No Stadium in Shockoe Bottom! Defend Richmond's African History!: 2015

Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Join Today's Twitter Chat about Shockoe Bottom

What: Twitter chat about Shockoe Bottom

Host: National Trust for Historic Preservation, @SavingPlaces

Date: Tuesday, December 15, 2015

Time: 12:00 – 1:00 pm EST

Moderator handle: @SavingPlaces

Hashtag to follow: #SaveDiversePlaces

Thursday, November 12, 2015

Recent media

Leading Preservation Organization Urges Richmond Mayor to Throw Out Baseball Stadium Plan: Mayor should reject baseball and support memorial park
September 18, 2015 | Contact pr@savingplaces.org or 202-588-6141
http://www.preservationnation.org/who-we-are/press-center/press-releases/2015/mayor-should-reject-baseball-and-support-memorial-park.html

On opening day, baseball debate still stuck on back burner

By GRAHAM MOOMAW and K. BURNELL EVANS / April 8, 2015

http://www.richmond.com/news/local/city-of-richmond/article_0f2bd2e2-2597-5f58-9c3b-81c03b18478c.html

Nuts to mayor: Flying Squirrels thrive at DiamondBy Kenric Ward / April 9, 2015

http://watchdog.org/210897/flying-squirrels-baseball/

Podcasts / Radio
Opponents Balk at Mayor's Stadium Proposal in Shockoe Bottom, Va.By: Rebecca Sheir / September 12, 2014
http://wamu.org/programs/metro_connection/14/09/12/opponents_balk_at_mayors_stadium_proposal_in_shockoe_bottom_va

Friday, September 18, 2015

#SaveShockoe

Tuesday, April 7, 2015

SPRING ISSUE OF THE VIRGINIA DEFENDER

READ ABOUT THE COMMUNITY CAMPAIGN TO DEVELOP AN ALTERNATIVE PROPOSAL FOR SHOCKOE BOTTOM!
Click here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BzmgRd68o3ZCTExrQTVhQjNPbnM/view

Sunday, March 8, 2015

Public tax subsidy of Sports stadiums does not pay off...

Cities across the country continue to struggle with this same issue; and yet the research continues to affirm the same result, city after city. The following piece is about a proposal for Providence, Rhode Island.

"Research performed by economists has shown no consistent, positive impact on jobs, income or tax revenues arising from stadiums or sports franchises."

— Steven Frias on Tuesday, February 24th, 2015 in a newspaper commentary

http://www.politifact.com/rhode-island/statements/2015/mar/07/steven-frias/ri-gop-official-steven-frias-says-research-finds-n/

TAKE ACTION NOW!

CLICK HERE to sign the ONLINE PETITION OPPOSING A BASEBALL STADIUM IN SHOCKOE BOTTOM. Each time someone signs, a notice is sent to Richmond Mayor Dwight Jones and the nine members of Richmond City Council. As of April 7, we were up to 2,804 online signatures, plus 2,120 on hard copy petitions, for A TOTAL OF 4,924 NAMES. Please add yours now and SHARE THIS PETITION with your friends. For a hard copy you can take around yourself, contact the Defenders at 804-644-5834 or DefendersFJE@hotmail.com or download a copy from this site:

CLICK HERE to DOWNLOAD and PRINT the petition to collect signatures on your own. Return completed forms to Shakoor's Merchandise, 319 N. 2nd St., Richmond VA 23219.

CLICK HERE to go to the Facebook Event Page TELL THE MAYOR & CITY COUNCIL: NO to a SHOCKOE STADIUM, YES to a HISTORIC DISTRICT! to keep pressure up on the Mayor's office and City Council: https://www.facebook.com/events/182659445269602/

* Contact your City Council representatives and tell them you won't stand for a stadium in Shockoe Bottom. The pro-business group Venture Richmond has hired a public relations firm to try and build support on council. They have the money, but we have the numbers. Express yourself! For contact information, see:

http://www.richmondgov.com/CityCouncil/contacts.aspx

* Bring your friends to the City Council meetings and district hearings. Bring signs - and speak out!

* Make a sign and put it in your car window and a front window in your house. Write a song. Draw a picture. Make council see the writing on the walls. Be creative. Be your own leader.

* Stadium opponents have been lobbying every member of City Council, and we do not believe the mayor has the seven out of nine votes necessary to pass the land-related ordinances necessary to put a stadium in the Bottom - but we won't know for sure till council votes. Until then, more pressure is needed.

No Stadium in Shockoe Bottom! Defend Richmond's African History!