Richmond 300 Team

Richmond 300: A Guide for Growth is being developed with many voices. 

The final Richmond 300 document will be presented to the City Planning Commission and City Council for their approval and adoption. For more about the process and community engagement, visit the process section and the Community Consultation section of this website.

The City Planning Commission (CPC) is responsible for the conduct of planning relating to the orderly growth and development of the city. It is the duty of the Commission to make and adopt a Master Plan that guides coordinated and harmonious development of the city. The nine-member CPC will oversee the development of Richmond 300, provide comments throughout the update process, and ultimately approve the final document. Two members of the CPC serve on the Richmond 300 Advisory Council.

The Richmond City Council has final approval of Richmond 300.  A member of City Council also sits on the City Planning Commission.

The Dept. of Planning and Development Review (PDR) is the City Department in charge of updating and maintaining the city-wide Master Plan. As such, PDR is managing the Richmond 300 process:

Project Director: Mark A. Olinger, Director, Dept. of Planning and Development Review

Engagement: Marianne Pitts, Special Assistant to the Director, Dept. of Planning and Development Review

Staff: many PDR staff are assisting with the Richmond 300 project, including, but not limited to the following:

Janell Baker 

Engagement Team: These community members assist PDR with outreach in traditionally under-represented communities.

The Technical Team provides input on technical issues and provides input on interim work products. This team plays a critical role in integrating existing City plans and polices, collecting baseline conditions data, and providing input to shape interim work products. The Technical Team comprises of City staff from multiple City departments as well as staff from quasi-public non-City entities:

The Advisory Council is an adhoc sub-committee of the City Planning Commission. The Advisory Team serves as: 1)  A sounding board to help shape the content of Richmond 300; and 2) Liaisons to the community at large by helping to build awareness of and participating in the plan update process. All Advisory Council meetings are open to the public - learn more about the meetings here: www.richmond300.com/advisory.

Advisory Council Members:

Jonathan Bibbs 

The Working Groups are topic-specific groups charged with creating the initial recommendations for Richmond 300, which are vetted and amended by the community at-large during public meetings in September and October 2019. The Working Groups met from February to July 2019 with 297 people attending 15 meetings over the 6 month period - many people attending multiple meetings for a total of 693 meeting visits. Each Working Group was co-chaired by members of the Advisory Council and the Technical Team and at-large members as well (see full list below). All the meeting were open to the public. The meetings materials can be found here: www.richmond300.com/workinggroups

Land Use Working Group Members:

Andrea Almond 

Transportation Working Group Members:

Jakob Helmbolt  

Economic Development Working Group Members:

Paul McClellan 

Housing Working Group Members:

Latoya Gray 

Environment Working Group Members:

Brianne Mullen