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Navy Hill developers who were rejected in Richmond plan to build a bigger $2.3B development with a new 17,000-seat arena off Parham Road in Henrico County

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Richmond is about to lose its title as the region’s entertainment capital.

A replacement for the closed Richmond Coliseum in Downtown is now almost certain to be developed in Henrico County, accompanied by a potential $2.3 billion, environmentally friendly office, retail, hotel and housing development.

Under the GreenCity plan unveiled Tuesday with the backing of the county’s top administration official, a 17,000seat arena for touring concerts, sports and other big events would be a centerpiece of the massive development that could include 2,400 homes envisioned for the long dormant countyowned real estate.

Location: A 250-acre parcel on East Parham Road purchased by the county in 2011 that once housed the headquarters of now-defunct Best Products.

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GreenCity Partners LLC

This rendering offers a view of the proposed $2.3 billion GreenCity development in Henrico County that would include a 17,000-seat arena. The 250acre site, currently owned by the county, fronts East Parham Road and abuts interstates 95 and 295 about 4 miles north of the city line.

Federal lawsuit filed over tear-gassing of inmates at Richmond Justice Center

Virginia NAACP names new executive director — Da’Quan Love

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Mr. Love

Da’Quan M. Love is the new executive director of the Virginia State Conference of the NAACP. Rumored to be the choice, the 28-year-old Henrico County native was officially announced Tuesday as the person who will fill the civil rights group’s long vacant leadership post.

The Hampton University graduate is the sixth and youngest person to hold the post in the 85-year history of the state NAACP. Although he officially is to start Jan. 1, Mr. Love already is in the headquarters office in Richmond as he begins the task of guiding the organization through the pandemic, according to Robert N. Barnette Jr., the NAACP’s state president.

Mr. Barnette made filling the post a top priority after he was elected state president a year ago.

At least 60 applications flooded in, he said, adding that Mr. Love, who previously served as president of the state NAACP’s Youth and College Division, stood out. Working with the Youth and College Division in 2012, he successfully led a campaign to stop the proposed invalidation of more than 16,000 voter

In late August, during an outbreak of the coronavirus at the Richmond City Justice Center, deputies under the command of Sheriff Antionette V. Irving tear-gassed inmates who raised concerns about safety practices. Dozens of others in the same

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area also were impacted.

One inmate was stripped naked and taken to an isolation cell, with bare floors, no sink and a hole for a toilet, where he spent three days.

The allegations of brutality, first reported in the online RVA Magazine, are now the subject of a class action lawsuit filed this

Richmond City Justice Center

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City Council member wants to send Richmond 300 plan back to the drawing board

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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She’s got skills Chrishona Wilson, 8, works on her basketball skills with Coach Jonathan Hargett at Hotchkiss Field Community Center in North Side last Saturday. The youngster, who attended practice with her stepmother, played last year for the South Side Ducks, a youth team under the auspices of the city Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities.

Too many flaws.

That’s City Councilwoman Ellen F. Robertson’s take on a proposed new master plan, dubbed “Richmond 300,” to guide the city’s future development and enable Virginia’s capital to become the “welcoming inclusive, diverse, innovative place” it seeks to be.

For her, the plan that has been four years Ms. Robertson in the making appears to keep the city on its current trajectory, with continued neighborhood gentrification that is chasing out longtime residents and a focus on increasing development in current growth areas.

The 17-year City Council veteran and chair of the council’s Land Use, Housing and Transportation Committee is preparing to call on her colleagues to reject the plan that is up for consideration on Monday, Dec. 14.

Ms. Robertson wants the plan returned to the city Planning Commission for revision.

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week in U.S. District Court in Richmond.

Seth Carroll of the Commonwealth Law Group filed the suit on behalf of the affected inmates and others against Sheriff Irving and some of Sheriff Irving her staff.

The suit, according to Mr. Carroll, seeks unspecified monetary damages and a court order to force the sheriff to properly implement safety measures without subjecting inmates to further abuse.

“It is unacceptable that incarcerated members of our community would be subjected to cruel and unusual retaliation for attempting to protect the health and safety of themselves and others during the COVID-19 pandemic,” Mr. Carroll stated in announcing the suit.

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Free COVID-19 testing Free community testing for COVID-19 continues.

The Richmond and Henrico County health districts are offering testing at the following locations: • Thursday, Dec. 3, 1 to 4 p.m., The Diamond parking lot, 3001 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd., drive-thru testing.

• Friday, Dec. 4, 1 to 3 p.m., Eastern Henrico Health Department, 1400 N. Laburnum Ave., Eastern Henrico. Drivethru testing only for those pre-registered.

• Tuesday, Dec. 8, 10 a.m. to noon., Eastern Henrico Health Department, 1400 N. Laburnum Ave., Eastern Henrico. Drivethru testing only for those pre-registered.

• Thursday, Dec. 10, 2 to 4 p.m., Southwood Management Property Office, 400 Southwood Parkway, South Side. Rain date: Friday, Dec. 11 at Eastern Henrico Health Department.

• Friday, Dec. 11, 1 to 3 p.m., Eastern Henrico Health Department, 1400 N. LaburnumAve., Eastern Henrico. Drive-thru testing only for those pre-registered.

Appointments are encouraged by calling the Richmond and Henrico COVID19 Hotline at (804) 205-3501 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

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GRTC buses, like the one shown at left, kept their headlights on Tuesday in honor of late civil rights pioneer Rosa Parks, who helped launch the modern Civil Rights Movement. She lit the spark 65 years ago on Dec. 1, 1955, when she was arrested in Montgomery, Ala., for refusing to give up her bus seat to a white person and move to the rear of the bus that was reserved for Black people. Her action led Slices of life and scenes to a yearlong public in Richmond transit system boycott led by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and a U.S Supreme Court decision extending a ban on segregated public transit seating to previously exempt local bus systems. Because of the pandemic, GRTC dropped its tradition of reserving the front bus seat in honor of Ms. Parks, who died in 2005.

A special message honoring Ms. Parks was included on the rotating messages on the digital header signs on each bus, GRTC officials stated.

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Organizations raise Electoral Board chair planning hearing $1M for new on city registrar’s removal racial justice fund

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Free Press wire report

Several organizations in Richmond have partnered to raise $1 million for a fund set to expand wealth and educational opportunities for the Black community and to address structural racism.

Officials with Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond, SisterFund and the Ujima Legacy Fund recently established the Amandla Fund as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and racial injustice intersected.

Leaders from the groups said they hoped the fund would support investment in the future of Richmond’s Black community through developing homeownership and better educational opportunities.

“These issues are not new or unique to Richmond,” Derrick Johnson of the Ujima Legacy Fund said. “We see the outcomes today; we see the results today. … The Amandla Fund is about trying to put forth efforts to address those fundamental issues.”

The organizations intend to use the money to amplify the work of other community organizations, according to Stephanie Glenn of the Community Foundation for a Greater Richmond.

Dominion Energy gave $200,000 as part of a multimilliondollar commitment to social justice initiatives announced this summer as protesters led demonstrations against racial injustice and police brutality around the country. Tobacco corporation Altria gave $500,000, among donations from other groups.

Mr. Johnson said the organizations were grateful for the “seed money,” but now hope to secure multiyear commitments to raise $10 million annually in an endowed fund for future giving.

The group currently is drafting a 10-year strategic plan to increase the strength of such organizations and address gaps in homeownership and education in Richmond, leaders said.

The fund’s name comes from the Nguni word for “power and strength,” a popular rallying cry against apartheid in South Africa, according to the Community Foundation’s website.

James M. Nachman, chairman of the Richmond Electoral Board, is planning to hold a board hearing to consider the removal of veteran Richmond Voter Registrar J. Kirk Showalter.

Mr. Nachman said no date has been set as he is proceeding carefully to ensure that the decision could stand up in court should Ms. Showalter be removed and then file a lawsuit to challenge her ouster.

He said that any hearing is “likely to be held after the holidays.”

Ms. Showalter has been the city’s voter registrar for 25 years. She was reappointed by the board to her seventh, four-year term in 2019.

The removal hearing comes after a wave criticism over errors in the unofficial vote results that were released after the Nov. 3 election, most notably in two City Council races. Among the problems: Election officers at six precincts went home after the election without reporting results, as required.

Mr. Nachman indicated that several issues would be on the table, including one raised by the state Democratic Party over Ms. Showalter allegedly blocking the release of public information that has led to the party calling for her removal.

Party officials claim Ms. Showalter

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Virginia’s second medical cannabis processor has opened in Richmond.

Green Leaf Medical of Virginia announced Nov. 27 that it has opened its doors to registered patients seeking treatment.

The medical marijuana dispensary is at 2804 Decatur St. in South Side.

“With another processor open here in Virginia, accessibility to treatment is even easier. This is exciting news for medical cannabis patients across the state,” Katie Hellebush, executive director of the Virginia Medical Cannabis Coalition, said in a statement.

Before visiting the facility, individuals must register as a patient with the state Board of Pharmacy. In Virginia, any diagnosed condition can qualify for medical cannabis treatment, as long as a registered practitioner issues a written certification, according to the coalition.

Virginia’s first dispensary opened in mid-October in Bristol, and others are scheduled to open in other parts of the state.

Correction The City of Richmond owns the statues of railroad tycoon and Confederate Gen. Williams C. Wickham and of the Richmond Howitzers, a Confederate unit, both of which were toppled by protesters in June.

Due to an editing error, information on the ownership of the two statues was inaccurate in an article about the disposal of the city’s Confederate statues published in the Nov. 25-28 edition.

The Free Press regrets the error.

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legedly did not meet a five-day deadline to respond to the request that is spelled out in state law.

According to Mr. Nachman, Ms. Showalter, after discovering a staff member was keeping a log of ballots that needed correction, directed the staff member to stop and list the names on “sticky notes.”

He said he intervened to ensure the log continued to be maintained and to ensure the state Democratic Party received the information, but the events drew embarrassing attention as a result of the state party’s lawsuit alleging FOIA violation.

Ms. Showalter has denied any deliberate effort to violate the law.

Another issue relates to the count of mailed-in votes. Ms. Showalter waited until Sunday, Nov. 1, to have staff begin opening and entering those votes into voting machines.

Mr. Nachman said Ms. Showalter told the board a month before the election that she would have a sufficient number of workers to handle the vastly expanded workload, but did not inform the board until it was too late that some workers would not be available.

Mr. Nachman also noted a conflict between himself and Ms. Showalter over posting updates to unofficial results as soon as possible. She opposed making any changes until after the board certified the results, which often does not happen until a week after the election.

The Richmond Electoral Board includes three members, with two from the party of the governor, who is a Democrat.

Electoral boards appoint registrars and are empowered to remove them, but only for failure to discharge the duties of office according to law.

The registrar primarily is charged with handling the registration of voters and maintaining the voter rolls, while the board is tasked with handling the conduct of the election, including provisions related to absentee voting, and with ascertaining the results.

Residents can have their say on Richmond casino survey

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

State’s second medical marijuana dispensary opens in Richmond

failed to respond for several weeks to a Freedom of Information Act request for a log of voters whose mailed-in ballots had material problems and who needed to be notified so they could “cure” the problems.

Mr. Nachman said Ms. Showalter al-

What community benefits do you want a Richmond gambling casino to provide?

Where should a casino be located and what amenities should it offer along with slot machines, card games and other types of wagering?

Those are among the questions Richmond residents are being asked in a new online survey City Hall is conducting as it prepares to seek bids for a casino operator and site for a future gambling mecca.

The survey became available Tuesday, and links to participate can be found in a press release posted on the city’s website, www.Richmondgov.com or at www.rva.gov/economicdevelopment/ resort-casino.

Residents have until midnight Monday, Dec. 14, to provide responses to the questions. The city is using SurveyMonkey to conduct the survey.

The survey is described as the first step in engaging the community. The city, if it wants a casino, is required to put a proposal up for a vote on the ballot in November 2021.

Richmond is one of five cities the General Assembly has authorized to have Las Vegas-style gambling. Voters in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Danville and Bristol approved plans for their casinos on the Nov. 3 ballot.

In Richmond, the Pamunkey Indian tribe and its billionaire Mayor backer have proposed putting a resort-casino on Commerce Road in South Side, similar to one that won approval in Norfolk.

But unlike Norfolk, Mayor Levar M. Stoney said Richmond is not jumping to accept that proposal.

“A competitive selection process will

allow us to assess the best opportunity,” Mayor Stoney stated in announcing the survey. “This survey is your opportunity to make sure the development proposals reflect your priorities.”

In his view, the priorities should include living-wage jobs, sustainable building practices and investment in the community.

“Our primary objective is to identity a successful proposal that has outstanding economic opportunities and commuStoney nity benefits,” according to Leonard Sledge, the city’s director of economic development.

“We anticipate receiving multiple submissions,” he stated, “and we want to put a process in place to identify an operator and site that results in a true win for our community.”

South Side woodland to be turned over to city for possible parkland, trails

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

South Side is gaining 13 additional acres of parkland as a gift from the land’s current owners, it has been announced.

The donation of the wooded property along Grindall Creek near Thomas C. Boushall Middle School is from the family of the late developer Somers M. Wilton, it has been announced.

The family recently transferred the property, between Greer Avenue, Vial Road and the creek to the Capital Region Land Conservancy, which plans to turn it over to the city.

Parker C. Agelasto, executive director of the conservancy and a former City Council member, stated that his organization and the city would work together to solicit “community input on the proposed future uses of the property.”

Mr. Agelasto envisions the land remaining largely natural, but including walking trails and providing a setting for students at Boushall Middle School to learn about watersheds and the environment. But he stated the community would need to support that.

The new parkland, a rare private gift, would add to the five new South Side parks comprising 31 acres that Mayor Levar M.

Stoney proposed in late September and which the council approved.

In all, about 2,300 acres of land in Richmond are held in parks, or about 6 percent of the city’s 62 square miles, which the mayor and park advocates hope to increase over time.

The new parkland has been part of the Wilton family holdings since 1965 and represents the residue of land from development of the Deerbourne and Walmsley neighborhoods in what was then Chesterfield County before its annexation to the city in 1970.

Mr. Agelasto noted the city had long Mr. Agelasto targeted the 13 acres located near Warwick Road for home building while also labeling a portion as being a resource protection area given its trees and the Grindall Creek wetlands it includes.

Development of the property proved challenging given the restrictions of the Chesapeake Bay Act and the environmental protection standards that would need to be met, Mr. Agelasto stated.

Speaking for the family, Barry Wilton called it “an honor” to take action to enhance the communities his father built more than 50 years ago.

Mayor Stoney, who has set a goal of putting a park within a 10-minute walk of every resident, praised the Wilton family for helping the city meet that goal.

According to Mr. Agelasto, 1,145 people live within a 10-minute walk of the property, of whom 71 percent are African-American. About half the area’s population is listed as lower-income, according to census data.

“The Deerbourne and Walmsley neighborhoods are thankful that this part of the community will be preserved and opened for their use,” stated 8th District Councilwoman Reva M. Trammell. “It will be among the first parks added to the 8th District since this area was incorporated into the city,” she stated.

Mr. Agelasto stated that the conservancy welcomes the opportunity to be involved in facilitating the development of what he hopes “will be first of many new park areas for residents in previously underserved communities. We look forward to discussing other gifts of land that meet the strategic goals for parks, open space and green infrastructure.”

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sandwiched between interstates 95 and 295.

If it sounds like the proposed Navy Hill development that Richmond City Council shot down a year ago, that’s because it is a revamped version by the same architectural, planning and development team that was behind the city plan, William Hallmark and Susan Eastridge.

The size of the property — more than 12 times as large as the 20 acres or so that the team proposed to develop near City Hall — is expected to make it easier to pay off the debt associated with a planned $250 million arena with the taxes the new buildings are expected to generate once everything is constructed. Real estate taxes alone are projected to generate more than Mr. Vithoulkas $20 million a year if everything is built.

That’s a big difference from the $1.5 billion Coliseum proposal and Downtown development that City Council turned down. That plan would have required the city to pay off the arena using projected increases in real estate taxes generated by existing Downtown properties. For Henrico, the project is seen as paying for itself.

“We are thrilled to endorse this bold, visionary opportunity as it is in sync with everything that Henrico County stands for and has been working hard to achieve — inclusion, resiliency, mobility, innovation and job growth,” County Manager John A. Vithoulkas stated.

