President Hakim J. Lucas used Virginia Union University’s Founders Day celebrations to announce a partnership with a New York-based development and investment firm to build affordable housing along Brook and Overbrook Roads. The Steinbridge Group has committed $42 million to build 130-200 residences on the northern edge of VUU’s campus. From left, Leonard Sledge, City of Richmond, City Council Vice President Ann-Frances Lambert, Steinbridge Group Founding Partner and CEO Tawan Davis, VUU Board Chair W. Franklyn Richardson, COO of Student Freedom Initiative Keith Shoates, and VUU President Hakim Lucas.
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Community rallies to preserve historic Black hospital
Richmonders will rally for an important symbol of the city’s Black history Sunday afternoon at the former Richmond Community Hospital on Overbrook Road. Virginia Union University, a historically Black university which owns the former hospital, plans to demolish the historic building and replace it with housing.
