A narcissistic, inexperienced politician that has failed at nearly every major effort attempted - no party deserves him

It’s what the city administration does - why come up with a new ideas when you can keep recycling the old

Being a smaller, upscale mall with above average chain restaurants was its initial draw which worked for a few years… but that was more than a few years ago. It’s financing was actually subsidized by the City which I think still owns the parking lots (may not be the City directly but an ‘authority’ on behalf of the City).

Neither the 2021 or 2022 numbers seem correct. The 2021 for obvious reasons but the 2022 numbers show RVA significantly lower than Newport-News and Norfolk which have fewer routes. We need a recount.

Valid points… Except for those of us who avoid it specifically because of the traffic - and I don’t think many people are walking along Broad Street there (ie, no foot traffic)

• I think you misspelled “Beast”

Regarding Stoney Point, it does seem to be dying. One of three anchors has been vacant for multiple years now and Saks has closed off its second floor. There have been a couple of owners who’ve given up on it. Stoney Points problem is that there was essentially no land to build out add’l retail unlike Short Pump. It is actually very easily accessible from the West End (Parham to Chippenham) - there just wasn’t and isn’t enough to draw people there unlike Short Pump (and with the traffic, is Short Pump really that more accessible?). Regency Mall, once the top mall and a regional destination before Short Pump arrived, had the same limitations as there was limited add’l space to build out more retail in the surrounding area (not as limited but still limited relative to Short Pump which was an area of wide open fields prior to ~2000).

Great for groceries and…. small children

Relatively certain the old flower shop building was originally a 7-11 (without gas pumps)

Sheetz….. after dark, specifically

Fully loaded trucks above… maybe… that’s all I got

More simply stated, local Fox affiliate outsourced its news production to local NBC affiliate.

Well, that too is inevitable… it’s the RVA way

• Do we need to talk about renaming Carytown now?

If too much pressure is put on them, they may abandon the location and no way will HCA move in over there. They need to be accountable but they also need to break-even across the areas they serve. Simplistic health comparisons of Windsor Farms residents vs. those in Fairfield isn’t going to solve this - those with more disposable income are going to spend more on healthcare (and everything else for that matter).

Is there a well run restaurant out there?

Not sure what’s inaccurate… the city no longer provides the mass leaf removal service it once did (it wasn’t free - it funded via the city’s revenue, ie taxes) and now leaves it up to property owners to clear themselves, pay someone to do it for them, or just leave them in the street for the next scheduled street cleaning - which may be 6+ months away. The city picking up bagged leaves doesn’t count for much, if anything

The city no longer specifically cleans up the leaves - unless you pay for it ($30 or so) and that’s only for your property. They do have general cleaning once or twice a year - they cleaned our streets just before the leaves started falling

Best kept secret park in RVA

I had this happen previously - need to directly ask what service is required to pass inspection as most of these are not. Repair shops lose money on padding inspections (the time it takes is worth more than the inspection fee) so they have a motive to tack on extra items (headlight ‘adjustments’, $75 wiper blades, or just about everything which is what you ended up with).

Nothing wrong with changing your mind and returning or going somewhere that’s more middle ground - maybe, Charleston, SC?

They’ve added speed humps (not bumps) near Reedy Creek - doesn’t seem to be having the desired impact