RVA 5×5 | Make the City Center A Regional One and Reject More Bad City Deals.

by Jon Baliles | COMMUNITY, NEWS, OPINION & EDITORIAL

We have heard recently and for years (decades) that the most important things we need in this region are more housing, jobs and economic development, and good schools. But in the city, those things have not been priorities. After the Navy Hill boondoggle wasted two...

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