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In reality, the money at stake supersedes all else. This business is so profitable that there are no tax incentives attached to the project, or other government subsidies, which means there are no real clawback mechanisms if the casino developers fail to deliver what’s been promised. It boils down to a simple question: Is it worth the risk?
Owners Mark and Kim Olinger are clearing out for a retirement in Colorado
A packed agenda for the City Council, a mixed-use development is proposed near Colonial Heights, and the city’s Richmond 300 master plan wins a national award.
Q&A with Kevin Vonck, Richmond’s acting planning department director Jonathan Spiers photo) Kevin Vonck was on the City of Richmond’s payroll just five months when he was put in charge of its department of planning and development review. The assignment followed the abrupt departure in January of previous director Mark Olinger, who had led the department for nearly a decade. Today, Vonck has nearly five months under his belt in his role as acting director, overseeing a department of more than 100 employees that includes the city’s building inspections and permitting bureau, land use and...
Richmond 300 revisited: City Council suggests tweaks to city master plan Images courtesy Richmond 300) Of the 17 goals, 73 objectives and 415 strategies detailed in the nearly 250-page Richmond 300 plan, City Council members see several glaring omissions that they want addressed with forthcoming amendments. As they said they would do when they adopted the plan last month, councilmembers have submitted what they would like to see changed, removed or added to the years-in-the-making master plan update that’s meant to guide the city’s growth over the next 20 years. What’s missing, members ...