What should Richmond do with its surplus land?

Three people and a child in a firefighter costume crowd around a table that has a blue tablecloth with square post-it notes on it. On the right side is a board where people stuck notes with their idea and on the left, there is what looks like a pink and white dart board. Behind the table are two people, slightly visible, a man with a dark shirt and a woman with a blue shirt.

Richmond has a question for residents: What do they want built on unused city-owned land? RichmondLand, a community land trust, and city staff are working to gather community input on the public land policy.  “Affordable housing is really needed, but parks like this and different spaces for people to get together are also important,” said…

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