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Residents urge council to adopt Cultural Heritage Stewardship Plan, say Planning Commission blocked public input
Summary
Speakers at Richmond City Council public comment called for adoption of the Cultural Heritage Stewardship Plan and criticized the Planning Commission’s May 20 review for denying public testimony at an anticipated public hearing.
Multiple community members addressed the Richmond City Council during public comment to urge adoption of the Cultural Heritage Stewardship Plan (CHSP) as an addendum to Richmond 300 and to ask council to direct the Planning Commission to re‑review the plan in good faith.
Doreen Fleming, representing the Descendants Council of Greater Richmond, said her organization and families who contributed to the plan support its adoption. “We have come here today to express our full support for the adoption of this plan,” Fleming told council, noting the plan’s community‑based strategies — archaeological and architectural surveys, oral histories and historical marker initiatives — to protect Black cemeteries, buildings and cultural sites.
Peyton Young, a…
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