June 9, 2022

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STORY # 1 — The Ashe Diamond District
In typical Richmond fashion, just weeks prior to the City announcing the winning development bid for the Diamond District and a new baseball stadium, a seemingly significant property dispute has not been hashed out - who owns the Arthur Ashe Center? The Mayor says the city owns it because the City Attorney said so in his opinion that said “because it doesn’t function as a school property.“ If you recall the closed and shuttered Westhampton School was not functioning as a school in the fall of 2012 when Mayor Jones commandeered the property to give to Bon Secours in the Washington Redskins/Commanders Training Camp debacle. Even then the Sch…