RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority CEO Stephen Nesmith expressed disappointment Friday after Mayor Danny Avula outlined eight requirements that must be met before he can support the Gilpin Court redevelopment plan.
“It was a very sad day,” Nesmith said during a Friday press conference responding to the mayor’s Thursday statement on the the Reimagine Gilpin Court plan. “It was a sad day for collaboration, unity of purpose, to advance what are horrible conditions that Gilpin residents are living in.”
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Nesmith acknowledged that some of the mayor’s eight requirements make sense and said several have already been integrated into RRHA’s revised plan.
“As I read the eight points from the mayor I think many of them make sense. Some of them we have already integrated into our new plan that we’ve put forward,” Nesmith said…