Candidate calls for careful redevelopment with Dove, Gilpin Court
During last night’s mayoral debate at the University of Richmond, candidate Robert Grey reportedly called on the city to pay attention to the details in the redevelopment efforts at Dove Court and Gilpin Court:
[Robert] Grey said the city should redevelop the Dove Court and Carrington Gardens communities with careful attention to detail, in part to make sure that no mistakes are made when the much-larger Gilpin Court public-housing complex is razed and redeveloped. He said the key is to ensure that public-housing doesn’t look like “a box on a street,” but instead has the feel of a neighborhood, with lights, trees and grass.
I would recommend that Mr. Grey review the information provided in the RRHA public meetings regarding this redevelopment effort. He will then see that every effort is already being made to make certain the new development will have the characteristics of a neighborhood.
I think it is refreshing to see at least one of the Mayoral candidates actually caring what happens to poor people in this town. Jones and Pantele just keep posturing like they care, but you don’t hear them expressing concerns like this.
Robert Grey is impressive in the same way Barack Obama is. They’ll both have my vote on Nov. 4th.