“The arena will put this region back on the entertainment map,” he stated, given that all of the venue’s cost is to be paid

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registration applications in Virginia.

“Da’Quan comes to us with a wealth of experience on the national level. He has the business acumen, leadership ability and knowledge to serve our membership in an outstanding manner,” Mr. Barnette stated.

Just as importantly, “he is intimately familiar with the issues that Black Virginians face and that the Virginia NAACP must work to address,” Mr. Barnette said.

Mr. Love’s acceptance also is expected to end the national supervision of the state NAACP that has been in place for two years and led to the removal of a previous state president.

Gloria Sweet-Love, the Tennessee state NAACP president who has been the Virginia NAACP supervisor on behalf of the national office and no relation to Mr. Love, welcomed his selection.

“I am confident that Da’Quan is the perfect candidate to lead the Virginia conference forward,” she said.

Mr. Love comes to the post after serving as political director for the North Carolina House Democrats, where he was involved in everything from organization to fundraising.

He was tapped for that North Carolina position after unsuccessfully running for a North Carolina state legislative seat in 2018, the youngest candidate of color.

Mr. Love actually was chosen for the executive director’s job during the summer, but waited until after the Nov. 3 election to make the move to Richmond.

Mr. Love brings substantial NAACP experience through his previous six years of experience in the state Youth and College Division and his service as a member of the national NAACP Board of Directors. He served as vice chair of the annual national NAACP convention and as chair of the NAACP’s National Youth Work Committee, in which he oversaw college and youth units across the country. His work resulted in his becoming the youngest person to receive the national NAACP’s Lifetime Achievement Award.

In addition to his undergraduate degree, Mr. Love earned a master’s in teaching from North Carolina State University.

He is a member of Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity.

The last permanent state executive director was King Salim Khalfani, who was forced out in 2014. The late Jack W. Gravely filled the post on an interim basis until his death in 2016. Since then, the executive post has been vacant.

Free COVID-19 testing Continued from A1 Testing will be offered while test supplies last.

The Chesterfield County Health Department also is offering free COVID-19 testing at the following locations: • Second Baptist Church, 5100 W. Hundred Road, Chester, 1 to 3 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7,14, 21 and 28; and 10 a.m. to noon Friday, Dec. 4, 11 and 18.

• Walmsley Boulevard United Methodist Church, 2950 Walmsley Blvd., 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, Dec. 8, 15, 22 and 29; and 10 a.m. to noon, Thursday, Dec. 3,10, 17 and 31.

• St. Augustine’s Catholic Church, 4400 Beulah Road, 10 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Dec. 9, 16 and 30.

• Faith and Family Center, 7900 Walmsley Blvd., 4 to 5 p.m.

Thursday, Dec. 3, 10, 17 and 31.

• Chesterfield Health Department, Smith-Wagner Building Multi-Purpose Room, 9501 Lucy Corr Circle, 10 a.m. to noon Saturday, Dec. 5, 12 and 19.

Testing is encouraged for those who have COVID-19 symptoms.

The testing is free, and no reservations are necessary.

Details: Chesterfield County Health Department at (804) 318-8207.

As the numbers of COVID-19 cases and deaths in Virginia continue to climb, state officials announced this week that Virginia will receive about 70,000 doses of Pfizer’s new coronavirus vaccine in the coming weeks. The initial shipment will be available to front line health care workers, followed by residents and staff at long-term care facilities and those who are deemed medically vulnerable.

State Epidemiologist Dr. Lilian Peake said an estimated 500,000 people are in the initial priority group to receive the vaccine.

Officials said they are closely monitoring the case numbers in Virginia following the Thanksgiving holiday, which are expected to rise. Gov. Ralph S. Northam said at a news conference Wednesday that officials “will evaluate whether further mitigation steps are necessary.”

The latest numbers locally include an outbreak affecting more than 100 people at the Laurels of Bon Air, a nursing and rehabilitation center in Chesterfield, and two more GRTC employees testing positive for the virus this week, bringing the total of cases among GRTC staff to 27, including five active cases.

The Virginia Department of Health reported on Wednesday a total of 242,480 positive cases of COVID-19 statewide, along with 14,883 hospitalizations and 4,113 deaths.

According to Virginia data, African-Americans comprised 22.5 percent of cases and 26.2 percent of deaths for which ethnic and racial data is available, while Latinos made up 24.2 percent of the cases and 8.8 percent of deaths.

Locally, as of Wednesday, 6,803 cases and 82 deaths were reported in Richmond; 8,549 cases and 255 deaths were reported in Henrico; and 9,563 cases and 131 deaths were reported in Chesterfield.

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The address of the old headquarters for the now-defunct Best Products off of East Parham Road in Henrico County is 1400 Best Plaza Drive. The county paid $6.2 million for the land in 2011 and would sell to developers of the proposed GreenCity development for the same amount.

for from taxes that would not exist except for this project.

In addition, he stated, “We’re talking about a new kind of community that is intricately planned, inclusive for all and thoughtfully designed to be not only livable but also to set new standards for environmental sustainability.

“GreenCity will be a community that preserves, embraces and showcases open space, and it will drive economic development and tourism in new and exciting ways.”

Envisioned as an “ecodistrict,” GreenCity would be designed around principles that promote environmental sustainability, civic engagement and inclusion, according to the county. Unlike the rejected city proposal, no mention was made in the Henrico proposal about the inclusion of Black and minority contractors.

As envisioned by Mr. Hallmark, the development would integrate extensive parks, trails and open spaces among about 2 million square feet of office space, 280,000 square feet of retail space, 2,400 housing units, two hotels and the arena.

The lone building on the site, the old Best Products headquarters with its iconic Art-Deco eagle statues, would be renovated and repurposed as an environmental showpiece that produces zero waste.

The developers anticipate a formal submission of plans and

an application for rezoning in early 2021.

In anticipation of those filings, the Henrico County Board of Supervisors is scheduled to vote on transferring the land to its Economic Development Authority for sale to the GreenCity operation for the $6.2 million that the county paid.

As part of the deal, the county would create a community development authority, or CDA, to sell bonds to pay for the arena and provide for repayment over 30 years using the stream of tax revenue the development would generate.

“In Henrico, we have extensive experience with CDAs,” Mr. Vithoulkas stated. “CDAs have been used successfully in the development of the Short Pump Town Center, White Oak Village and Reynolds Crossing. Each of these projects either met or exceeded its revenue targets, and each now makes significant tax contributions that help us fund schools, public safety and other core services.”

Separately, the Hallmark-Eastridge team has returned to Richmond with a $350 million proposal to replace the old Public Safety Building near City Hall with a new office building for Virginia Commonwealth University that also would include new housing space for the Ronald McDonald House and the Doorways, both of which serve visiting relatives of hospitalized patients.

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he continued, “and we are filing this suit to seek accountability for past actions and assurances that this type of response won’t happen again.”

The Richmond Sheriff’s Office did not respond to a request for comment.

Currently, the jail has reported it has no inmates who are positive for the virus.

In a previous statement on the use of chemical agents, jail officials noted that tear gas and mace are used when “warranted for gaining compliance of resistant or aggressive inmates, especially during incidents when other inmates and/or staff may be at risk.”

The RVA Magazine article inspired the lawsuit, according to Natalie Giotta, a Yale Law School student interning with the Commonwealth Law Group. After reading it, she said she brought the situation to the attention of the firm. Since then, she has been involved in gathering statements from inmates to confirm details and aiding in the development of the suit.

The tear-gassing incident that is the main focus of the suit occurred around 6 p.m.

Saturday, Aug. 29, in pod 5G where 50 to 60 inmates were housed, Ms. Giotta said. At the time, protesters were outside calling for the release of nonviolent inmates because of a COVID-19 outbreak involving more than 100 inmates.

Meanwhile, 10 to 15 inmates in pod 5G asked to speak with the jail’s management about the continuing transfer into their pod of inmates who were exposed to the coronavirus and the failure to transfer out

the cellmate of an inmate who had tested positive, she said.

One inmate, Gilberto DeJesus, aroused the concern of pod members who were virus-free. Just transferred to 5G, Mr. DeJesus, who would later test positive for COVID-19, has stated he felt he was infectious as he was moved from a pod where the virus was rampant.

Based on inmate statements, Ms. Giotta said that the men were calm, talking in normal voices and were not acting in any manner that could be deemed riotous.

She said that their concerns were not addressed. Instead, she said, Maj. Romel Hunt, a supervisor, came to the pod and ordered the protest group to return to their cells and lock down.

As best as can be determined, a few minutes later, correctional officers suited up in riot gear and then shot a tear gas grenade into the pod after shutting off the ventilation and water supply. An inmate later found a label stating the grenade was only for outdoor use. That label is now part of the lawsuit’s evidence.

Ms. Giotta said many of the individuals who were tear-gassed were locked inside their cells and had no involvement with the smaller group that remained outside their cells to express their concerns.

That includes Tobias Hill, who suffers from asthma and claustrophobia. He stated in an interview that is part of the suit that he began to breathe in the tear gas, “I thought I was going to die.” He stated that deputies ignored his cries for help.

He also stated that the inmates were not allowed to take showers and wash off for

another day. “Basically, we had to sleep in tear gas and pepper spray.”

Theron T. Moseley, who was involved with the limited protest and who also was maced when he sought to return to his cell, wrote a letter detailing what happened that is now part of the lawsuit.

“To say the pain we all felt was excruciating will be an understatement,” he wrote. “The feeling of being helpless and not being able to control your breathing is terrifying. That pain was so unbearable at times that I wouldn’t wish that on anyone.

All we kept yelling was for somebody to help us. Guys were throwing up.”

After the gassing, Mr. DeJesus was ordered to strip and was taken to isolation without being able to take a shower, he stated in a letter. A nurse later rinsed his eyes, but he was not allowed to shower until he was released from “the hole,” or punishment cell, on Tuesday, Sept. 1.

Ms. Giotta said that even though there are no reported COVID-19 cases at the jail, she said she had not seen during her visits the jail follow rigorous protocols, such as mask wearing or social distancing. “I don’t think much has changed,” she said.

Since the tear-gassing, there have been incidents in which one or more people have been pepper-sprayed for no evident reason, Ms. Giotta said.

“I pray and hope that these injustices come to an end,” Mr. Moseley wrote in his letter. “Just because we are locked in a cell which mimics a cage doesn’t mean we are animals. We are human beings and have constitutional rights, also. These injustices are too big to overlook.”

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is the only option based on an opinion from interim City Attorney Haskell C. Brown III. The opinion states that the City Charter bars the council from seeking to amend the plan. The only options are to adopt it or return it to the Planning Commission with an explanation of changes for the commission to consider.

For Ms. Robertson, who represents the council on the city’s planning arm, the opposition she is raising is a change in position. She acknowledges that she did not delve into the plan deeply enough before it cleared the commission in early October, triggering a 90-day clock for the council to adopt it.

Late last month, her committee also sent the plan to the full council without a recommendation after 5th District Councilwoman Stephanie A. Lynch called for changing the recommended land use for Oregon Hill for neighborhood mixed-use to residential. Ms. Lynch called for the change based on neighborhood concerns that the new designation would open the door to replacing current homes with larger buildings.

Among other things, Ms. Robertson is concerned the proposed master plan puts heavy emphasis on the rise of development in areas that already are high growth, such as Broad Street, Scott’s Addition, Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Manchester and Stony Point.

In her view, the plan leaves out other sections of the city with major corridors that she believes offer opportunities for significant commercial, retail and apartment development — notably Midlothian Turnpike, Hull Street, Meadowbridge Road, Nine Mile Road and U.S. 1 in South Side.

While these areas might not be “hot” at the moment, she said that with the right mix of incentives that could change over the next 20 years.

“We don’t need a plan that continues what is,” Ms. Robertson said. “We need a plan that envisions what could be.”

Ms. Robertson, who once led a nonprofit housing group that spurred revival of Highland Park, also expressed concern about the kind of residential development that is called for in much of the eastern portion of the city.

She noted that the plan calls for maintaining areas where the most blighted property is located. She said those areas are crying out for greater density and growth as residential islands that could be redeveloped for larger lots and singlefamily homes that would continue to raise the area’s values.

Instead of being included in business development, she said the plan is indicating that those areas of blight could provide the acreage needed to meet the demand for new and more expensive single-family homes.

As spelled out in the plan, Richmond is expected to continue to add to its popula-

tion over the next 20 years — 30,000 new residents under a low-growth scenario, 70,000 over a medium-growth scenario and 110,000 in a high-growth scenario.

In all three scenarios, additional acreage would be needed for single-family homes and apartments to accommodate the population increase.

Richmond has seen a 17 percent growth in population since 2000 and currently is estimated to have 230,000 residents.

In Ms. Robertson’s view, the prime target for gaining the needed acreage for new homes would be on the city’s east side, where most of the blighted property happens to be.

She also is concerned that the plan gives short shrift to the redevelopment of public housing, a top priority, and does little to spell out plans for affordable housing to ensure adequate housing for people on the lower side of the income scale.

According to the plan, since 2000, the surge in property values has increased the number of families spending more than 30 percent of their income on rent and other housing costs by nearly 10 percentage points to about 42 percent of the population.

Down the road, she said that a lot of people could have regrets if City Council does not take a harder look at what the plan is proposing and the impact it could have.

“I think more time is needed so we can get this right,” she said.

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Get in the spirit of giving and donate your blood. One donation can save up to three lives.

Every two seconds, someone needs blood. Busy holiday schedules, seasonal illnesses and the addition of the coronavirus, could make it more challenging for regular donors to give. This holiday season, consider the gift of life.

Types of blood donations Blood types

Here are the different ways you can donate.

Your blood type is inherited from your parents and is based on their blood types.

There are eight different blood types:

A+

A-

B+

B-

O+

O- AB+ AB-

People with Type O negative blood type are considered universal blood donors, meaning anyone can receive their blood.

But unfortunately, only 7% of the population has this blood type. Also, people with the AB blood type — only 3% of the population — are considered universal plasma donors.

O-

Universal Donors

When you give blood, you will find out your blood type and help hospital patients in need of a transfusion.

Whole blood: Your blood can be transfused in its original form or used when separated into red cells, plasma and platelets.

Who it helps: • Trauma patients • Patients undergoing surgery Power red: Your red blood cells are safely separated from your other blood components; your plasma and platelets are returned to you.

Who it helps: • Trauma patients • Newborns • Mothers who need emergency transfusions during birth • Patients with sickle cell anemia • Patients suffering blood loss

AB Platelets: Your platelets are collected with some plasma; your red blood cells and most of your plasma is returned to you.

How it helps: • Vital element of cancer treatments and organ transplant procedures, as well as other surgical procedures AB plasma: Plasma is separated from your blood components; your red blood cells and platelets are returned to you.

How it helps: • Used in emergency and trauma situations to help stop bleeding

To donate blood, visit the American Red Cross at www.redcross.org/give-blood. © 2020 VCU Health. All rights reserved. Sources: VCU Health; The American National Red Cross.

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Virginia redistricting committee takes shape; public can apply

By Hunter Britt Capital News Service

More than a half dozen legislators have been named to a bipartisan redistricting commission that seeks to fairly draw congressional and state legislative districts.

The commission will be made up of 16 people. Half of them will be legislators and the other half will be Virginia citizens.

Virginia legislative leaders chose four Republicans and four Democrats this week to sit on the committee. Democrats include Delegates Delores L. McQuinn of Richmond and Marcus Simon of Falls Church, plus Sens. Mamie E. Locke of Hampton, and George Barker of Fairfax.

Delegate McQuinn and Sen. Locke are members of the Virginia Legislative Black Caucus.

Republican legislators on the committee are Delegates Les Adams of Chatham and Margaret Ransone of Westmoreland County, as well as Sens. Ryan McDougle of Hanover and Steve Newman of Lynchburg.

The state also started accepting applications this week for residents who want to serve on the commission. A panel of retired circuit court judges will choose the citizen members.

In order to be considered, citizens must have lived in Virginia for the past three years. They also must have voted in at least two of the last three general elections. Citizens who hold, have held or sought to hold a political position or public office will not be considered, nor will lobbyists or people who have served as lobbyists in the last five years.

Three letters of recommendation also are required to be considered for an appointment.

Applications are due Monday, Dec. 28.

Delegate Eileen Filler-Corn, speaker of the Virginia House of Delegates and one of the officials responsible for naming the legislative members of the commission, announced her appointments on Nov. 30. Delegate Filler-Corn said in a statement that Delegates McQuinn and Simon are “committed to inclusion” and “dedicated to a fair redistricting process that protects the vote of every Virginian.”

