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Jun 10, 2023

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Three words that sum up not just the week but the state of the city…
A look at some programs the city can actually undertake to help stem and stop the violence if the political courage exists to do so.
The possibility of a new way and new news coming this summer about the new baseball stadium
A look at how Richmond’s park system rates in a recent report, and while it can always be better, it rates much better than you might think.
History and prose are not often words to describe the bland City Center area, but Ed Slipek pulls it off with a history lesson of the neighborhood (which has had at least eight different names), plus suggestions for the proposed developers looking to revive it.

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