Tag Archives: Tom Butt

Part 8: North Richmond, where the city’s boundaries end

Civic leaders who seriously grapple with the question of how North Richmond can break its ruinous cycle of crime, poverty and decline often come to...

Council approves money, ‘Half-Steppers’ ready to run in New Orleans

The city of Richmond will foot the bill to send a track team of local kids to New Orleans.

Richmond dealing with lines of dissatisfaction

Since a state citizens’ commission proposed new Congressional district boundaries earlier this summer that would divide Richmond, there’s been no shortage of opinions from Richmond...

Richmond council divided over proposed Congressional redistricting

By August, Richmond may have a new representative in Congress – and the city’s leaders are divided over whether that’s a step in the right...

Richmond one step closer to banning bags

Councilman Tom Butt and other Richmond leaders want to ban plastic bags in retail and grocery stores, with or without the support of neighboring cities.

Part 2: North Richmond’s inauspicious beginnings

The North Richmond of today emerges from a history marked by bad reputation, bad luck and, often, bad intentions.

North Richmond agriculture summit draws big crowd

City and county leaders joined with members of Richmond’s growing urban farming community to discuss ways to keep West County communities at the forefront of...

Leaders, residents set to talk crops in North Richmond

The “West County Urban Agriculture Summit” is set to run all day Saturday, June 4.

Richmond City Council reaches consensus on development, environmental issues

In a long meeting Tuesday night during which Richmond’s City Council noticeably voted in lock step, the council took on a number of issues including...

City Council overshadowed by attack on mayor

Just after Mayor Gayle McLaughlin’s press conference, the political conflict enters the city council chamber.

Honda revs up city’s economic engine

Honda has begun importing automobiles through the Port of Richmond again, creating more than 200 jobs.