House Republican Leader Delegate Todd Gilbert of Shenandoah, said in a statement that his appointees “will help craft what the voters have demanded — fair maps for every Virginian.”

Almost 66 percent of Virginians voted last month in support of a constitutional amendment to establish the commission, according to the Virginia Department of Elections. Days after

Bruce Boynton, who inspired 1961 Freedom Rides after Richmond arrest, dies at 83 Free Press wire report

Boynton said he sat down in the “clinically clean” white area. He told the waitress he would have a SELMA, Ala. cheeseburger and tea.

Bruce Carver Boynton, a civil rights pioneer from “She left and came back with the manager. The Alabama who inspired the landmark “Freedom Rides” manager poked his finger in my face and said ... of 1961, died Monday, Nov. 23, 2020. He was 83. move,’” using a racial slur, Mr. Boynton recalled in Mr. Boynton was arrested 60 years ago for entering the interview. “And I knew that I would not move, the white part of a racially segreand I refused to, and that was the gated bus station in Richmond, Va., case.” and launching a chain reaction that Convicted of trespassing, Mr. ultimately helped to bring about the Boynton appealed and his case abolition of Jim Crow laws in the wound up before the U.S. Supreme South. Mr. Boynton contested his Court. Thurgood Marshall, then the conviction, and his appeal resulted nation’s leading civil rights attorney in a U.S. Supreme Court decision and later on to become the first Black that prohibited bus station segregaU.S. Supreme Court justice, was his tion and helped inspire the “Freedom counsel.

Rides.”

Mr. Boynton contested his convicDespite his pivotal role, Mr. tion and the Supreme Court ruled Boynton was not as well known as in 1960 that federal discrimination Mr. Boynton other civil rights figures. Yet both his prohibitions barring segregation on mother and father were early civil rights activists. His interstate buses also applied to bus stations and other mother, Amelia Boynton Robinson, was savagely beaten facilities linked to interstate travel. The next year, while demonstrating for voting rights in 1965 and was dozens of Black and white students set out on buses to honored by President Obama 50 years later. travel the South and test whether the ruling in the case, “He did something that very few people would have Bruce Boynton v. Virginia, was being followed. the courage to do. He said ‘No,’ ” U.S. District Judge The “Freedom Riders” were arrested or attacked in Myron Thompson said of Mr. Boynton in 2018. “To Alabama, Mississippi and South Carolina, and a bus me he’s on a par with Rosa Parks,” the Black woman was burned. Then-President John F. Kennedy ordered who refused to give up her bus seat to a white man stricter enforcement of federal anti-discrimination in Montgomery in 1955. laws.

Mr. Boynton described his arrest in a 2018 interview “He was a pioneer,” said former Alabama state Sen. with The Associated Press.

Hank Sanders, a friend of Mr. Boynton. “All of the Mr. Boynton was attending law school at Howard Freedom Rides sprung from this particular action.”

University in Washington, D.C., when he boarded Mr. Sanders said Mr. Boynton paid a price for what a bus bound for Alabama in 1958. Public facilities he did, and initially wasn’t able to get a law license in including bus stations were separated by race across Alabama. He spent most of his career as a civil rights the South at the time, despite federal laws banning attorney before retirement. segregation in interstate travel.

Judge Thompson said in 2018 that Mr. Boynton’s The bus pulled into a station in Richmond for a life “is a teaching lesson for all of us about how we break and Mr. Boynton went inside to eat. Seeing that can make a difference.” the part of the restaurant meant for Black people had “All he wanted was a cheeseburger, and he changed water on the floor and looked “very unsanitary,” Mr. the course of history.”

the election, state lawmakers agreed to a $135 billion revised budget that included setting up the commission. Under previous law, the General Assembly and the governor had total control over redistricting.

The majority of congressional and state legislative districts in Virginia were redrawn after the 2010 U.S. Census when Republicans controlled both chambers of the General Assembly and the executive branch. The maps are scheduled to be redrawn again next year with final 2020 Census data. However, the U.S. Census Bureau requested a delay to submit redistricting data to states no later than July 31, instead of April 1.

Erin Dodson, a 20-year-old from Sussex County, is one of more than 2.7 million Virginians who voted for the amendment.

He said that getting Virginians more involved was a step in the right direction.

“I feel like it’s only fair that the people are heard,” Mr. Dodson said. “This is America. Freedom of speech and government involvement is what we’re all about.”

New legislative district maps approved by the commission would go to the General Assembly for a vote. If any are rejected, the commission would be required to produce new maps. If rejected again, the Virginia Supreme Court would establish the new districts.

Tuskegee Airman Frank Macon dies Free Press wire report

ee,” Mr. Macon told The Gazette last December. “There was ... a segregated COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. service at that time. Some of the generals One of only two original, remaining and people were very much against having Tuskegee Airmen in Colorado has died.

Black pilots.”

Frank Macon died Sunday, Nov. 22, Mr. Macon eventually enlisted in the 2020, at his home in Colorado Springs. U.S. Army Air Corps in 1943. He began his He was 97. military flight training the next year as part Air Force Col. Mark of Tuskegee’s Class 45A. Dickerson, president of the Despite having a severe Hubert L. “Hooks” Jones head cold, Mr. Macon flew Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen a plane during training, Inc., made the announcement which ruptured both of his on Nov. 23. eardrums. He was forced to “The City of Colorado miss graduation and spent Springs has lost a local icon, almost a year in recovery. and the nation another hero,” By the time he was well Col. Dickerson said in the again, World War II had statement. “The Tuskegee ended.

Airmen are a national treaMr. Macon then worked sure. Of the over 14,000 who for 23 years at the Fort CarMr. Macon were part of the Tuskegee son military base and retired experience, less than 50 are believed to as head of aircraft maintenance. remain with us. Their determination to “He had a heart for trade,” Col. Dickperform with distinction despite challenges erson said. “He did a lot with his hands both at home and abroad made them true because he was good at it.” national heroes.”

In 2019, the former airman established Mr. Macon knew from a young age that the Frank Macon Trades Scholarship he wanted to be a pilot and took every Charitable Trust, which provides scholaropportunity to learn about airplanes, The ships to those who want to learn a trade.

Gazette reported. As a freshman at what is Its first scholarship will be given in May, now called Palmer High School in Colorado Col. Dickerson said.

Springs, Mr. Macon designed planes and Mr. Macon has donated numerous saved the money he earned working part items to local museums in recent years, time at a local garage for flying lessons. including the 1944 Stinson Vultee V-77 Mr. Macon was a senior in high school “Gullwing” aircraft he spent three years when the United States entered World War rebuilding with friends in the 1950s. The II in 1941. He promptly signed up for the plane served during World War II with the Civil Air Patrol, a civilian organization that Royal Canadian Air Force and is now on aided in the war effort. It was there that display at the National Museum of World he learned about the nation’s first group War II Aviation in Colorado Springs. of African American fighter pilots—the Mr. Macon will be interred at the U.S. Tuskegee Airmen.

Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs in “I didn’t know anything about Tuskeg- a private service, Col. Dickerson said.

David N. Dinkins, NYC’s first Black mayor, dies at 93 Free Press wire report

NEW YORK Few American leaders have faced the battery of urban ills that confronted David N. Dinkins when he became New York’s first Black mayor in 1990.

AIDS. Crack cocaine. A soaring murder rate. Rampant homelessness.

Racial discord.

Mr. Dinkins was elected with high hopes of turning things around, but he became a lightning rod for criticism in his one tumultuous term in office, especially for his handling of a riot in Brooklyn.

It wasn’t until years later that he started getting credit for his efforts to reduce crime, heal divisions and lay the groundwork for the prosperous, tourist-friendly place that New York has become.

Mr. Dinkins died Monday, Nov. 23, 2020, at age 93, according to his assistant at Columbia University, where he taught after leaving office, and by Mayor Bill de Blasio, his onetime staffer. The former mayor’s death came just weeks after the death of his wife, Joyce Dinkins, who died in October at age 89.

“David Dinkins believed that we could be better, believed we could overcome our divisions,” Mayor de Blasio said at a news briefing on Nov. 24. “He showed us what it was like to be a gentleman, to be a kind person no matter what was thrown at him.

And a lot was thrown at him.”

A calm and courtly figure with a penchant for tennis and formalwear, Mr. Dinkins was a stark departure from both his predecessor, Ed Koch, and his successor, Rudy Giuliani—two combative and often abrasive politicians in a city with a world-class reputation

for impatience and rudeness.

In his inaugural address, Mr. Dinkins spoke lovingly of New York as a “gorgeous mosaic of race and religious faith, of national origin and sexual orientation, of individuals whose families arrived yesterday and generations ago, coming through Ellis Island or Kennedy Airport or on buses bound for the Port Authority.”

But the city he inherited had an ugly side, too, and Mr. Dinkins’ low-key, considered approach quickly came to be perceived as a flaw. Critics said he was too soft and too slow.

“Dave, Do Something!” screamed one New York Post headline in 1990, Mr. Dinkins’ first year in office.

Mr. Dinkins did a lot at City Hall.

He raised taxes to hire thousands of police officers. He spent billions of dollars revitalizing neglected housing. His administration got the Walt Disney Corp. to invest in the cleanup of then-seedy Times Square.

In recent years, he has gotten more credit for those accomplishments, credit Mayor de Blasio said Mr. Dinkins should have always had. Mayor de Blasio, who worked in Mr. Dinkins’ administration, named Manhattan’s Municipal Building after his mentor in October 2015.

Mr. Dinkins took office during a time of racial discord following the 1989 shooting death of Yusuf Hawkins, a Black teenager who was attacked by youths in Bensonhurst, a predominantly white Brooklyn neighborhood.

“In that climate, he preached a gorgeous mosaic and proved that we could achieve the highest levels of municipal power in the nation’s largest city, and he did it when the city was torn apart,” the Rev. Al Sharpton said in an interview last week. “He did it

Mr. Dinkins

by having a balance of understanding the community’s needs and the needs of the city.”

Mr. Dinkins didn’t get fast enough results, though, to earn a second term.

After beating Mr. Giuliani, a Republican, by only 47,000 votes out of 1.75 million cast in 1989, Mr. Dinkins, a Democrat, lost a rematch by roughly the same margin in 1993.

Political historians often trace the defeat to Mr. Dinkins’ handling of the Crown Heights riot in 1991.

The violence began after a car in the motorcade of an Orthodox Jewish religious leader struck and killed 7-yearold Gavin Cato, a Black child. During the three days of anti-Jewish rioting by young Black men that followed, a rabbinical student was fatally stabbed.

Nearly 190 people were hurt.

A state report issued in 1993 cleared Mr. Dinkins of the persistently repeated charge that he intentionally held back police in the first days of the violence — but criticized him for not stepping up as a leader.

In a 2013 memoir, Mr. Dinkins accused the police department of letting the disturbance get out of hand, but also took a share of the blame on the

grounds that “the buck stopped with me.” He also blamed his election defeat on prejudice: “I think it was just racism, pure and simple.”

Mr. Giuliani, now President Trump’s personal lawyer, tweeted his condolences to the Dinkins family.

“He gave a great deal of his life in service to our great City,” Mr. Giuliani wrote. “That service is respected and honored by all.”

New York Attorney General Letitia James, who herself shattered barriers as the state’s first Black woman elected to statewide office, said the example Mr. Dinkins set inspired her throughout her own political career.

“I was honored to have him hold the Bible at my inaugurations because I, and others, stand on his shoulders,” she said in a statement.

Born in Trenton, N.J., on July 10, 1927, Mr. Dinkins moved with his mother to Harlem when his parents divorced but returned to his hometown to attend high school. There, he learned an early lesson in discrimination: Black people were not allowed to use the school swimming pool.

During a stint in the Marine Corps as a young man — he was a Montford Point Marine — a Southern bus driver barred him from boarding a segregated bus because the section for Black people was filled.

“And I was in my country’s uniform!”

Mr. Dinkins recounted years later.

While attending Howard University in Washington, Mr. Dinkins said he gained admission to segregated movie theaters by wearing a turban and faking a foreign accent.

Back in New York with a degree in mathematics, Mr. Dinkins married his college sweetheart, Joyce Burrows, in 1953. His father-in-law, a power in local Democratic politics, channeled

Mr. Dinkins into a Harlem political club. Mr. Dinkins paid his dues as a Democratic functionary while attending Brooklyn Law School, then went into private practice.

He was elected to the state Assembly in 1965, became the first Black president of the city’s Board of Elections in 1972 and went on to serve as Manhattan borough president.

Mr. Dinkins’ election as mayor in 1989 came after two cases under Mr. Koch exacerbated racial tensions: The rape of a white jogger in Central Park for which five Black teenagers were convicted and later exonerated, and Yusuf Hawkins’ killing.

Mr. Dinkins defeated Mr. Koch 50 percent to 42 percent in the Democratic primary. But in a city where party registration was 5-to-1 Democratic, Mr. Dinkins barely scraped by Mr. Giuliani in the general election, capturing only 30 percent of the white vote.

His administration had one early high note. Newly freed Nelson Mandela made New York his first stop in the United States in 1990. Mr. Dinkins was an outspoken critic of apartheid in South Africa.

One of Mr. Dinkins’ last acts as mayor in 1993 was to sign an agreement with the United States Tennis Association that gave the organization a 99-year lease on city land in Queens in return for building a tennis complex.

That deal guaranteed the U.S. Open would remain in New York for decades, and Mr. Dinkins, a tennis aficionado, was a regular attendee.

After leaving office, Mr. Dinkins was a professor at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs.

Survivors include his son, David Jr.; daughter, Donna; and two grandchildren.

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Buyer beware We were not surprised that the developers of the defunct new Richmond Coliseum and Downtown development project ran to the welcoming embrace of Henrico County when their costly $1.5 billion Navy Hill project was rejected last year in Richmond.

Instead of working out a solution to overcome the obstacles to a new Coliseum in Richmond, the developers took the easier route — a move to the county, where the planned project is larger and even more expensive.

The project, now called GreenCity, would cost $2.3 billion and would be located on 250 acres in Henrico off Parham Road between Interstates 95 and 295, on the headquarters site of the former Best Products.

It, too, would have retail and office space, two hotels (compared with one in the Richmond proposal), 2,400 housing units (compared with 2,300 in the Richmond plan) and a 17,000-seat arena (compared with a 17,500-seat new coliseum in the Richmond proposal).

It also would have more greenspace than the Navy Hill project in Richmond and supposedly would create jobs and tax revenue to help pay for the bonds to finance the arena.

That all sounds fine and good. But we hope members of the Henrico County Board of Supervisors — and the voters in the county — will scrutinize the plan with the same intensity as Richmonders and the City Council to ensure the project’s short-term and long-term viability and to protect the financial interests of Henrico taxpayers.

Certainly, while the developers believe making the project larger will help make it easier to pay off the 30-year debt, Henrico residents should look at the attendance and financial projections underpinning the arena. The rosy projections offered by the developers in Richmond were just that — too rosy, according to analysts. Those involved with the project claimed a new Coliseum would generate attendance of more than 600,000 people a year to concerts, sporting and other events. But in 2018 before it closed, the Richmond Coliseum had paid attendance of only 130,651, according to a firm that tracks such data nationwide. Of the top 200 arenas worldwide based on ticket sales, Richmond ranked 131st at the time.

The closer the time came to the vote by City Council, the more pressure the developers put on the city, with promises of bringing in a minor league hockey team and a top management company to run a new Coliseum and to attract top acts if it was approved. The developers also had at least one company promising to expand into the planned office tower and promising to create 1,000 new jobs if the Navy Hill project went forward.

We hope Henrico voters and the Board of Supervisors don’t get sucked into that same high-pressure sales vortex that may cause a whirlwind of shortages for county taxpayers to make up.

We also expect that Henrico officials ultimately will ask the City of Richmond for financial support for the new arena because it is being touted as having a regional benefit and draw.

But we never heard Henrico or Chesterfield officials volunteer to help pay for or support a new Richmond Coliseum.

Nor have we heard any early talk about creating affordable housing in the new GreenCity plan, or any assurance of minority participation in its construction. There are so many unanswered questions.

When the newness and excitement of the GreenCity announcement wears off, we hope that astute and level heads will prevail with a heaping amount of discernment.

