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Building a Connected City
from Budget in Brief
by rva.gov
Parks, Recreation, Community Facilities
The city continues to invest in community spaces to ensure meeting and gathering places to support vibrant neighborhoods. Community facilities offer an array of recreational, cultural, and service opportunities. To expand these services:
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$6.0 million is included to build the Southside Community Center.
$1.0 million for building and facility maintenance in parks, recreation, and community centers, and $200,000 to the Office of Children and Families to help close the accessibility gap for out-of-school time youth programs.
$2.0 million is included for the development of the Enslaved African Heritage Campus at Shockoe Bottom, for the purpose of acquiring land for, planning, designing, and constructing a multi-use enslaved African cultural and heritage park-like campus.
$200,000 to revamp and revive the History and Culture Commission. The commission’ s early work will center around memorializing enslaved African heritage and assisting the work of the Monument Avenue Commission.
