Richmond stepping up development strategy

Published Feb. 14, 2010 at 5:01 a.m.
Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones said he’s ready to get serious about economic development in the city, particularly in Shockoe Bottom. That’s where the new Department of Economic and Community Development will set up shop, in historic Main Street Station. It’s also where the city hopes to attract millions of dollars in private development, including a commercial project that officials say is being courted with $10 million in newly approved federal stimulus bonds.


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