As a region, Richmond and its neighbors are all connected.

What happens to one jurisdiction can impact us all.

We are eager to see how this plays out with our Henrico neighbors.

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The DNA of a Black woman There is something magical about a fearless, intelligent, incorruptible Black woman — a woman willing to sacrifice and face any obstacle she must for a greater cause than herself.

Black women have been, and continue to be, the crucible of fortitude.

Harriet Tubman, Ida B. Wells, Mary McLeod Bethune, Fannie Lou Hamer and thousands of others have been the bedrock of African-American progress.

I realized in my late 20s that if you want to get it done, you better have Black women involved. That was when I, in 1977, ran for and won a seat on the first majority Black City Council in Richmond. It

From the late 1970s to the early 1990s, I won nine consecutive re-elections. Any success reached by fighting the good fight, including my relentless efforts over two decades to remove the Confederate monuments on Monument Avenue, were only possible because

Chuck Richardson of the victories won for me by these women. Black men in my campaigns were strong and forceful, the physical image the organization needed. I don’t deny that. But diligence was more often worn by the women.

I remember one election when I needed 20 new people registered as voters in each precinct. The young volunteers would bring back three or four and a handful of excuses. But

Step aside, Ms. Showalter When a public servant fails to serve the public, then she or he should step down from office or be removed.

That’s why we join with Mayor Levar M. Stoney, two recent Richmond City Council candidates, the state Democratic Party and others who believe Richmond Voter Registrar Kirk Showalter should resign or be fired.

Ms. Showalter has done a disservice to Richmond voters for years, with a trail of documented problems and issues for which she has been called before state elections officials to explain. Most recently, Ms. Showalter failed to properly plan and handle the mounds of mail-in ballots officials across the state and the nation correctly anticipated in the Nov. 3 election because of the pandemic.

According to reports, Ms. Showalter left until the last minute the opening and processing of thousands of ballots mailed in

by Richmond voters. She apparently didn’t have the number of workers needed to help with the important job and failed to inform her bosses — the Richmond Electoral Board — about that fact until it was too late, according to James M. Nachman, the board’s chairman.

Additionally, was it poor training — a complaint that has dogged Ms. Showalter in the past — that caused election officers in six city precincts to close up shop and go home on election night without reporting results?

How could something like that happen — and in six different precincts?

That, combined with other issues under Ms. Showalter’s control, caused voters to believe — based on information that her office reported to state officials — that a candidate had won an open City Council seat by a slim two dozen or so votes, only to find out days later when all the votes were reported that he actually had lost the race by more than 1,000 votes.

We understand that the pandemic forced changes during this election that we all had to adjust to. But we found it difficult to understand how and why Ms. Showalter’s staff gave incorrect information about the time, places and dates of early, in-person voting three different times to Free Press staffers who called inquiring about it. Two of those calls were made within 30 minutes of each other.

We believe providing incorrect information to the public about when and where people can vote is an impediment to voting. When informed about what the Free Press staffers experienced, Ms. Showalter bristled at this factual report and said she didn’t “need a lecture” and that many of her workers were making meager hourly wages.

By also failing to keep an adequate list of problem mail-in ballots so that those voters could be contacted and remedy the problems, Ms. Showalter was a roadblock to untold numbers of voters whose ballots may not have counted.

Was this intentional?

We don’t want to surmise.

But any registrar whose actions impede the keystone of democracy — voting — should be fired.

From left, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, former Atlanta First Lady Valerie Richardson Jackson and Democratic activist Stacey Abrams.

was the determination of Black women, some more than twice my age, that made the history possible.

When those Black women spoke, weathered by storms of racism, deprivation and personal abuses, it changed the atmosphere. A crowd of timid, doubtful or unfocused lambs became ferocious lions. People today might speak of my legacy of achievements in Richmond, but they don’t know the source of my confidence. I can’t recall the number of times strong Black women lifted me and forged new inspiration.

there were older women, some who did not walk easily, who would return with the full number. One of them said to a young person, “You don’t win elections with good excuses — you need voters!” Women like Bessie Jones, Elaine Dunn or Luetta B. Wooldridge, who were managers and coordinators for my campaigns. And they stood with me in difficult times when very few had the will.

The Rev. Sarah Goshen, an older Black woman with a calm but convincing demeanor, stood up in a storm of attacks on my character during a controversial

and profound personal battle.

She admonished the men who chose to disregard my history of service to my country, and more directly, to the AfricanAmericans in Richmond. Rev. Goshen stood with the same solidarity and courage that defined her foremothers, “Don’t abandon the bridge that brung you ’cross!” she demanded. My spirit rose to the ceiling.

It has indeed been a bridge, one more river to cross for Black Americans. Two hundred fifty years of slavery and Jim Crow seems to have developed a certain DNA in Black women, because to watch as your child is torn away, or your man absolutely emasculated and denied any dignity, to have your body raped and to endure a brutalized life of labor, something had to evolve in the DNA of Black women.

A new measure of courage, strength, dignity and faith saved them — the crucible of fortitude. They marched on and we march on today. America is more divided perhaps since slavery itself, but Black women have our backs, still enduring, fighting the good fight.

Women like my own sister, Valerie Richardson Jackson, the former first lady of Atlanta, who persevered with me as one of the first students integrating our high school, becoming one of the first Black women to attend the Wharton School of Business — which is now led by a Black woman — working and paying her way through, earning her MBA. She went on to market General Foods products and gained a regional role at Trans World Airlines corporate headquarters in New York. Because a strong, smart Black woman is not to be passed over, she won the heart of and married a man who was certainly the most consequential politician in the history of Atlanta — the late Mayor Maynard Jackson.

Maynard always said of Valerie, “She enables me.”

The nation recently has come to know two more amazing Black women — Democratic activist Stacey Abrams, and Sen. Kamala Harris, now the Vice President-elect. Ms. Abrams showed her ability early, in front of the very Atlanta City Hall that Maynard occupied. She led a large group of university students calling on the mayor to address student issues. Maynard was impressed and invited her to meet with him. Afterward, he gave Ms. Abrams her first job in politics.

The rest is history — a heroic race for governor of Georgia and a voter registration movement that is unprecedented and driving the numbers to heights heretofore unseen. She

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launched a democratic movement that already has become a model for the nation.

Valerie has always been a strong supporter of both Stacey Abrams and Kamala Harris.

Three friends, three Black women, three lessons we should take from them — and history.

With a Black woman becoming vice president, we should keep in mind what it took because we will need it going forward — patience with diligence, courage with wisdom, boldness with conviction. In other words, Black women.

The writer, a former 18-year veteran of Richmond City Council, is founder of the National Organization of Rehabilitated Offenders.

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America faces threat

All workers need paid sick days

As an 84-year-old man, it is hard to comprehend how America has changed so much in a few decades, especially in how people now perceive the precious rights and liberties granted us by our Founding Fathers when they drew up the greatest Constitution in the world.

Even after this election, we face the possibility that socialism, Communism and other crazy ideas, which have permeated so many minds in America, could present a threat to our beloved America.

In 2018, radio talk show host Jeff Rense wrote that “about 27 of the 45 Communist goals on the original list have or are being achieved in America.” A quick study of the list should convince anyone that he is correct. One can easily see that they have taken over many of America’s institutions, including a major political party and most of the news media.

With the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris team winning the election, America is still in great danger. That is because too many people already have been trained to follow the 42nd Communist goal, which states that “violence and insurrection are legitimate aspects of the American tradition.”

Of course, that it false.

Goal 42 also states that “students and special-interest groups should rise up and use (united force) to solve economic, political or social problems.”

Some people have purposely forgotten the history of socialistCommunist nations that lined up property owners, dispossessed them of homes and business and murdered millions.

These followers of socialism in America would do that to us, too. They already have demonstrated their heartlessness.

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Remain vigilant At the grassroots and national levels, we must continue the fight against the fascist activities of the Republican Party. We must continue our support for President-elect Joe Biden for the next two years because the Republicans have indicated their sabotage plans.

On the crime side, President Trump and his administration will learn about the Foreign Agents Registration Act, the Espionage Act, the Logan Act and the Magnitsky Act, to name a few. They have engaged in four years of crimes and violations.

I have two questions: One, can any of the criminals of this soon-to-be former administration be sent to Gitmo? And two, President Trump stated that if he lost the election, he would leave the country. Will he go to Saudi Arabia or Dubai?

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In Virginia, we currently have no law requiring employers to offer paid sick days for their workers. This means that working Virginians aren’t guaranteed the right to earn paid time off based on the hours they work.

As the owner since 2009 of a small business with six employees, I know that policies like these are important to keeping my business open and healthy and, frankly, to retain talented employees. In a small business like mine with so few

Sarah Milston employees, one sick worker could shut down my office if we all got sick.

I understand the economic fear around paying employees when they aren’t working, but providing paid sick days is an equitable and humane way to approach community health.

When the Virginians for Paid Sick Days coalition reached out to me as a small business owner, I was disheartened to learn that 1.2 million working Virginians currently have no paid sick time. I was even more discouraged by the significant racial disparities in who has access to paid time off. More than 38 percent of African-American workers in the United States have no paid time off and more than 50 percent of Latino workers have no paid time off.

COVID-19 data continues to show us that African-Americans and Latinos are disproportionately affected by this pandemic. Yet, these are the same workers with the lowest access to paid sick day benefits that would allow them to stay home when they are sick.

There also are troubling socioeconomic disparities. Only 42 percent of service workers have paid sick days, compared to 80 percent of workers in management and professional occupations.

During this pandemic, service workers are on the front lines, while many of us in the professional sector have had the privilege to work from home when needed. And yet service workers are far less likely to have any paid time off to use when they are sick.

Even in a consulting company like mine where conducting business means interacting with other businesses, we all need to implement paid sick days in order for it to work.

I can’t afford to have one of my employees come to work sick and potentially infect ev-

eryone around them, nor can I afford to have a client who has a sick employee that may infect my team.

I am mindful that all of my employees also are caring for children at home, so paid sick leave days are necessary for businesses to thrive.

Without them, we are all putting ourselves at risk when there are workers who may have no other choice but to come to work sick in order to be able to afford their bills.

I was disappointed when our General Assembly did not pass the paid quarantine bill when lawmakers had the opportunity during the special session this summer. A paid sick day bill already had failed to make it out of the General Assembly session earlier this year. But many of us believed that a pandemic would drive our state lawmakers to action. Unfortunately, that was not the case.

We have another opportunity in January when the General Assembly reconvenes for its regular 2021 session to finally pass a long overdue paid sick day standard for our state. Without mandates requiring that employers offer benefits like paid time off, we will not close this gap in an equitable way. Virginia’s workers need a paid sick day standard.

The writer is the founder and chief executive officer of The Spark Mill, a consulting firm based in Richmond.

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Rookie Antonio Gibson becomes Washington team hero on Thanksgiving Antonio Gibson has become a new hero in Washington and a villain in Dallas.

In what became his national television coming out party, the Washington Football Team’s rookie stung the Dallas Cowboys two ways on Thanksgiving Day. Statistically, Gibson beat Dallas with his speed and elusiveness, rushing for 115 yards and three touchdowns in a 41-16 rout.

More bothersome, perhaps, if you’re a Cowboys fan, Gibson punctuated his second touchdown, a 23-yard dash, with a lookat-me hand gesture.

Approaching the goal line, “Gibby” turned to wave “goodbye” to trailing Cowboys defender Donovan Wilson.

Some might say that was adding a little too much cranberry sauce to the turkey, but it drew rave reviews from the Washington nation.

Washington (4-7) is in a four-way battle for first in the wobbly NFC East with the New York Giants (4-7), the Philadelphia Eagles (3-7-1) and the Cowboys (3-8).

Next up for Washington Monday, Dec. 7: Washington Football Team versus the Pittsburgh Steelers, 5 p.m., Heinz Field in Pittsburgh.

Pittsburgh is 11-0 after a 19-14 win Wednesday overthe Baltimore Ravens and seeks to become the first team to go undefeated during the regular season since the Miami Dolphins went 17-0 in 1972.

“Our record isn’t that good and we’re not in the best division, but we’re still in it,” Gibson told the media later.

“This gives us hope. If we can make the playoffs, why not?”

Gibson, a third round draft pick out of the University of Memphis, is a top-of-the-list reason why the burgundy and gold remains in the playoff race.

“There’s still room for growth, but Gibby has so much poten-

NSU basketball opens on a roll

Mike Tyson, left, looks to land a punch on Roy Jones Jr. during their eightround exhibition match Nov. 28 in Los Angeles.

Tyson and Jones give fight winnings to pandemic victims For old time’s sake, and for the good of charity, Mike Tyson and Roy Jones Jr. put on quite a show Nov. 28 in Los Angeles.

The former world boxing champions battled to a spirited pay-per-view draw despite Tyson landing the most punches by far.

Tyson, 54, scored on 67 punches — 57 power punches and 10 jabs. Jones, 51, connected on 37 punches — 28 power and nine jabs.

With no ringside seating, the fight was judged remotely. One judge favored Tyson, 79-73; another gave Jones an 80-76 edge; the third judge called it even, 76-76.

The eight-round exhibition held at the Staples Center in Los Angeles was sanctioned by the World Boxing Council.

There were no knockdowns and neither man suffered any visible facial damage.

While the middle-aged men should be commended for lasting eight rounds, both were noticeably thicker around their midsection than during their heydays.

Each man was awarded $1 million, with both pledging their purses to those affected by the coronavirus pandemic.

Tyson drew some added attention by revealing a prominent tattoo of the late Chairman Mao Zedong of the Chinese Communist Party on his right shoulder and the late Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara, a major figure in the Cuban revolution, on the left side of his torso.

Tyson also has a tattoo of Richmond native, tennis great and humanitarian Arthur Ashe Jr. and the words, “Days of Grace,” the title of Ashe’s memoir, on his left shoulder.

Tyson and Jones rank with the rings’ alltime greats. During his illustrious pro career, Tyson posted a 50-6 pro record that ended in 2005. Jones went 66-9 before calling it quits in 2018.

There were celebrities on the undercard, too. YouTuber Jake Paul knocked out former NBA standout Nate Robinson in the second round. Both earned $600.

If Norfolk State University can play as well at home as it has away, the Spartans are looking at a banner season.

Coach Roberts Jones’ squad opened with two victories in Harrisonburg on Nov. 27 and 28, topping host James Madison University 83-73 and Radford University 57-54.

The NSU green and gold now faces four straight on-campus games at Joseph G. Echols Hall.

Following a Dec. 2 date with crosstown rival Old Dominion University, NSU will host Hampton University at 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7, the College of William & Mary on Wednesday, Dec. 9, and University of North CarolinaWilmington on Friday, Dec. 18.

In Harr i s o n b u rg , NSU’s Devante Carter, a senior from Newport News, led the attack, averaging 13.5 Devante Carter points.

Next came Kashaun Hicks, a senior from Harlem, at 12.5 points; Daryl Anderson, a sophomore from Midlothian, at 10.5 points; and J.J. Matthews of Richmond at 10 points. Matthews leadswithanaverageofsevenrebounds and three blocked shots.

The 6-foot-9, 250-pound Matthews played high school hoops at Millwood School in Chesterfield and transferred to NSU as a senior from Arkansas State University.

Hampton University openedTuesday, Dec. 1, with a road win, 82-78, over George Washington University.

The game scheduled for Thursday, Dec. 3 at the College of William & Mary has been canceled.

Jaret Patterson rushes into the record books Jaret Patterson has raced straight into the college football record books and smack dab into the NCAA spotlight.

The swift, powerful University of Buffalo junior rushed for eight touchdowns and 409 yards in the Bulls’ 70-41 win over Kent State University last Saturday in Buffalo.

The eight touchdowns tied former University of Illinois star Howard Griffith for the most rushing touchdowns in a single game in FBS (top level) annals. Griffith had eight touchdowns against Southern Illinois University in 1990.

Patterson’s 409 yards on the ground is second all time to former University of Oklahoma back Samaje Perine, who had 427 yards in a 2014 game against the University of Kansas.

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Patterson, listed at 5-foot-9 and 195 pounds, likely would have surpassed both Griffith and Perine if he’d played the full game. He was taken out by Coach Lance Leipold in the late going as a show of

sportsmanship.

On the season, Patterson has 920 yards and 16 touchdowns through four games.

In his previous outing, he racked up 301 yards and four touchdowns against Bowling Green State University.

