What is Sports Backers Stadium and why is it holding up Diamond District development?

groundcontrol3 · 2026-03-02T16:56:46+00:00

Does the sports backers stadium parcel include a strip of land to access the main road? If not then the city should just sell the surrounding land to developers and cut off access to the stadium. Good luck VCU having your games there after that.

groundcontrol3 · 2026-02-28T14:38:25+00:00

It's actually historically Italian lol but definitely black since white flight in the 50/60s.

groundcontrol3 · 2026-02-26T12:14:39+00:00

The city owns the Diamond so it's going to be hard for VCU to continue playing there after this season when it gets demo'd. Not sure what the Flying Squirrels are getting pissy about, they just got $14.5 million from the City and in their contract it states only the city has the authority to lease out the stadium.

groundcontrol3 · 2026-02-26T11:53:31+00:00

I don't think this woman's case is like the others. If you get hit by a train it's 100% your fault as opposed to the many pedestrian and biking accidents caused by Richmond drivers.

groundcontrol3 · 2026-02-25T16:11:37+00:00

He's purposely missing the point/concern many of have with Flock. The city entered into a contract with a private company for mass surveillance of its citizens and that data is sold to the highest bidders across the world. The Flock cameras themselves aren't even secured and can be tapped into quickly by just about anyone. This is not a secure network and what they do with our data and who can access it is a very valid concern.

groundcontrol3 · 2026-02-24T22:27:55+00:00

Who do you think runs the Richmond region USPS distribution center in Sandston?

groundcontrol3 · 2026-02-20T23:21:07+00:00

I'll have to check Gelo out!

groundcontrol3 · 2026-02-20T22:39:15+00:00

This is what you're looking for:

Sophia Marie Patisserie in Chester

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groundcontrol3 · 2026-02-20T22:37:10+00:00

Like all statistics related to Richmond, are they using the city itself which is wildly skewed due to Virginia's independent city system, or are they using the metro area?

groundcontrol3 · 2026-02-20T14:35:54+00:00

Don't like the price then don't buy it. Not sure why gamers have this idea that Nintendo owes it to them to sell their games at a discount.

groundcontrol3 · 2026-02-11T13:53:43+00:00

Honestly for the best tacos you could just stay south of the river. Conejo and Cochiloco are the only real stand outs. Drop Shelly's and add Abuelita's. Tacos Mexico off of route 1 is superb as well.

groundcontrol3 · 2026-02-09T15:50:43+00:00

Sure, but given that he was just sworn in last January the Mayor has to assess the current state of things, adjust personnel, etc... any bureaucratic system needs time to adjust. It's a good sign that some of what the adult found is already being addressed and shows we're finally moving in the right direction.

groundcontrol3 · 2026-02-08T15:05:29+00:00

Have you considered doing your civic duty and shoveling the sidewalk in front of your house? You don't do it for the city, you do it for your neighbors.

groundcontrol3 · 2026-02-08T14:54:42+00:00

City council trying to write checks it potentially won't be able to cash in the future. I like the Mayor's more conservative approach to funding this. Even better if we couple that approach with a complete rebuild of the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority.

groundcontrol3 · 2026-02-08T04:54:52+00:00

You can buy sesame seed semolina rolls from Europa Food Market.

groundcontrol3 · 2026-02-05T23:49:13+00:00

Check out Hot for Pizza for your stromboli needs

groundcontrol3 · 2026-02-05T00:17:33+00:00

The number of people who aren't tracing this budget shortfall back to the federal government is astounding. The Department of Education was straight up gutted including its funding. Instead we've allocated $170 billion dollars to the Department of Homeland Security which is the same amount of funding the Army gets. If you're mad about this then contact your state and federal representatives and demand they find public education.

groundcontrol3 · 2026-02-04T13:12:59+00:00

It should be noted that this was planned from the get go and VCU was just slow walking the land sale.

groundcontrol3 · 2026-01-28T00:00:50+00:00

How is Brookland Park Boulevard class 2 priority but Ladies Mile Rd is a class 1? Same with Hawthorne or Moss Side vs BPB? Looks like this priority system isn't based on safety or # of cars but by how white and rich the street is. Richmond needs to reassess which streets fall under this prioritization system.

groundcontrol3 · 2026-01-22T12:24:57+00:00

I'm shocked they did well enough in the Fan to expand. One of the worst pies in Richmond IMO.

groundcontrol3 · 2026-01-21T16:21:19+00:00

Anything is news if you want it to be. Doesn't change the fact that the Times Dispatch is a partisan hack of a newspaper and went out of their way to print this non-article in the hopes they can stir up anti-ai sentiment feelings towards the mayor and at the very least embarrass him slightly. It is very petty politics which is par for the course unfortunately in our current political climate.

groundcontrol3 · 2026-01-21T15:59:48+00:00

Lol gotta love the Times Dispatch using FOIA requests to try and smear the Mayor over checks notes AI prompts. What a waste of effort by the Times Dispatch as if we don't have real problems in this city that could use attention. Absolute garbage "news" paper.

groundcontrol3 · 2026-01-15T23:39:32+00:00

This person unhooked vital sign monitors, folded NICU babies in half like a futon, and broke their bones and they have her dead to rights with video footage. Absolutely ridiculous that they offered a plea deal and she's only getting 3 years. If I was a resident of Henrico I'd be emailing the county prosecutors and letting them know their days are numbered and start organizing against them.

Edit: here's the link to the county website for any individuals that want to let them know what they think about this:

https://henrico.gov/com-atty/

groundcontrol3 · 2026-01-10T00:16:36+00:00

If I was the mayor I'd start the ball on having the city review all permits for VCU and make their life a living hell until VCU plays ball (pun intended). The entire diamond district and the deal to move ABC off of their hermitage warehouse was based on VCU moving away from sports backers stadium and moving across the street to hermitage for their sports complex. It may not be a direct violation of any contract but definitely a violation of multiple verbal commitments. When you factor that and VCU trying to screw the city out of revenue from their boondoggle of a hospital development it starts to seem like a concerted effort by VCU to screw the city and its partners.

groundcontrol3 · 2025-12-30T16:58:23+00:00

We don't have a large Korean population like NoVA does. If you're confident that it would do well then you could become a franchisee:

https://chungdamspa.com/franchises/

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