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September 2020 Newsletter in This Issue Community September 2020 Newsletter In This Issue Cover Photo by: Patricia Munford Letter from the Vice President page 5 Parks Committees Contacts List page 21 CHA 2021 Board Nominations page 10 Meeting Reports The Jefferson page 23 Ave Ravine page 16 Church Hill Contacts List Action in page 26 Church Hill Parks page 20 CHA Membership Application page 27 Editorial Policy: Submissions for inclusion to the Church Hill Association’s newsletter are welcomed. Editorial Policy does not allow for personal attacks or inappropriate tone, profanity, or anonymous submissions. Submissions may be edited for space and editorials should not exceed 250 words. CHA will not print editorial letters that are abusive or non-truthful. It is only as a courtesy that we may occasionally print letters from non members when they add value to the conversation. Final approval of all submissions rests with the Board of Directors. 2 Church Hill Association Meetings & Notices CHA of RVA Mission CHA Membership Meeting “Preserving our history and Tuesday, September 15, 7:00 p.m. via creating our community’s video. CHA Members will receive a video future.” link via email. CHA of RVA Purpose The purpose of this organization shall be Transportation Committee Meeting to advance our greater Thursday, September 24, 7:00 p.m. Church Hill community’s via video. collective quality of life through educational and charitable activities. CHA Board of Directors Meeting Areas in which the Thursday, October 1, 6:00 p.m. Association will focus its educational and charitable via video. activities include, but are not limited to, the community’s infrastructure, Historic Preservation and Land Use development, historic Committee Meeting preservation, health Thursday, October 1, and safety, community via video. amenities, youth and education, and the general common good. CHA Membership Meeting Tuesday, October 20, 7:00 p.m. via video. CHA Members will receive a video link via email. Do you get the monthly CHA Newsletter delivered to your door? If you do, great! If you don’t, would you consider becoming a Block Captain and helping us distribute to your neighbors? If you’re interested, please contact Beth Hendricks, newsletter editor, at [email protected], or Tom and Eileen Sanders, newsletter distributors, at [email protected] What does Church Hill look like to you? Send images to: [email protected] All Committee and Board meetings are open to the public and all are welcome and encouraged to come, listen, learn and connect. The Chairs of the meetings are in charge of the agenda, and outside presentations should be cleared with them in advance. September 2020 3 For more information on Board of Directors joining the CHA, please see our website at: President Vice President churchhill.org or fill out the application included Alli Alligood Eddie Fendley in this publication. [email protected] [email protected] Secretary Assistant Secretary Jon Wood Mary Lorino [email protected] [email protected] Treasurer Assistant Treasurer Allie Wine [email protected] [email protected] Directors at Large Pam Lipscombe Audrey Auyeung Chris Houlihan Debra Melisi, Past President Committee Chairs and Other Volunteers Church Hill Planters Ad Sales Coordinator Historic Preservation and Land Use Coqui Macdonald Celeste Deal John Sieg, Co-Chair (804) 644-1347 [email protected] [email protected] David Herring, Co-Chair Transportation Committee Content Editor [email protected] Eddie Fendley Beth Hendricks [email protected] [email protected] Graphic Designer Helana Franz Viewshed Committee Membership Coordinators [email protected] Beth & Chris Houlihan Eugenia Anderson-Ellis [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Outreach Committee Parks Committee Diana Miller Barbara Cotter [email protected] [email protected] Lead Newsletter Distribution Hospitality Committee South: Tom & Eileen Sanders Hannah Zaino (804) 625-9693 [email protected] North: Sandra Horton (804) 780-1641 4 Church Hill Association Letter from the Vice President Eddie Fendley Housing Variety Is Another Reason to Love Church Hill Vice President, CHA of RVA 2020 As residents, we can confirm it as fact: Church Hill is Richmond’s best neighborhood. It is a matter of opinion, though, as to what makes our community With our hard-working so great. neighbor and CHA President Alli Alligood My own list of favorites includes the ease of walking and biking, plenty of rescue taking a deserved break, dogs, our historic staircases and that each climb gives me an otherwise rare we invited CHA Vice frisson of intrigue, and caring people who help each other during tough times like President Eddie Fendley these. to make some comments this month. But what if today, I had to pick one thing that’s on my mind and makes us special? That would be Church Hill’s huge range in type of homes. Within one block of our own home in the 500 block of North 29th Street I can see: • Corner apartments