No overnight sensation, Patterson rumbled for 1,013 yards and 14 touch-

downs as a freshman and 1,799 yards and 19 touchdowns as a sophomore.

As historically significant as his effort was against Kent State, he had to share star of the game honors with his twin brother, linebacker James Patterson, who led the team with 13 tackles.

The twins hail from St. Vincent Pallotti High School in Glenn Dale, Md. James, listed as 6-foot, 230 pounds, was by far the more heavily recruited of the brothers in high school. In fact, Jaret and James chose the University of Buffalo as a “package deal.”

The Mid-American Conference Bulls, now 4-0, will travel to Athens, Ohio, for a game at Ohio University Saturday, Dec. 5.

tial, so much ability,” Washington Coach Ron Rivera said in his postgame media conference.

Through 11 outings, Gibson has rushed for 645 yards (4.6 yards per tote) and 11 touchdowns. His 11 six-pointers is third in the NFL behind the Minnesota Vikings’ Dalvin Cook, who has 13, and Derrick Henry of the Tennessee Titans, with 12.

Gibson, who was primarily a wide receiver for Memphis, is also a favorite receiving weapon for Washington quarterback Alex Smith. Thus far, he has 32 receptions for 233 yards.

Coach Rivera is confident Gibson will play the same role in D.C. that Christian McCaffrey did for him previously while coaching the Carolina Panthers.

McCaffrey, All-Pro in 2019, has developed into one of the NFL’s most feared offensive forces as a run-catch dual threat.

The Thanksgiving Day game was the first national TV exposure for Washington this season.

In signaling “so long” to the struggling Cowboys, the Washington rookie was saying, “Hi, I’m Gibby” to the rest of America.

VCU Rams expect strong season with strong bench The “Bench Bunch” is back.

Vi r g i n i a C o m m o n w e a l t h University basketball has a tradition of strong performances from its substitutes, and this season appears to be an echo from the past.

Finishing third out of eight teams at the Bad Boy Mowers Crossover Classic in Sioux Falls, S.D., the Rams showed plenty of reserve firepower.

In impressive wins over Utah State and the University of Memphis, and a tight loss to No. 15 West Virginia, here’s what Coach Mike Rhoades’ backups contributed.

VCU bench: 107 points; opponents’ bench, 48 points.VCU bench; also logged 269 minutes; opponents’ bench minutes, 194.

Instead of merely “warming the bench,” the Rams’ reserves are fueling for action.

Con-Vince-ing: The Bench Bunch’s unofVince Williams Hason Ward ficial captain might be 6-foot-6 junior Vince Williams from Toledo, Ohio. Feeling frisky following an injury-plagued sophomore campaign, Williams is second in scoring with 13.7 points. Starter Nah’Shon Hyland leads at 16.0.

Williams doesn’t start, but he receives starter’s minutes — 25.3 minutes per game. He strikes inside and out. The muscular forward is 6-for-15 beyond the arc and has muscled inside enough to earn 17 foul shots, hitting 15.

Star from afar: VCU’s roster is unique in that there are no players from the area, or even the state, except for walk-on Arnold Henderson from St. Christopher’s.

Hason Ward is the Rams’ long-distance connection, hailing from Bridgetown, Barbados. The bouncy, long-limbed sophomore leads with 2.3 blocked shots per outing.

Fresh legs: Here are some advantages to sending rested bodies into the fray in waves.

It enables the Rams to assert stifling full-floor defensive pressure with little drop off in production.

By playing 12 to 13 men per game, it spreads out the fouls.

Rarely do VCU players foul out despite their aggressive, inyour-face defense.

It makes for a happy “Ramily,” as VCU likes calling it. With so many players contributing, there are more smiles in the locker room and more energy in practice.

The turnstile-spinning substitution started with former Coach Shaka Smart’s “Havoc” concept and has been continued by coaches Will Wade and Rhoades, both of whom were assistants under Coach Smart.

Adjusting to 2020: VCU originally was scheduled to play in a tournament in Charleston, S.C. When that was bagged because of the pandemic, the next destination was set for Orlando, Fla. When that fell through, the Rams were heading to Knoxville, Tenn.

When that event, too, bit the dust, the team quickly made travel plans for distant Sioux Falls on the campus of the South Dakota State University Jackrabbits.

Coming soon: VCU has played one team nicknamed the Mountaineers — West Virginia University. Now the Rams are preparing for another — the Mount St. Mary’s Mountaineers, aka “The Mount.”

In a rivalry dating to 1970, the Catholic school in Emmitsburg, Md., will face VCU at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, in the Rams’ home opener at the Siegel Center. Attendance will be limited to 250, but the action will be televised on ESPN-Plus.

The Mount roster includes freshman Jalen Jefferson and junior Malik Jefferson, both from Hopewell High School. The 6-foot-9 Malik Jefferson averaged 10 points and seven rebounds a season ago.

Mount St. Mary’s is 0-2 after a 73-67 loss to Navy and a 79-61 setback to the University of Maryland.

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Personality: Floyd Lee Brown Jr. Spotlight on the Black History Museum’s holiday tradition, Soul Santa Nothing can stop Soul Santa, not even COVID-19.

Soul Santa, a holiday tradition for more than 25 years at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia in Jackson Ward, is set to return in a slightly new form, thanks in part to Soul Santa himself, Floyd Lee Brown Jr. While Mr. Brown’s usual Soul Santa interacts in person with Richmond children, this year will see him go virtual to connect with the community.

At noon and 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, and Saturday, Dec. 12, the BHMVA will host an interactive Zoom call between Soul Santa and participating children who have been registered by an adult, followed by holiday craft making or storytelling.

“I look at it as my way of giving back to the community,” says Mr. Brown, as he explains why he decided to take on the role. “I like to see the smiles, the joy and the laughter that I bring to the children and to their parents.”

The Richmond native has played the honored role of Soul Santa for the past two years.

He got his start filling in for the scheduled Soul Santa in 2018 through connections between the local day care where he was a Santa volunteer and Andrea Wright, the museum’s director of communications and development.

In his day-to-day life, Mr. Brown works as both a cafeteria manager for Richmond Public Schools and a recreational instructor for the city’s Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities. But when October rolls around, he gears up for the seasonal work ahead, including growing his beard and readying his costume.

While the video calls have required Mr. Brown to expand his skills as Soul Santa, he feels that he has acclimated well to the new responsibilities.

“I feel what better person to do it than me because I thoroughly enjoy it,” Mr. Brown says. “It’s not hard. You just got to want to do it and I just

do it.”

Mr. Brown has a deep connection and involvement in bettering the lives of those in the Richmond community, and he plans to take on even more in the future. In addition to his other commitments, he has plans to revitalize his old Fonticello Park neighborhood in South Side.

Soul Santa, however, remains his steadfast dedication.

He sees it as a chance for the African-American community to see themselves reflected in a major holiday fixture.

Mr. Brown also sees Soul Santa as an important part in the BHMVA’s mission to elevate and empower its patrons, in particular African-American children and youths.

And in the midst of the pandemic and its economic and social hardship that has impacted people of color disproportionately, Mr. Brown feels that Soul Santa is more important than ever.

“In a time that diversity and inclusion have become so important, and rightfully so, Soul Santa is a wonderful representation of one of the most iconic Christmas traditions.”

Meet a Richmond tradition and this week’s Personality, Floyd Lee Brown Jr.: Volunteer position: Soul Santa at the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia.

Date and place of birth: Jan. 27 in Richmond.

Where I live now: Richmond.

Occupation: Cafeteria manager, Richmond Public Schools; recreational instructor, Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities.

Education: Jefferson-Huguenot-Wythe Class of 1983; U.S. Marine Corps 1985 to 1989.

Family: Daughter, LaDana Brown, 33; son, Kevin Brown, 30; and granddaughter, Kamyah Brown, 10.

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When selected to be Soul Santa: Initially, I was a Santa at a local day care.

And a friend of the day care owner is good friends with Andrea Wright at the Black History Museum and they asked me to fill in for the scheduled Soul Santa two years ago because he had a prior engagement. So I guess they liked what I did and they kept me. I have been doing it ever since. sion of the Black History Museum and Cultural Center of Virginia is to preserve stories that inspire through presenting the complex experiences, struggles and contributions of African-Americans, with an emphasis on Virginians, by collecting, interpreting and presenting historical and cultural exhibitions, programming and artifacts. The BHMVA aspires to educate the public on Virginia’s Black history, elevate the conversation around that history and empower its patrons — especially children and youths.

When and why BHMVA introduced Soul Santa to Richmonders: This is a tradition introduced at the museum more than 25 years ago as a great way to celebrate the holidays in the community.

Soul Santa matters because: It gives the African-American community a chance to see someone who looks just like them during the holidays. Soul Santa has become a community favorite. Children from all cultural backgrounds enjoy

Why I signed up: I look at it as my way of giving back to the community. I like to see the smiles, the joy and the laughter that I bring to the children and to their parents.

Previous Soul Santas were: The late Waverly R. Crawley Jr., the late Cord Cahill and Harry Henry.

What it takes to be Soul Santa: For me, the enjoyment I get out of doing it. I feel what better person to do it than me because I thoroughly enjoy it. It’s not hard. You just got to want to do it and I just do it.

How I prepare to be Soul Santa: I get my suit ready a day in advance. I let my beard start growing from October until it is time for me to be Santa. I polish my shoes. I make sure that they are shiny. I make sure my suit is clean and I make sure I’m happy that day.

I also might walk around for a few months and yell, “Ho, Ho, Ho” in a store and see how people react.

Funniest Soul Santa moment with a child: I had a child one day who did not want to take a photo with me. He went over

to the side with his parents. I said, “Well I guess there won’t be anything under that Christmas tree for you then.” The next thing you know, he came and jumped in my lap and was ready to take the photo.

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How I unwind: I unwind by sitting in a dark room in complete silence. That’s what I do regularly.

Something I love to do that most people would never imagine: Playing Soul Santa!

(Many people know now though.)

A quote that I am inspired by: “Service to others is the rent you pay for your room here on Earth.” — Muhammad Ali At the top of my “to-do” list: Make sure that my children and granddaughter are alright.

Best thing my parents ever taught me: Do for yourself.

Person who influenced me the most: My late grandmother, Lucille Moore.

Book that influenced me the most: “The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography” by Sidney Poitier.

Next goal: To bring life back to my old neighborhood, the Fonticello Park community in South Side.

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How COVID-19 is affecting Soul Santa: The most wonderful thing about a visit with Soul Santa is the opportunity for children to be able to interact with Soul Santa. COVID-19 completely changed our ability to have children come to the museum, sit on Soul Santa’s lap and tell him their Christmas wishes. To ensure the health and safety of our children and staff, the BHMVA decided to transform what has traditionally been an in-person event into a virtual event. While it doesn’t replace the opportunity for children to have a seat on Soul Santa’s lap, the museum has worked to create an interactive virtual experience for children.

Participating children should be prepared to answer a few questions from Soul Santa — he wants to know if they have been good girls and boys — and then have some holiday fun such as participating in Christmas craft making with Richmond artist and BHMVA history services associate Faithe Norrell and hearing a Christmas story from NBC12’s Karla Redditte.

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Happenings Downtown illumination Dec. 4 to kick off the holidays Downtown will light up for the holidays with the annual RVA Illuminates celebration this Friday, Dec. 4.

The celebration, led by the Richmond Department of Parks, Recreation and Community Facilities, is going virtual this year to avoid crowds and ensure the public’s health and safety during the coronavirus pandemic.

People can tune into ABC8 News, WRIC, to watch the city’s Downtown skyline light up at 6 p.m. Illumination events will begin at 5:45 p.m., which will include performances that can be enjoyed online.

Organizers urge people to light up their businesses and homes and Christmas trees at the same time.

From 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4, the City of Richmond will kick off Holiday Lights on the Riverfront, with decorative lights from Brown’s Island to the Turning Basin on the Canal Walk. The event, presented by Venture Richmond, is free, with people asked to wear masks and to practice social distancing.

A vendor selling hot coffee and cocoa and a food truck will be available on Brown’s Island, according to organizers, to help quell the cold and hunger.

And Jonathan the Juggler will be entertaining on Brown’s Island.

Here is a list of other holiday events taking place around the area: Thursday, Dec. 3, through Saturday, Dec. 5 – Wreath Workshops. Create your own wreath using freshly cut greenery under the guidance of experts from Maymont’s horticulture team. Evergreens, wreath forms and instructions are supplied. Participants must bring their own gloves and clippers.

COVID-19 protocols will be strictly followed.

Workshops 9 a.m. to noon and 6 to 9 p.m.

Thursday; 6 to 9 p.m. Friday; and 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 2 to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Cost: $40; $34 for Maymont members. Details and registration: https://maymont.org/events/ holiday-merriment/ Friday, Dec. 4 to Dec. 20 – Christmas Tree Decorating Contest, Main Street Station, 1500 E. Main St. Hosted by Community First, the contest features 10 local nonprofits who each have decorated their own tree. The trees will be on display for people to vote on their favorite. Each vote costs $1. The top three winners will be announced Dec. 21, with the nonprofits receiving all the proceeds from the votes received.

Saturday, Dec. 5 – The 37th Annual Richmond Christmas Parade will be a television-only special broadcast from 10 a.m. to noon on WTVR CBS 6 and streamed on WTVR.com. It also will be rebroadcast on Christmas Day. The parade will feature performances by a variety of groups, as well as “best of” clips from past parades, including the giant helium balloons and floats, and an appearance by the guest of the hour, Legendary Santa.

Saturday, Dec. 5, and Sunday, Dec. 6 – Holiday Villages. Enjoy online shopping and entertainment from 4 to 8 p.m. at the two-day, multicultural market presented by the Richmond Night Market and several community partners. More than 50 artists and small businesses will be featured.

Free, but register in advance at www. richmondnightmarketva.com.

Saturday, Dec. 5, and Saturday, Dec. 12 – Soul Santa, presented by the Black History Museum & Cultural Center of Virginia. Santa will be making virtual visits with youngsters at noon and 1 p.m. both days. Children also can participate in holiday craft making with Richmond artist Faithe Norrell or hear a Christmas story by NBC12’s Karla Redditte. Each child who registers will receive a personal letter in the mail from Soul Santa. Registration and details: www. blackhistorymuseum.org. Click on Soul Santa link.

Saturday, Dec. 5 – Carytown Open Air Christmas Market. An outdoor, Christmas market featuring about two dozen artists and craft persons will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the courtyard of 2810 W. Cary St., a community gathering place. The event is hosted by Area 10 Faith Community. People are asked to wear masks and practice social distancing. Rain date: Sunday, Dec. 6. Details: Carytown Open Air Christmas Market Facebook page.

Sunday, Dec. 6 – Winter Wander at The Valentine and Court End neighborhood.

From noon to 4 p.m., enjoy a special, selfguided walking tour of Court End, live music in The Valentine garden and hot beverages.

Free. Social distancing and masks. Register in advance for free, timed tickets to visit the museum’s exhibits. Details: https:// thevalentine.org/event/winter-wander/ Monday, Dec. 7 – Home for the Holidays.

Commonwealth Catholic Charities is hosting its first virtual Holiday Festival of Music – Home for the Holidays, holiday favorites performed by the Richmond Symphony. The benefit event will aid Commonwealth Catholic Charities’ programs. Details and tickets: www. cccofva.org/event-details/holiday-festival-ofmusic-home-for-the-holidays.

Friday, Dec. 11, through Saturday, Dec. 26 – A virtual production of The Nutcracker.

The Richmond Ballet is releasing a recording of its production of The Nutcracker. Several virtual and in-person experiences are available. Details and tickets: www. richmondballet.com/season-tickets/ticketinfo/performances/nutcracker2020/ Saturday, Dec. 12 – Holiday Lights and Music on the Riverfront. From 6 to 8 p.m., enjoy a display of decorative lights from Brown’s Island to the Turning Basin on the Canal Walk. Music by Trombone Trio. Presented by Venture Richmond.

Free. https://venturerichmond.com/news/ downtown-richmond-2020-holiday-events/ Saturday, Dec. 12, through Monday, Dec. 21 – “Santa’s Enchanted Workshop”.

