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• Push for slavery museum in Richmond is renewed

  Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 03/05/2010 05:01 am

  The Richmond Slave Trail Commission is ready to take the initial steps to develop an African-American heritage district and slavery museum in Shockoe Bottom. The commission voted yesterday to seek ...

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• Panel takes steps toward Richmond slavery museum

  Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 03/05/2010 12:22 am

  RICHMOND, Va.—The Richmond Slave Trail Commission is ready to take the initial steps to develop an African-American heritage district and slavery museum in Shockoe Bottom. The commission voted today to ...

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• 'Connecticut' Finds a Home

  richmond.com | 02/17/2010 10:28 am

  The Richmond Braves' statue will be moving to the Lucky Strike building in Shockoe Bottom.

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• Richmond stepping up economic development strategy

  Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 02/14/2010 05:01 am

  Richmond Mayor Dwight C. Jones said he’s ready to get serious about economic development in the city, particularly in Shockoe Bottom. That’s where the new Department of Economic and Community ...

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• Richmond to install 16 markers on slave trail

  Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 02/14/2010 05:01 am

  The Richmond Slave Trail will soon be more than a worn path and a series of dots and lines on a map. This fall, the city plans to install 16 ...

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• Richmond looking beyond its slave-trading past

  Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 01/24/2010 05:01 am

  At what is now a parking lot north of Main Street Station, Robert Lumpkin’s jail held tens of thousands of Africans who were whipped and sold if they survived the ...

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• Mayor favors high speed rail over bus transfer station

  River District | 12/20/2009 05:54 pm

  As GRTC continues to push for a bus transfer station at Main Street Station, the RTD reports that Mayor Jones is cautious that it might interfere with high speed rail.  ...

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• Jones cautious on bus-transfer plan in Shockoe Bottom

  Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 12/20/2009 05:01 am

  The GRTC Transit System said it wants to show how a bus-transfer center can fit with high-speed rail at Richmond’s Main Street Station, but Mayor Dwight C. Jones remains cautious. ...

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• Region pushes Senate to increase rail funding

  WWBT 12 News | 12/10/2009 12:19 am

  The region is asking the U.S. Senate to get on-board with spending more money on high speed rail. Area leaders gathered today at the Main Street Station to urge the ...

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• Black pickup truck sought in Richmond hit-and-run

  Local News from Richmond-Times Dispatch | 10/26/2009 05:01 am

  Richmond police are looking for a black pickup truck believed to have been involved in a hit-and-run yesterday in Shockoe Bottom. Police said the truck struck a couple crossing East ...

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• Outdoor Dining Guide Slideshow

  

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• A Dose of Perspective

  

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