RICHMOND, Va. — Packed pews and passionate voices filled Greater Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Thursday night as residents and community members shared their concerns and hopes for the Gilpin Court redevelopment plan with the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority.
The Reimagine Gilpin Court plan would transfer management of Gilpin Court to the Richmond Development Corporation, a nonprofit arm of RRHA. The move would create more funding opportunities for the $400 million project, according to RRHA CEO Steven Nesmith.
“We want to take that nonprofit to attract private capital in a public private partnership,” Nesmith said…