Enjoy Virginia Repertory Theatre’s holiday musical at the November Theatre in Downtown. The play features Stanley and his baby sister, SuSu, who don’t know whether to believe in Santa Claus, so they set out for the North Pole, where they run into many interesting characters, including a singing robot and a dancing rag doll. Details, including tickets, dates and times: https:// tickets.va-rep.org/8544/8545 Saturday, Dec. 19 – Holiday Lights and Music on the Riverfront. From 6 to 8 p.m., enjoy a display of decorative lights from Brown’s Island to the Turning Basin on the Canal Walk. Music by Justin Paciocco. Presented by Venture Richmond.

Free. https://venturerichmond.com/news/ downtown-richmond-2020-holiday-events/

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Thanksgiving to-go Thanksgiving 2020 was a different sort of holiday, with community events geared toward carry-out meals rather than a communal, sit-down dinner because of the pandemic.

Above, at Diversity Richmond in North Side, volunteer Perone Johnson, left, hands a packaged hot Thanksgiving dinner to Luise “Cheezi” Farmer, Diversity Richmond’s board chair, who in turn will hand it to motorists in drive-thru set up in the parking lot. BlackPrideRVA partnered with Diversity Richmond and Ms. Girlee’s Kitchen to provide 200 hot meals on Thanksgiving to all who wanted them. Last year’s inaugural event was a family-style dinner for 150 people. Below, at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in Downtown, the 16th Annual Giving Heart Community Thanksgiving Feast also featured curb-side pickup and carry-out dinners for those who lined up last Thursday. A nurse volunteer stood at the entrance and took the temperature of all who walked in to get a to-go plate filled with traditional Thanksgiving fare. She also provided masks to those who needed one before entering the convention center, where volunteers were busy filling hundreds of plates with ham, turkey and all the trimmings.

The Ingramettes to receive honorary degrees

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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From left, Deacon Carrie Ann Jackson, the Rev. Almeta Ingram-Miller and Evangelist Cheryl Maroney-Yancey stand outside the U.S. ambassador’s residence in Belgrade, Serbia. The Ingramettes performed in cities across Serbia in May 2019.

The Richmond-based Ingramettes are still serving up gospel music five years after the death of their founder and leader, Maggie Ingram.

With the late Ms. Ingram’s eldest daughter, the Rev. Almeta IngramMiller, at the helm, the group that began producing its signature sound in 1956 has performed overseas for the first time and issued a new recording.

This weekend, The Ingramettes will receive additional recognition for their work in spreading the faith through music.

The Higher Learning Bible Institute International/Seminary will present Rev. Ingram-Miller; Maggie Ingram’s granddaughter, Cheryl Maroney-Yancey; and Ms. Ingram’s daughter-in-law, Carrie Ann Jackson, with honorary doctorates in sacred music.

“I’m very excited,” said Rev. Ingram-Miller about the honor that would have made her mother proud.

“They are deserving, and it is time for this to happen,” said Dr. Samuel

E. Fisher, founder and leader of the private institution that he formally opened in 1996 in Richmond and that now has satellite operations in Arizona and Ghana.

The presentation is to be made during the private school’s yearly awards program 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, at the institute’s headquarters, 1731 Wall St. in South Side.

Rev. Ingram-Miller said The Ingramettes, like most touring groups, has faced challenges in booking concerts during the pandemic, but expects to make appearances again once the pandemic ends.

She is the last original member of the group that her mother began with her children, while Ms. MaroneyYancey and Ms. Jackson have been active participants for decades.

Along wth the three honorees, The Ingramettes include a fourth singer, Valerie Stewart, with a team of accompanying musicians, Calvin Curry, Randall Cort, Stuart Hamlin, Patrick Newby and Jared Pool, Rev. Ingram-Miller said.

Faye B. Walker, backbone of African dance and culture group Ezibu Muntu, dies at 66

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

Faye Bettina Walker spent 47 years teaching and spreading interest in African dance in the Richmond area and beyond.

A longtime educator as well, Ms. Walker, called “Sister Faye” by many, was best known for her work with the Richmondbased troupe Ezibu Muntu, which focuses on African dance, education and culture.

She choreographed African dance programs for others as well.

Since the group’s launch in 1973, Ms. Walker has worn multiple hats, ranging from performer and choreographer to artistic director and general manager. She was well known in African dance circles along the East Coast.

“She was the glue who held us together,” said Renee Knight, executive director of Ezibu Muntu and, like Ms. Walker, one of the original members.

Along with her in-depth knowledge of the dance form, Ms. Walker also was “very inclusive, very loving and very caring” toward everyone she came in contact with, Ms. Knight said.

“You couldn’t walk though an African festival in Washington without someone coming up every five seconds to greet her,” Ms. Knight said. “Everyone knew her and loved her.”

Ms. Walker’s roles with Ezibu Muntu ended abruptly when she died of heart dis-

ease on Wednesday, Nov. 25, 2020, the day before Thanksgiving and just a week before her 67th birthday on Dec. 1.

Family members plan to celebrate her life in a private service 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, at Smith BrothMs. Walker ers Funeral Home in Hampton. Her family said the funeral home plans to offer a link so others who knew and admired her can view the service.

One of four sisters, Ms. Walker grew up in Hampton and went to Virginia Commonwealth University after graduating from Kecoughtan High School.

She and Ms. Knight were the first students to sign up when Tanya Dennis, then head of the VCU Dance Department, organized a 26-member African dance company in 1973 that was named Ezibu Muntu, a Yoruba name that Ms. Dennis stated translates to “universal person.”

When Ms. Dennis left for California in 1975, Ms. Knight said she and Ms. Walker joined with two others, Donald Washington and Eddie Spencer, to keep the dance company going and offer instruction to people of all ages in the community.

Ms. Dennis returned to the group in 2015 to become the general manager.

While some members have left and others have become involved, including Roderick Davis, the company’s veteran drum master, Ms. Walker and Ms. Knight have been the constants, at least until COVID-19 largely sidelined dance instruction and shows.

Ms. Walker also served as an adjunct dance instructor at VCU for 13 years and studied with African and African-American dancers and musicians in seeking to master the art form and details of the music, costumes and design that are part of the dance setting.

Along with her work for Ezibu Muntu, she also served as a choreographer for other companies and theatrical groups, such as the University of Richmond’s NgomaAfrican and Modern Dance Company, the Kuumba Dancers and the Hampton University Players.

Ms. Walker spent 40 years teaching middle and high school students confined to state juvenile detention facilities in the Richmond area. She was still teaching virtual classes through the Virginia Department of Juvenile Justice’s Division of Education at the time of her death.

Ms. Walker was predeceased by her husband, Richmond jazz musician Joseph G. “Joe” Taylor Jr. Survivors include her daughter, Mayah O.Walker-Taylor of Hampton; and three sisters, Deborah B. Walker and Oriole B. Harris, both of Hampton, and Jessie Allen of San Antonio.

Harvard elects first Black male student body leader Free Press wire report

HATTIESBURG, Miss.

A 20-year-old from Mississippi has become the first Black man elected student body president at Harvard.

Noah Harris of Hattiesburg was elected president of Harvard’s Undergraduate Council on Nov. 12. He is a junior who is majoring in Mr. Harris government and currently serves as treasurer of the Undergraduate Council and co-chairs its Black Caucus.

Two other Black students have previously headed Harvard’s Undergraduate Council, but Mr. Harris is the first Black man to be elected by the student body.

In 1999, Fentrice Driskell was the first Black woman elected president of the council. She now holds a seat in the Florida House of Representatives.

Mr. Harris told the Hattiesburg American newspaper that he does not take the honor lightly.

“Especially with everything that went on this summer with the death of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor and Ahmaud Arbery, all the protests that went on in this moment of racial reckoning in this country,” he said. “This is a major statement by the Harvard student body to entrust a Black man with such an unprecedented moment in its history.”

Mr. Harris ran with running mate Jenny Y. Gan, anAsian-American junior from Cleveland, who will be vice president of the Undergraduate Council when the two are sworn in Sunday, Dec. 6.

The two ran on a platform focused on diversity, quality of student life, the virtual learning experience, mental health needs and responsible university policies on sexual assaults.

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Dr. Andrew M. Mosley Jr., retired pastor of Quioccasin Baptist Church, dies at 80

By Jeremy M. Lazarus

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He also was a former chairDr. Andrew Monroe Mos- man of the Baptist General ley Jr., who served as pastor Convention of Virginia’s Comof Quioccasin Baptist Church mission on Evangelism and in Henrico County for three also chaired the Africa Working decades during his 52-year Committee of the Board of Interministry career, has died. national Ministries of American Dr. Mosley succumbed on Baptist Churches USA. Monday, Nov. 2, 2020. He Outside of church, he was a was 80. past chairman of the His life was celboard of the Richebrated during a fumond Opportunineral service Saturties Industrialization day, Nov. 7, at the Center and served on church. the boards of HousRetired from Quiing Opportunities occasin Baptist in Made Equal and the 2015 after 32 years, Educational FounDr. Mosley’s legacy dation of Henrico continues in the form County.

Dr. Mosley of a multipurpose The son of a minfacility he led the church in ister, Dr. Mosley began his building in 2004. The facil- ministry career in 1960 when ity, which includes banquet he was licensed to preach at and meeting space for 400 Green Street Baptist Church in people and a basketball court, his birthplace, Selma, Ala. was renamed the Andrew M. During his career, he also led Mosley Jr. Enrichment Center churches in Alabama, Chicago in October 2017. and Covington, Va. During his tenure at the 154He also was a believer in year-old church, he was credited education. with adding ministers to serve He earned his first bachyoung and old and building up elor’s degree in philosophy the stewardship and mission and religion from Knoxville ministries.

College and later earned a At the same time, he was second bachelor’s in theology active in Baptist groups both from Selma University. locally, regionally and nationIn 1972, while serving as ally. pastor of New Bethel Baptist Dr. Mosley was a past presi- Church in Dothan, Ala., he dent of the Baptist Ministers’ began a bus commute to VirConference of Richmond and ginia Union University’s School Vicinity and of the Henrico of Theology. For three years Ministers’ Fellowship and a for- until he earned his master’s mer moderator of the Tuckahoe in divinity, he would take the

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bus to Richmond on Monday, take classes through Friday, and return by bus to Dothan to see his family and prepare for services.

He continued commuting for education after being called in 1975 to lead First Baptist Church in Covington.

While there, he regularly traveled to Washington to study for his doctorate in ministry, which he earned in 1982 from Howard University’s School of Theology, the same year he was

called to the pulpit at Quioccasin Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife of 55 years, Gerthadine Mosley; a daughter, Dr. Angela Mosley; two sons, Andrew Mosley III and Andre Mosley; a sister, Eunice Dudley; and five grandchildren.

The family requests memorial contributions be made to the Andrew M. Mosley Jr. Enrichment Center, 9011 Quioccasin Road, Richmond, Va. 23229.

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Legal Notices City of Richmond, Virginia CITY COUNCIL PUBLIC NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Council of the City of Richmond has scheduled a public hearing, open to all interested citizens, on Monday, December 14, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. to consider the following ordinances: Ordinance No. 2020-232 To extend the expiration date of Ord. No. 2020093, adopted Apr. 9, 2020, as previously amended by Ord. No. 2020-183, adopted Aug. 20, 2020, which assures the continuity of government during the disaster resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic by modifying the practices and procedures of public bodies to permit electronic meetings as authorized by Va. Code § 15.2-1413, from Dec. 31, 2020, to Jun. 30, 2021.

Ordinance No. 2020-233 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $19,581.00 from the Vi r g i n i a D e p a r t m e n t of Criminal Justice Services; to amend the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Special Fund Budget by creating a new special fund for the Richmond Sheriff’s Office called the CESF (COVID-19): DCJS special fund; and to appropriate the grant funds received to the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Richmond Sheriff’s Office’s CESF (COVID-19): DCJS special fund by $19,581.00 for the purpose of funding the Richmond Sheriff’s Office purchase of personal protective equipment, cleaning supplies and equipment, thermometers, and fit tests in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Ordinance No. 2020-234 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $20,000.00 from the National League of Cities; to amend the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Special Fund Budget by creating a new special fund for the Office of Community Wealth Building called the National League of Cities + Civic Engagement special fund; and to appropriate the grant funds received to the Fiscal Year 20202021 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Office of Community Wealth Building’s National League of Cities + Civic Engagement special fund by $20,000.00 for the purpose of supporting local census outreach and civic engagement initiatives.

Ordinance No. 2020-235 To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to accept funds in the amount of $250,000.00 from the United States Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs; to amend the Fiscal Year 2020-2021 Special Fund Budget by creating a new special fund for the Richmond Sheriff’s Office called the PREA Standards special fund; and to appropriate the grant funds received to the Fiscal Year 20202021 Special Fund Budget by increasing estimated revenues and the amount appropriated to the Richmond Sheriff’s Office’s PREA Standards special fund by $250,000.00 for the purpose of supporting the Richmond Sheriff’s Office compliance with the Prison Rape Elimination Act standards by preventing, identifying, and responding to sexual harassment and abuse at the Richmond Justice Center.

Ordinance No. 2020-236 To approve the action of the City Planning Commission adopting “Richmond 300: A Guide for Growth” as the Master Plan of the City of Richmond, and to repeal Ord. No. 2000-3712001-11, adopted Jan. 8, 2001, and all amendments thereto, with the exception of the Riverfront Plan as contained in Ord. No. 2012-202-190, adopted Nov. 26, 2012, the VUU/Chamberlayne Neighborhood Plan as contained in Ord. No. 2016-002, adopted Feb. 8, 2016, the Pulse Corridor Plan as contained in Ord. No. 2017-127, adopted Jul. 24, 2017, the Riverfront Plan as contained in Ord. No. 2017-148, adopted Sept.

25, 2017, the Public Art Master Plan as contained in Ord. No. 2018-205, adopted Sept. 24, 2018, and the James River Park Systems Master Plan as contained in Ord. No. 2019-337, adopted Jan. 27, 2020.

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and the Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority for the purpose of funding consultant services for outreach and planning for the redevelopment of Creighton Court in the city of Richmond.

Ordinance No. 2020-239 To amend and reordain City Code § 26-874, concerning a business license incentive program for qualifying businesses, for the purpose of revising the definition of a qualifying business, adding the incentive of a refund, and requiring a business to apply to qualify for the program within two years from the date the business located in the city.

This meeting will be held through electronic communication means pursuant to and in compliance with Ordinance No. 2020-093, adopted April 9, 2020, as amended by Ordinance No. 2020-183, adopted August 20, 2020. This meeting will be open to participation through electronic communication means by the public and closed to in-person participation by the public.

Less than a quorum of Richmond City Council will assemble in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, and most Council members and other staff will participate by teleconference/ videoconference via Microsoft Teams.

Video of the meeting will be streamed live online at the following web address: https:// r i c h m o n d v a . l e g i s t a r. com/Calendar.aspx. To watch the meeting’s live stream at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “In Progress” in the farthest right hand column entitled, “Video”.

The agenda for the Richmond City Council meeting is accessible through the City’s legislative website at the following web address: https://richmondva. legistar.com/Calendar. aspx. To view the agenda at the web address provided, find and click the link that reads, “Agenda” associated with the December 14, 2020 Richmond City Council Formal meeting listed in the calendar.

Interested citizens who wish to speak at the Richmond City Council meeting will be given an opportunity to do so by following the “Formal Meeting Access and Public Participation Instructions” attached to the December 14, 2020 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda.

Citizens are encouraged to provide their comments in writing to CityClerksOffice@ r i c h m o n d g o v. c o m i n lieu of calling in. The person responsible for receiving comments in writing is Candice D. Reid, City Clerk. All comments received prior to 10:00 a.m. on Monday, December 14, 2020, will be provided to Council members prior to the meeting and will be included in the record of the meeting.

Copies of the full text of all ordinances are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at http:// www.richmondgov.com/ CityClerk/index.aspx.

Candice D. Reid City Clerk

City of Richmond, Virginia PUBLIC Notice Proposed City Charter Amendments Pursuant to section 15.2202 of the Code of Virginia, notice is hereby given to all interested persons that the City Council of the City of Richmond will hold a public hearing on Monday, December 14, 2020, at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber on the Second Floor of City Hall, located at 900 East Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia, to consider the following resolution: Resolution No. 2020-R061 To request the Richmond delegation to the General Assembly of Virginia to introduce and support the enactment of legislation to amend section 5.05(a) of the Charter of the City of Richmond to provide that the Mayor or the designee thereof may attend any closed meeting of the Council only if permitted by the Council pursuant to § 2.2-3712(F) of the Code of Virginia.

