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Mayor Johnson outlines housing projects, bond authorization and Dogwood Terrace demolition plans
Summary
In the State of the City address Mayor Garner L. Johnson highlighted 2024–2025 housing actions including public housing transitions at Dogwood Terrace, a $63 million Villages at Meadowbrook first phase, authorization for $50 million in tax-exempt bonds to renovate Bon Air and Richmond Summit, and a $20 million Lennox mixed-use rental project.
Mayor Garner L. Johnson used the State of the City address to summarize housing and neighborhood development moves through 2024 and plans for 2025, citing public-housing transitions, bond authorizations, and private development projects intended to add hundreds of units.
The mayor said residents of Dogwood Terrace (formerly Southside Terrace) began transitioning to other public housing units or receiving Section 8 vouchers; remaining residents are scheduled to move out by March and demolition of Dogwood Terrace is expected to begin this summer. She noted a new phase of Walton Green opened in May, creating additional public and market-rate housing.
The address recapped an…
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