By JOSH DARE
I have a small business in Shockoe Bottom in a little building that I hope someday will overlook right field of a new state-of-the-art ballpark. But right now, it's around the corner from a weed-laden, macadam lot where a historic slave shack has been parked on a trailer for as long as I can remember. Down the street are boarded-up buildings, the remnants of where the Lovings used to do business, and a bunch of lots where MCV researchers and nurses battle for parking.
Josh Dare is a principal with The Hodges Partnership, a Richmond-based public relations firm, and a former member of the Richmond Ballpark Initiative.
Play Ball on the Boulevard
By CHARLIE DIRADOUR
There is a movement afoot in our fair city to place a $388-million office/retail/restaurant/hotel development in Shockoe Bottom. At the very center of this development is a proposed $70-million baseball complex that the master develop ers of the entire project argue will be the answer to the question of growth in Shockoe Bottom.
Charlie Diradour is president of Lion's Paw Development in Richmond and founder of www.baseballontheboulevard.com and the Facebook site "I support baseball on the Boulevard."
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