above retail • Detached single-family homes • Attached single-family homes • Mid-block four-square apartments • Garden apartments • Duplexes • Cozy-looking accessory dwellings • New homes • Old and historic homes The magic of this housing variety is that it makes for a variety of housing size, age, and price – and therefore helps attract a variety of people. Some of us have smaller places. Some, bigger. Some of us own our home. Some of us rent. Some of us have roommates or family members. Some of us live on our own. Some of us have modest incomes. Some have more. This variety of places and people is unlike what I saw when I grew up in the suburbs. Like a lot of those places, mine had one type of housing: big and detached. Not surprisingly, this meant the neighborhood generally had one type of resident. For any number or reasons – including ones brought forward by the nation’s reckoning for social justice, as well as the challenges of the pandemic – it’s clear to me that community diversity has the potential to make communities stronger. I’m not saying Church Hill is perfect. Like pretty much everywhere in our country, we have a long way to go before everyone feels fully welcomed and safe here and across the city. But I do think that our diversity of housing promotes a variety of people, and helps to make us more inclusive. And that’s a good thing. I hope you join me in being proud of that, as we welcome and cherish all of us who live as neighbors in Church Hill. September 2020 5 #ReopenWithLove ● ● ● ● ● ● 6 Church Hill Association #ReopenWithLove ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ ➔ ❏ ➔ ❏ ➔ ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ ❏ September 2020 7 Church Hill Real Estate Market Report Affordable Housing in the City of Richmond - What is a Land Bank? Affordable housing is a subject that is multifaceted and a term that Richmond residents should start to understand if they don’t already. With house prices steadily going up, buyers moving in from other parts of the country, and generally low inventory, the subject is very relevant here. As Richmond continues to grow, it should keep focus on housing affordability, both with rentals and home ownership. Private development alone will not fix the affordable housing issue. What is Richmond and Virginia doing to ensure we don’t have a housing crisis comparable to Portland or Oakland? One thing that the General Assembly done to try to help develop affordable housing options is passing the Land Bank Entities Act. 1. What is a Land Bank? In Richmond, the purpose of land bank is to obtain neglected (often tax delinquent) properties that would otherwise be auctioned to the highest bidder, obtain community feedback on its best development, and develop the property in a way that will most benefit the community and provide affordable home solutions if that is the appropriate development plan for the property. 2. How does a land bank acquire property? Richmond Land Bank acquires property through an agreement with the city. Rather than putting certain properties up for auction, they are sold directly to the land bank who then collects feedback from the community on best development purpose and quotes from organizations for the development. This does not happen often, only occasionally. Most tax delinquent properties are still auctioned to the highest bidder. 3. Who is Richmond Land Bank? Richmond Land Bank is a Division of Maggie Walker Community Land Trust. It has a board of community-minded members as well as a Citizen’s Advisory Panel. The purpose of Richmond Land Bank is to create equitable opportunities for land development and investment. 4. What does Maggie Walker Community Land Trust do? The process is fairly simple. If a home is built on a Maggie Walker Community Land Trust property, an approved homebuyer (there are income restrictions) may buy the home, but the land remains with MWCLT. The home is sold for an affordable price, typically below market value. When that homeowner is ready to sell their investment, they agree to sell at an affordable price based on the increase of the Richmond Region AMI (Average Median Income). These steps seek to maintain affordability while allowing a lower income household to gain equity and wealth through homeownership. Do you think a Land Bank and the Community Land Trust seem like a good way to develop neglected property in our communities, or unsure? Read their full plan by going to richmondlandbank.com/the-plan Other Market Facts* ⌂ 2020 YTD Median Sale Price: $282,500 ⌂ 2019 YTD Median Sale Price: $278,000 ⌂ 2020 YTD Median Days on Market: 18 ⌂ 2019 Median Days on Market: 14 ⌂ 2020 YTD Median OLP to SP: 98.68% ⌂ 2019 Median OLP to SP: 98.49% ⌂ Current Active Median Price: $304,950 ⌂ 2019 New Listings YTD: 345 | # Sales YTD: 244 ⌂ Current Active Median DOM: 40 ⌂ 2020 New Listings YTD: 291 | # Sales YTD: 195 *Criteria: 23223 in school zones Bellevue, Chimborazo, and George Mason.
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