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The Richmond City Council adopted a new General Plan 2030 to guide
the City's sustainable growth and development. While General Plans are
required by the State of California to contain seven elements, the City
of Richmond's General Plan contains 15 elements addressing land use,
economic development, housing, transportation, climate change, public
safety, arts and culture, and open space conservation strategies.
Additionally, the City of Richmond is one of the first cities in the
country to include a comprehensive element dedicated to community health
and wellness.
The Richmond City Council adopted a new General Plan 2030
to guide the City's sustainable growth and development. The General
Plan provides a comprehensive framework for developing a healthy city
and healthy neighborhoods. While General Plans are required by the
State of California to contain seven elements, the City of Richmond's
General Plan contains 15 elements addressing land use, economic
development, housing, transportation, climate change, public safety,
arts and culture, and open space conservation strategies. Additionally,
the City of Richmond is one of the first cities in the country to
include a comprehensive element dedicated to community health and
wellness.
The General Plan accommodates open space and increased access to
public parks as well as growth in mixed-use, high-density infill
development around the City's intermodal transit center and along its
key commercial and transit corridors - Priority Development Areas. The
General Plan also articulates a vision for revitalizing Richmond's
Southern Gateway area anchored by the Richmond Field Station site, which
is the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory's preferred site for their second campus.
The new General Plan's community health and wellness policies are
extraordinarily innovative and are being implemented with support from The California Endowment.
"Richmond residents deserve recognition for adding a health component
to their General Plan," said Tony Iton, MD, JD, MPH senior vice
president of The California Endowment. "Such an effort can improve
community safety and health, which will help build a stronger, more
vibrant Richmond."
"The City of Richmond is proud to have a General Plan that contains
innovative policies to improve community health and wellness by
increasing access to recreational activities, healthy food, medical
services, public transportation, affordable housing, economic
opportunities, safe neighborhoods, and improved environmental quality,"
said Bill Lindsay, city manager.
Richmond is an important industrial, commercial, transportation,
shipping, and government center. Richmond boasts 32 miles of shoreline,
the most of any city in the San Francisco Bay Area.
For additional information, please visit:
www.cityofrichmondgeneralplan.org
www.ci.richmond.ca.us/lbnl
www.richmondhealth.org
www.richmondenvironment.org
For the original version on PRWeb visit: www.prweb.com/releases/prweb2012/4/prweb9453661.htm
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