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Richmond City Council approves 33 townhomes at former church site

Approved project

On November 9, 2026, Richmond City Council approved a special use permit for 33 townhomes on the site of the former Seventh Street Christian Church at 4101 Grove Avenue. The vote ended a two-year negotiation that cut the project from 72 units to 33 and added a contested driveway onto Grove Avenue.

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Richmond council approves shelter, family crisis and opioid fund amendments

Money Moves

As of September 2026: Adopted FY2027 budget amendments

Richmond's City Council has approved roughly $1.6 million in budget adjustments that keep the city's winter shelter running and take in new opioid settlement money. On Sept. 28, after a public hearing, the council adopted ordinances giving CARITAS $844,143 for its surge overflow shelter and warming center and moving $100,000 to ACTS to run the Family Crisis Fund. On Oct. 13 it adopted a third, accepting $614,406 in opioid settlement funds.

Updated Sep 28