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The Bottom Line: What’s Really Happening in Shockoe, and What Needs to Change

by R. Anthony Harris | COMMUNITY, CULTURE, DOWNTOWN RVA, QUEER RVA, RICHMOND POLITICS

As Shockoe Bottom has continued to be ground zero for unmanaged nightlife, armed youth, and disappearing oversight business owners and community leaders warn that Richmond’s failure to act isn’t just bad policy, it’s a dangerous gamble with the city’s future....

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