RICHMOND, Va. — In Richmond’s Scott’s Addition booming neighborhood where multi-million dollar apartment projects spring up nearly every month, Christie and Kevin Barry are working to preserve .43 acres of land for much-needed greenspace.
After two and half years on the market, the owners of Christie’s Fine Gardening & Creative Landscapes have signed a letter of intent to part-gift, part-sell 3420 Norfolk Street to the Capital Region Land Conservancy (CRLC) with hopes of turning the property into a potential park.
The recently retired couple decided to preserve the space for the benefit of the neighborhood after a contract for their property about a block from Brambly Park fell through…