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Approved as to form and legality by the City Attorney BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND: That, in accordance with section 15.2-202 of the Code of Virginia (1950), as amended, the Richmond delegation to the General Assembly of Virginia is hereby requested to introduce and support the enactment of legislation to amend section 5.05(a) of the Charter of the City of Richmond as set forth in the document entitled “Requests of the City of Richmond for City Charter Amendments during the 2021 Session of the General Assembly of Virginia,” a copy of which is attached to and made a part of this resolution.

Requests of the City of Richmond for City Charter Amendments during the 2021 Session of the General Assembly of Virginia Amended Section: § 5.05. General duties; mayor.

It shall be the duty of the mayor to: (a) Attend, or appoint a designee empowered to answer questions and make recommendations on behalf of the mayor to attend, all meetings of the council with the right to speak but not to vote; provided that the mayor or his designee [shall have the right to] may attend a closed meeting pursuant to § 2.2-3711 of the Code of Virginia[,unless the council determines that the subject matter of the closed meeting includes the office of the mayor and that inclusion of the mayor or his designee shall be detrimental to the purpose of the council’s deliberations] only if permitted by the council pursuant to § 2.2-3712(F) of the Code of Virginia; (b) Keep the council advised of the financial condition and the future needs of the city and of all matters pertaining to its proper administration, and make such recommendations as may seem to the mayor desirable; (c) Oversee preparation of and submit the annual budget to the council as provided in Chapter 6 of this charter; (d) Perform such other duties as may be prescribed by this charter or which may be required of the chief executive officer of a city by the general laws of the Commonwealth, or by ordinances adopted by the council, provided that the mayor shall have the power to veto any city ordinance by written notice of veto delivered to the city clerk within 14 calendar days of council’s actions, subject to override thereafter by the council with a vote of six or more of the currently filled seats on council at any regular or special meeting held within 14 calendar days of the clerk’s receipt of the notice of veto; however, the appointment of members of a redevelopment and housing authority in the city shall be made by the council; and (e) Issue such regulations as may be necessary in order to implement the mayor’s duties and powers.

EXPLANATION: Subsection (a) of section 5.05 currently authorizes the Mayor or the designee thereof to attend a closed meeting pursuant to § 2.2-3711 of the Code of Virginia, unless the City Council determines that the subject matter of the closed meeting includes the Office of the Mayor and that inclusion of the Mayor or the designee thereof shall be detrimental to the purpose of the City Council’s deliberations.

The amendments to section 5.05 provide that the Mayor or the designee thereof may attend a closed meeting of the City Council only if permitted by the City Council pursuant to § 2.2-3712(F) of the Code of Virginia.

Interested citizens who wish to speak at the Richmond City Council meeting will be given an opportunity to do so by following the “Formal Meeting Access and Public Participation Instructions” attached to the December 14, 2020 Richmond City Council Formal meeting agenda.

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r i c h m o n d g o v. c o m i n lieu of appearing inperson or calling in.

The person responsible for receiving comments in writing is Candice D. Reid, City Clerk. All comments received prior to 10:00 a.m. on Monday, December 14, 2020, will be provided to Council members prior to the meeting and will be included in the record of the meeting.

Copies of the full text of all ordinances and resolutions are available by visiting the City Clerk’s page on the City’s Website at http:// www.richmondgov.com/ CityClerk/index.aspx.

Candice D. Reid City Clerk

Divorce VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER RAMAINE GARRETT, Plaintiff v.

MAURICE JENKINS, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20004902-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 21st day of January, 2021 at at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER NINA WILLIAMS Plaintiff v.

NUSHAWN WILLIAMS Defendant.

Case No.: CL20004888-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 21st day of January, 2021 at at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JEFFERY JONES, JR., Plaintiff v.

SHEKEELA ROBERSON-JONES, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20000676-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 11th day of January, 2021 at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Counsel VSB# 27724 The Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER SHERELLE HOLIDAY Plaintiff v.

CHARLES HOLIDAY, JR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL19003303-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 11th day of January, 2021 at at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

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A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

Case No.: CL20004696-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 4th day of January, 2021 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667

affiliation; and responsibility for support.

It is ORDERED that the defendant Unknown Father to appear at the above-named Court and protect his/her interest on or before 02/01/2021, at 2:00 PM, Courtroom #4.

suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that SANDRA M. JONES, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 11, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER DAVID MCCURTY, Plaintiff v.

TASHARRI THOMPSON, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20004829-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 11th day of January, 2021 at at 9:00 AM, and protect her interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER HELEN GAMBLE Plaintiff v.

JOHN ASUQUO, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20004830-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 11th day of January, 2021 at at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER VALERIE OLIVEIRA, Plaintiff v.

JEFFREY OLIVEIRA, SR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL20004831-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 11th day of January, 2021 at at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ROSEMARY DEVEAUX, Plaintiff v.

KENNETH FAGAN, SR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL20003290-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 11th day of January, 2021 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Counsel VSB# 27724 The Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER VERA VENABLE, Plaintiff v.

JAMES BADGER, Defendant.

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER ROSALIND ALEXANDER, Plaintiff v.

CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER, Defendant.

Case No.: CL19003296-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, who has been served with the Complaint by posted service appear here on or before the 4th day of January, 2021 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Counsel VSB# 27724 The Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER SHANTAL SMITH, Plaintiff v.

LARRY SMITH, JR., Defendant.

Case No.: CL20003536-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 4th day of January, 2021 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Dorothy M. Eure, Esquire Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE COUNTY OF HANOVER JESSICA BORDA, Plaintiff v.

ANDRES BORDA, Defendant.

Case No.: CL20004697-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to obtain a divorce from the bond of matrimony from the defendant on the ground of living separate and apart without any cohabitation and without interruption for a period exceeding twelve months.

It is ORDERED that the defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, appear here on or before the 4th day of January, 2021 at 9:00 AM, and protect his interests.

A Copy, Teste: FRANK D. HARGROVE, JR., Clerk I ask for this: Law Office of Dorothy M. Eure, P.C. Dorothy M. Eure, Plaintiff’s Attorney VSB# 27724 8460 Mount Eagle Road Ashland, VA 23005 (804) 798-9667 ,

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VIRGINIA: IN THE JUVENILE AND DOMESTIC RELATIONS DISTRICT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND Commonwealth of Virginia, in re JAMIE ANTONIO COLLINS RDSS v.

UNKNOWN FATHER Case No. JJ085414-13-00 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Terminate the residual parental rights (“TPR”) of the Unknown Father of Jamie Antonio Collins, child DOB 09/01/2011, child.

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Virginia: In the Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court for the County of Chesterfield In re: Romero tejeda, eduin jacobo, dominga tejeda maradiaga v. jacobo israel romero matute Case No.: JJ100103-01-00, ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to: Determine custody of Eduin Jacobo Romero Tejeda (DOB: 1/3/03), whose mother is Dominga Tejeda Maradiaga, and whose father is Jacobo Israel Romero Matute, pursuant to Virginia Code section 16.1-241A3. This suit also seeks to permit findings that will allow the minor, Eduin Jacobo Romero Tejeda, to apply for a federal benefit, namely, special immigrant juvenile status. Father ’s whereabouts are unknown.

It is ordered that the defendant Jacobo Israel Romero Matute appear at the above-named Court and protect his or her interests on or before 12/28/2020 at 12:00 PM.

PROPERTY VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

JAMES A. CLAIBORNE, II, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3481 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1405 Lynhaven Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0071228/013, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, James A. Claiborne, II.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JAMES A. CLAIBORNE, II, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that LEE BUILDER’S SUPPLY CORPORATION, t/a REGAL HOME IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, a corporation listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 582 page 536 on February 22, 1982, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that JAMES A. CLAIBORNE, II, LEE BUILDER’S SUPPLY CORPORATION, t/a REGAL HOME IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, a corporation listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 582 page 536 on February 22, 1982, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 11, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

SANDRA M. JONES, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3787 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2306 North Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-0488/005, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Sandra M. Jones.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, SANDRA M. JONES, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

ROBERT O. GEGUGEIT, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3579 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3313 Hopkins Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C009-0789/008, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Robert O. Gegugeit.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, ROBERT O. GEGUGEIT, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that MONICA GEGUGEIT, who may have an ownership interest in said property, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that BARCLAYS BANK DELAWARE, an entity not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, who may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that ROBERT O. GEGUGEIT, M O N I C A G E G U G E I T, B A R C L AY S BANK DELAWARE, an entity not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 11, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

HARVEY P. GRIFFITH, JR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3308 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3407 Lawson Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S000-2455/011, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Harvey P. Griffith, Jr, Robin G. Emery pka Robin Gale Griffith, and Maverick Wayne Griffith aka Maverick Barkley Griffith.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, HARVEY P. GRIFFITH, JR, ROBIN G. EMERY pka ROBIN GALE GRIFFITH, and MAVERICK WAYNE GRIFFITH aka MAVERICK BARKLEY GRIFFITH, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that HARVEY P. GRIFFITH, JR, ROBIN G. EMERY pka ROBIN GALE GRIFFITH, M AV E R I C K WAY N E GRIFFITH aka MAVERICK BARKLEY GRIFFITH, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 11, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

MICHAEL WAYNE ROBERTSON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3539 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 6116 Swanson Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C007-0224/024, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Michael Wayne Robertson.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, MICHAEL WAYNE ROBERTSON, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that MICHAEL WAYNE ROBERTSON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 11, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

filed a response to this action; that said owner, WILLIAM E. SWEETING, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not been located, and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that GLENN SWEETING, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, WILLIAM E. SWEETING, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 11, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owners, ANTHONY D. DURHAM and KEVIN L. BRYANT, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that THE ASSOCIATES FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY, INC, an entity not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Certificate of Transfer of Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 97-27554 on December 16, 1997, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that RONALD L. FORD, PATRICE D. ANTHONY, ANTHONY D. DURHAM, ANTHONY D. DURHAM and KEVIN L. BRYANT, THE ASSOCIATES FINANCIAL SERVICES COMPANY, INC, an entity not listed in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Certificate of Transfer of Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 9727554 on December 16, 1997, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 11, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

ANTOINE JAMES VAUGHAN, JR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-1597 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 701 Bancroft Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0001155/001, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Antoine James Vaughan, Jr., Sandra A. Vaughan, James Hines, Jr., Nicole Hines and Sabrina Hines,

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, ANTOINE JAMES VAUGHAN, JR, SANDRA A. VAUGHAN, and JAMES HINES, JR, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, NICOLE HINES, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, SABRINA HINES, upon information and belief deceased, or her/his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED t hat AN TO I N E J A M E S VAUGHAN, JR, SANDRA A. VAUGHAN, JAMES HINES, JR, NICOLE HINES, SABRINA HINES, upon information and belief deceased, or her/his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before FEBRUARY 11, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

ALICE FOWLER, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3309 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2303 Rose Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-0488/009, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Alice Fowler, Glennis Fowler, Henry Fowler, Lucille Fowler, Mack Fowler, Matthew Fowler, Samuel Fowler, Thomas Fowler, Viola Fowler, Wilbert Fowler, Wilbur Fowler, William Fowler, Jeanette Baker, Emily N. Glidewell, Kenneth L. Glidewell, Jr., Lucile S. Kee, Berlinda M. Lockley, Alice F. Revins, Glennis Stokes, and Fowler Roofing Construction Company, Inc.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, ALICE FOWLER, GLENNIS FOWLER, HENRY FOWLER, LUCILLE FOWLER, MACK F O W L E R , M AT T H E W FOWLER, SAMUEL FOWLER, THOMAS FOWLER, VIOLA FOWLER, WILBERT FOWLER, WILBUR FOWLER, WILLIAM FOWLER, JEANETTE BAKER, EMILY N. GLIDEWELL, KENNETH L. GLIDEWELL, JR., LUCILE S. KEE, BERLINDA M. LOCKLEY, ALICE F. REVINS, GLENNIS STOKES, and FOWLER ROOFING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC, are to be proceed against by Order of Publication pursuant to Section 8.01-316(A)(3) of the Code of Virginia, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that ALICE FOWLER, GLENNIS FOWLER, HENRY FOWLER, LUCILLE FOWLER, MACK F O W L E R , M AT T H E W FOWLER, SAMUEL FOWLER, THOMAS FOWLER, VIOLA FOWLER, WILBERT FOWLER, WILBUR FOWLER, WILLIAM FOWLER, JEANETTE BAKER, EMILY N. GLIDEWELL, KENNETH L. GLIDEWELL, JR., LUCILE S. KEE, BERLINDA M. LOCKLEY, ALICE F. REVINS, GLENNIS STOKES, and FOWLER ROOFING CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before February 11, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

WILLIAM G. DAVIS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3307 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 207 East 37th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0042766/020, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, William G. Davis.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, WILLIAM G. DAVIS, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that WILLIAM G. DAVIS, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

GLENN SWEETING, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3334 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1711 North 28th Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000951/055, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Glenn Sweeting and William E. Sweeting.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, GLENN SWEETING, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

RONALD L. FORD, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3335 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2924 Grayland Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number W0001280/037, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Ronald L. Ford, Patrice D. Anthony, Anthony D. Durham and Kevin L. Bryant.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, RONALD L. FORD and PATRICE D. ANTHONY, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

CAROLYN LAVERNE BROWN, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3014 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2605 Phaup Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0120291/011, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Carolyn Laverne Brown.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, C A R O LY N L AV E R N E BROWN, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to her last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that C A R O LY N L AV E R N E BROWN, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq.

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City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

DELIA WILEY, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3306 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 110 East 21st Street, Tax Map Number S000-0353/035, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number NESW, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner/s of record, .

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, DELIA WILEY, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that DELIA WILEY, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

SEAN ANTHONY LUMSDEN-COOK, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3245 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 208 Brandon Road, Richmond, Virginia, Map Number C0060354/048, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Sean Anthony LumsdenCook.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, SEAN ANTHONY LUMSDENCOOK, who has/have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that DAVID N. JONES, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 12-21740 on November 1 2012, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that SEAN ANTHONY LUMSDEN-COOK, DAVID N. JONES, Beneficiary of a Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Instrument Number 1221740 on November 1 2012, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

LILLIAN CHAVIS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3310 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 209 Winber Drive, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0042908/014, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Lillian Chavis and Beutel Norwood

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have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, BEUTEL NORWOOD, who has/have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has/have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that LILLIAN CHAVIS, upon information and belief deceased,, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, BEUTEL NORWOOD, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

COLEMAN, KIA COLEMAN, K AT R I N A C . B AT T L E , SHANNON C. WILSON, SHIQUITA REED, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

GLENDA P. WILLIAMS T U N S TA L L , D E V O N O. TUNSTALL, PEGGY T U N S TA L L , D AV I D GRAHAM, and DANNY GRAHAM, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, DARRELL Y. TUNSTALL, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, MARY ANN TUNSTALL, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; that HOUSEHOLD REALTY CORPORATION, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Credit Line Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 221 page 320 on December 1, 1989, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that GLENDA P. WILLIAMS T U N S TA L L , D E V O N O. TUNSTALL, PEGGY T U N S TA L L , D AV I D GRAHAM, DANNY GRAHAM, DARRELL Y. TUNSTALL, MARY ANN TUNSTALL, HOUSEHOLD REALTY CORPORATION, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, Beneficiary of a Credit Line Deed of Trust filed in the records of the Richmond Circuit Court at Deed Book 221 page 320 on December 1, 1989, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that BETTY A. TUCKER, BARBARA T. REDD, JAMES S. TUCKER, JR, BONNIE A. TUCKER, BELINDA C. TUCKER, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

JOHN L. BRICE, JR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-5069 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 417 North 31st Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0000730/025, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, John L. Brice, Jr.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JOHN L. BRICE, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that JOHN L. BRICE, JR, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

OWEN H. COLEMAN, JR, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3017 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 505 Milton Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N000-1365/026, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Owen H. Coleman, Jr, Katrina C. Battle, Jacquelyn C. Harris, Leon Coleman, Eric Coleman, Alan Coleman, Kia Coleman and Shannon C. Wilson aka Shannon L. Wilson.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, OWEN H. COLEMAN, JR, JACQUELYN C. HARRIS, LEON COLEMAN, ERIC COLEMAN, ALAN COLEMAN and KIA COLEMAN who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, KATRINA C. BATTLE, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action; that said owner, SHANNON C. WILSON, is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, and has not filed a response to this action; that SHIQUITA REED, who may be a creditor with an interest in said property, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

ZIMMERMAN REVOCABLE TRUST, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3016 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 908 North 33rd Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E000-0805/016, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Zimmerman Revocable Trust.

