommendations. If there is a way to accomplish this recommendation while respecting the City's master plan, it would be helpful to describe it here.

Brian White Feb 18 2025 at 10:23AM on page 59

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While I think re-introducing the abatement program is a good idea, assessments on single gamily homes are generally not affected for improvements within the existing footprint of the home - They are affected by additions, which I suspect would not be consistent with the goals of this plan.

Brian White Feb 18 2025 at 10:21AM on page 59

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Good idea

Brian White Feb 18 2025 at 10:16AM on page 56

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AND where envisioned by land-use designations of Richmond 300

Brian White Feb 18 2025 at 10:12AM on page 55

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I think it is important to acknowledge that measures proposed in this draft plan would increase housing costs and the costs of home ownership. If citizens and elected officials are comfortable with that trade-off, then great. But it IS a trade-off.

Brian White Feb 18 2025 at 10:09AM on page 53

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This fact seems to suggest that Richmond is already doing quite well to respect, preserve, and rehabilitate historic buildings.

Brian White Feb 17 2025 at 3:26PM on page 43

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San Francisco has the most expensive housing market in the country. If we are trying to address an affordability problem in Richmond, modeling San Francisco without understanding the unintended consequences seems risky.

Brian White Feb 17 2025 at 3:22PM on page 51

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I don't think this chart supports or disproves belief that development pressure is contributing to demolition. The information here offers no background on cause of demolition. Could be development pressure, but also could be neglect, fire, flood, order of City, etc.

Laura Feb 13 2025 at 6:52PM on page 67

... due to climate change

Laura Feb 13 2025 at 6:49PM on page 66

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Climate to be called out separately

Laura Feb 13 2025 at 6:49PM on page 63

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OOS to be included

Laura Feb 13 2025 at 6:48PM on page 63

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OOS is key to Hazard Mitigation Planning

Laura Feb 13 2025 at 6:47PM on page 57

Can we please add the word "climate" here? It is a bit of a grey area but important for us to name
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