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Resident urges council to reject funding request for NRCA ‘212’ eight-unit project over high per-unit cost
Summary
A Radford resident told the council that New River Community Action’s eight-unit ‘212’ project seeks $2.16 million for phase 1 and shows per-unit and per-square-foot costs far above regional averages; councilors said the funding application appears to be with the state DHCD and they will investigate.
Keith Weltons, a Radford resident, business owner and property owner, used the public‑comment period to press the City Council to reconsider support for New River Community Action’s (NRCA) so‑called “212” project, an eight‑unit conversion at 3rd Avenue. Weltons said NRCA’s Phase 1 request to state sources is $2,155,842 and described the project as “set to be one of, if not the most, expensive per square foot project in the history of Radford.”
Weltons provided a line‑by‑line accounting he said came from NRCA’s application: Phase‑1 work totals $2,958,000; the second‑story eight‑room remodel…
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