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New Amphitheater Threatens Riverfront’s Environment

by RVA Staff | DOWNTOWN RVA, ENVIRONMENTAL, MUSIC, OUTDOORS, RICHMOND NEWS, RICHMOND POLITICS

Original post made on July 17, 2022 by Scott Burger of Oregon Hill News and reposted here with permission. For updated information on the Richmond Riverfront Amphitheater, we wrote about it HERE and HERE When I moved to Richmond in the early nineties, it was a much...

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