An Affidavit having been filed that DAVID WAYNE SCHNEIDER, TRUSTEE of the ZIMMERMAN REVOCABLE TRUST, who has been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to his last known address, has not been personally located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED t h a t D AV I D W AY N E SCHNEIDER, TRUSTEE of the ZIMMERMAN REVOCABLE TRUST, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

WILLIAM L. MORRISON, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2371 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1418 Overlook Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0071230/011, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, William L. Morrison and Melda M. Gammon.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, WILLIAM L. MORRISON and MELDA M. GAMMON, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that WILLIAM L. MORRISON, MELDA M. GAMMON, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

GLENDA P. WILLIAMS TUNSTALL, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3288 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1432 Minefee Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S007-1284/002, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Glenda P. Williams Tunstall, Darrell Y. Tunstall, Devon O. Tunstall, Mary Ann Tunstall, Peggy Tunstall, David Graham and Danny Graham.

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VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

BETTY A. TUCKER, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3015 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1901 North 21st Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0001238/007, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Betty A. Tucker, Barbara T. Redd, James S. Tucker, Jr, Bonnie A. Tucker and Belinda C. Tucker.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, BETTY A. TUCKER, BARBARA T. REDD, JAMES S. TUCKER, JR, BONNIE A. TUCKER, and BELINDA C. TUCKER, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that BETTY A. TUCKER, BARBARA T. REDD, JAMES S. TUCKER, JR, BONNIE A. TUCKER, BELINDA C. TUCKER, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

BETTY A. TUCKER, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3037 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 1903 North 21st Street, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number E0001238/008, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Betty A. Tucker, Barbara T. Redd, James S. Tucker, Jr, Bonnie A. Tucker and Belinda C. Tucker.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, BETTY A. TUCKER, BARBARA T. REDD, JAMES S. TUCKER, JR, BONNIE A. TUCKER, and BELINDA C. TUCKER, who have been served by Continued on next column

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

SAMUEL WHITAKER, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3331 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2207 Warwick Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0071631/017, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owners of record, Samuel Whitaker, John L. Whitaker, Jr, and Brenda Whitaker.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, SAMUEL WHITAKER and JOHN L. WHITAKER, JR, who have been served by posting and by mailing a copy of the complaint to their last known address, have not been personally located and have not filed a response to this action; that said owner, BRENDA WHITAKER, who is not a resident of the Commonwealth of Virginia, has not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that SAMUEL WHITAKER, JOHN L. WHITAKER, JR, BRENDA WHITAKER, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949 VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

OMICRON GROUP, LLC, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-2104 AMENDED ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 2610 Hopkins Road, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number C0090528064, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Omicron Group, LLC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, OMICRON GROUP, LLC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, has not been located and has not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that OMICRON GROUP, LLC, an entity listed as inactive in the records of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before jANUARY 13, 2020 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

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Richmond Free Press

B6 December 3-5, 2020

Sports Plus

Todd Bowles

Byron Leftwich

Keith Armstrong

Lori Locust

Maral Javadifer

Tampa Bay Buccaneers make league history with 3 Black coaching coordinators

By Fred Jeter

If there was an NFL award for coaching diversity, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers would be a leading contender.

The Buccaneers are the first in league history to have three Black coordinators. Also, the team has two females in physically demanding positions normally associated with men.

The plan to stray from the norm seems to be working for head Coach Bruce Arians and his Hall of Fame quarterback in the making, Tom Brady.

The Bucs entered their Nov. 29 game against the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs with a 7-4 record and a solid shot at their first playoff berth since 2007.

Lori Locust — Assistant defensive line coach: The 54-yearold Philadelphia native is a former athlete at Temple University, same as Coach Arians. She previously coached football at the high school and “semi-pro” levels.

Maral Javadifer — Assistant strength and conditioning coach: The 31-year-old native of Flushing, N.Y., is a former basketball standout at Pace University in New York.

The spotlight will fall more and more on the Bucs’ diversity should the team continue toward the playoffs and make a postseason run.

A possible home-field advantage is an enticing carrot to chase. The Super Bowl is set for Feb. 7 at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa.

These are the faces of diversity on the Bucs’ coaching roster. All three coordinators are in their first season with Tampa Bay. Todd Bowles — Defensive coordinator: The 57-year-old native of Elizabeth, N.J., played in the NFL as a safety from 1986 to 1997 and was head coach of the New York Jets from 2015 to 2018.

Byron Leftwich — Offensive coordinator: The 40-year-old from Washington, D.C., was an NFL quarterback 2003 to 2017.

He was previously an assistant coach with Arizona.

Keith Armstrong — Special teams coordinator: From Trenton, N.J., the 56-year-old Armstrong played at Temple University and has served as a coaching aide with Atlanta, Chicago and Miami.

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RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

JOSEPHINE W. LEWIS, et al, Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-3077 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3214 Dill Avenue, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number N0001078/006, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the name of the owner of record, Josephine W. Lewis.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owner, JOSEPHINE W. LEWIS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action, and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that JOSEPHINE W. LEWIS, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

name of the owners of record, Henry T. Carter and Mattie M. Carter.

An Affidavit having been filed that said owners, HENRY T. CARTER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and MATTIE M. CARTER, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, have not been located and have not filed a response to this action; and that any heirs, devisees, assignees, successors in interest, successors in title and/or any creditors with a current or future interest in said property, have not been identified and/or served despite diligent efforts to do so and are defendants to this suit by the general description of “Parties Unknown.”

IT IS ORDERED that HENRY T. CARTER, upon information and belief deceased, or his heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, MATTIE M. CARTER, upon information and belief deceased, or her heirs, devisees, assignees or successors in interest, and Parties Unknown, come forward to appear on or before JANUARY 13, 2021 and do what is necessary to protect their interests in this matter.

An Extract, Teste: Edward F. Jewett, Clerk Gregory A. Lukanuski, Esq. City of Richmond, Office of the City Attorney 900 E. Broad Street Richmond, VA 23219 804-646-7949

VIRGINIA: IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE CITY OF RICHMOND JOHN MARSHALL COURTS BUILDING CITY OF RICHMOND, Plaintiff, v.

HENRY T. CARTER, et al.

Defendants.

Case No.: CL20-5338 ORDER OF PUBLICATION

The object of this suit is to subject the property briefly described as 3609 Midlothian Turnpike, Richmond, Virginia, Tax Map Number S0002466/031, to sale in order to collect delinquent real estate taxes assessed thereon in the

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The Virginia Economic Development Partnership is seeking an Associate Business Manager to provide professional services to the Business Investment team to successfully locate economic development projects in Virginia and expand ĞdžŝƐƟŶŐ ďƵƐŝŶĞƐƐĞƐ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ ŽŵŵŽŶǁĞĂůƚŚ͘

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The Virginia Economic Development Partnership ;s WͿ ŝƐ ƐĞĞŬŝŶŐ Ă ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ EĞƚǁŽƌŬ ŶŐŝŶĞĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ Ă ƐƚƌŽŶŐ ďĂĐŬŐƌŽƵŶĚ ŝŶ Ă ďŽƚŚ DŝĐƌŽƐŽŌ ŽŶͲƉƌĞŵŝƐĞ ĂŶĚ ĐůŽƵĚͲďĂƐĞĚ KĸĐĞ ϯϲϱ ĂŶĚ njƵƌĞ ĞŶǀŝƌŽŶŵĞŶƚƐ͘ dŚŝƐ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂů ǁŝůů ĂƐƐŝƐƚ ƚŚĞ EĞƚǁŽƌŬ DĂŶĂŐĞƌ ǁŝƚŚ Ăůů ĂƐƉĞĐƚƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ĂŐĞŶĐLJ͛Ɛ ƚĞĐŚŶŽůŽŐLJ ƉůĂƞŽƌŵƐ ŝŶĐůƵĚŝŶŐ ŶĞƚǁŽƌŬ ĚĞƐŝŐŶ ĂŶĚ ƉůĂŶŶŝŶŐ͕ ƐĞĐƵƌŝƚLJ ŝŵƉůĞŵĞŶƚĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƌĞǀŝĞǁ͕ ĚĂƚĂ ƌĞƚĞŶƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĐŽǀĞƌLJ͕ ĂŶĚ client support and training.

All candidates must apply through our ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ ŚƚƚƉƐ͗ͬ​ͬǁǁǁ͘ǀĞĚƉ͘ŽƌŐͬĂďŽƵƚͲǀĞĚƉ͘ ^ĂůĂƌLJ ŵŝŶŝŵƵŵ͗ ΨϳϬ͕ϬϬϬ͘ ƉƉůŝĐĂƚŝŽŶ ĚĞĂĚůŝŶĞ͗ KƉĞŶ hŶƚŝů &ŝůůĞĚ͘ All applicants are considered for employment ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƌĞŐĂƌĚ ƚŽ ƌĂĐĞ͕ ƐĞdž͕ ĐŽůŽƌ͕ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŽƌŝŐŝŶ͕ ƌĞůŝŐŝŽŶ͕ ĂŐĞ͕ ǀĞƚĞƌĂŶ ƐƚĂƚƵƐ͕ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĂĸůŝĂƟŽŶ͕ ŐĞŶĞƟĐƐ͕ Žƌ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ŽƚŚĞƌǁŝƐĞ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĚŝƐĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ s W͛Ɛ intent that its employment and personnel ƉŽůŝĐŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐ ĐŽŶĨŽƌŵ ƚŽ Ăůů ĂƉƉůŝĐĂďůĞ ĨĞĚĞƌĂů͕ ƐƚĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ůŽĐĂů ůĂǁƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŐƵůĂƟŽŶƐ ƌĞŐĂƌĚŝŶŐ ŶŽŶͲĚŝƐĐƌŝŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĂĸƌŵĂƟǀĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ͘ ƉƉůŝĐĂŶƚƐ ƌĞƋƵŝƌŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ Žƌ ƌĞƋƵŝƌŝŶŐ ĂƐƐŝƐƚĂŶĐĞ ŵĂLJ ĐŽŶƚĂĐƚ s W Human Resources at 1-804-545-5634 or ǀĞĚƉŚƌΛLJĞƐǀŝƌŐŝŶŝĂ͘ŽƌŐ͘ d ϭͲϴϬϬͲϴϮϴͲϭϭϮϬ

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The Virginia Talent Accelerator Program is ƐĞĞŬŝŶŐ ĂŶ /ŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶĂů ĞƐŝŐŶĞƌ ƚŽ ŚĞůƉ create highly customized and engaging training ĚĞůŝǀĞƌĂďůĞƐ ĂƐ ƉĂƌƚ ŽĨ Ă ŶĞǁ ǁŽƌůĚͲĐůĂƐƐ dĂůĞŶƚ ^ŽůƵƟŽŶƐ ŝǀŝƐŝŽŶ ǁŝƚŚŝŶ s W͘ KƉĞƌĂƚĞĚ ďLJ ƚŚĞ sŝƌŐŝŶŝĂ ĐŽŶŽŵŝĐ ĞǀĞůŽƉŵĞŶƚ WĂƌƚŶĞƌƐŚŝƉ ;s WͿ͕ ƚŚĞ sŝƌŐŝŶŝĂ dĂůĞŶƚ ĐĐĞůĞƌĂƚŽƌ ƉƌŽǀŝĚĞƐ ĨƵůůLJ ĐƵƐƚŽŵŝnjĞĚ ƚĂůĞŶƚ ĂĐƋƵŝƐŝƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ƐŽůƵƟŽŶƐ Ăƚ ŶŽ ĐŽƐƚ ƚŽ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ ŶĞǁ ĂŶĚ ĞdžƉĂŶĚŝŶŐ ĐŽŵƉĂŶŝĞƐ ĂƐ ĂŶ ŝŶĐĞŶƟǀĞ ĨŽƌ ũŽď ĐƌĞĂƟŽŶ͘

ůů ĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞƐ ŵƵƐƚ ƐƵďŵŝƚ Ă ƌĞƐƵŵĞ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŽƵƌ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ ŚƩƉƐ͗ͬ​ͬǁǁǁ͘ǀĞĚƉ͘ŽƌŐͬĂďŽƵƚͲǀĞĚƉ͘ ƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ĚĞĂĚůŝŶĞ͗ ĞĐĞŵďĞƌ ϭϭ͕ ϮϬϮϬ͘

ůů ĐĂŶĚŝĚĂƚĞƐ ŵƵƐƚ ĂƉƉůLJ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ŽƵƌ ǁĞďƐŝƚĞ ŚƩƉƐ͗ͬ​ͬǁǁǁ͘ǀĞĚƉ͘ŽƌŐͬĂďŽƵƚͲǀĞĚƉ͘ ǀĂůŝĚ sŝƌŐŝŶŝĂ ĚƌŝǀĞƌ͛Ɛ ůŝĐĞŶƐĞ ŝƐ ƌĞƋƵŝƌĞĚ͘ ƉƉůŝĐĂƟŽŶ ĚĞĂĚůŝŶĞ͗ KƉĞŶ hŶƟů &ŝůůĞĚ͘

VEDP is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants are considered for employment ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƌĞŐĂƌĚ ƚŽ ƌĂĐĞ͕ ƐĞdž͕ ĐŽůŽƌ͕ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŽƌŝŐŝŶ͕ ƌĞůŝŐŝŽŶ͕ ĂŐĞ͕ ǀĞƚĞƌĂŶ ƐƚĂƚƵƐ͕ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĂĸůŝĂƟŽŶ͕ ŐĞŶĞƟĐƐ͕ Žƌ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ŽƚŚĞƌǁŝƐĞ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĚŝƐĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ s W͛Ɛ intent that its employment and personnel ƉŽůŝĐŝĞƐ ĂŶĚ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐ ĐŽŶĨŽƌŵ ƚŽ Ăůů ĂƉƉůŝĐĂďůĞ ĨĞĚĞƌĂů͕ ƐƚĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ůŽĐĂů ůĂǁƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŐƵůĂƟŽŶƐ ƌĞŐĂƌĚŝŶŐ ŶŽŶͲĚŝƐĐƌŝŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĂĸƌŵĂƟǀĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ͘ ƉƉůŝĐĂŶƚƐ ƌĞƋƵŝƌŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ Žƌ requiring assistance may contact VEDP Human Resources at 1-804-545-5634 or vedphr@vedp. org. TDD 1-800-828-1120.

VEDP is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All applicants are considered for employment ǁŝƚŚŽƵƚ ƌĞŐĂƌĚ ƚŽ ƌĂĐĞ͕ ƐĞdž͕ ĐŽůŽƌ͕ ŶĂƟŽŶĂů ŽƌŝŐŝŶ͕ ƌĞůŝŐŝŽŶ͕ ĂŐĞ͕ ǀĞƚĞƌĂŶ ƐƚĂƚƵƐ͕ ƉŽůŝƟĐĂů ĂĸůŝĂƟŽŶ͕ ŐĞŶĞƟĐƐ͕ Žƌ ĂŐĂŝŶƐƚ ŽƚŚĞƌǁŝƐĞ ƋƵĂůŝĮĞĚ ŝŶĚŝǀŝĚƵĂůƐ ǁŝƚŚ ĚŝƐĂďŝůŝƟĞƐ͘ /ƚ ŝƐ s W͛Ɛ ŝŶƚĞŶƚ that its employment and personnel policies ĂŶĚ ƉƌĂĐƟĐĞƐ ĐŽŶĨŽƌŵ ƚŽ Ăůů ĂƉƉůŝĐĂďůĞ ĨĞĚĞƌĂů͕ ƐƚĂƚĞ ĂŶĚ ůŽĐĂů ůĂǁƐ ĂŶĚ ƌĞŐƵůĂƟŽŶƐ ƌĞŐĂƌĚŝŶŐ ŶŽŶͲĚŝƐĐƌŝŵŝŶĂƟŽŶ ĂŶĚ ĂĸƌŵĂƟǀĞ ĂĐƟŽŶ͘ ƉƉůŝĐĂŶƚƐ ƌĞƋƵŝƌŝŶŐ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽƌŵĂƟŽŶ Žƌ requiring assistance may contact VEDP Human Resources at 1-804-545-5634 or vedphr@vedp. org. TDD 1-800-828-1120.

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