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File #: ORD. 2025-249    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Consent Agenda
File created: 7/27/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/8/2025 Final action:
Title: To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to enter into the Twenty-Eighth Commercial Area Revitalization Effort Program Cooperation Agreement between the City of Richmond, Virginia, and the Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond for the purpose of providing for the operation of the Commercial Area Revitalization Effort ("CARE") Program.
Patrons: Mayor Avula
Attachments: 1. Ord. No. 2025-249
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To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, to enter into the Twenty-Eighth Commercial Area Revitalization Effort Program Cooperation Agreement between the City of Richmond, Virginia, and the Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond for the purpose of providing for the operation of the Commercial Area Revitalization Effort ("CARE") Program.
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THE CITY OF RICHMOND HEREBY ORDAINS:

? 1. That the Chief Administrative Officer, for and on behalf of the City of Richmond, be and is hereby authorized to enter into the Twenty-Eighth Commercial Area Revitalization Effort Program Cooperation Agreement between the City of Richmond, Virginia, and the Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond for the purpose of providing for the operation of the Commercial Area Revitalization Effort ("CARE") Program. Such agreement shall be approved as to form by the City Attorney and shall be substantially in the form of the document attached to this ordinance.
? 2. This ordinance shall be in force and effect upon adoption.

City of Richmond
Intracity Correspondence


O&R Transmittal

DATE: August 28, 2025

TO: The Honorable Members of City Council
THROUGH: The Honorable Dr. Danny Avula, Mayor
THROUGH: Odie Donald, Chief Administrative Officer
THROUGH: Sharon Ebert, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer
FROM: Angie Rodgers, Director, Department of Economic Development
RE: Authorization of Twenty-eighth CARE Cooperation Agreement
ORD. OR RES. No.

PURPOSE: To authorize the Chief Administrative Officer to enter into the Twenty-seventh CARE Cooperation Agreement with the Economic Development Authority of the City of Richmond (EDA) for the purpose of administering the CARE Program.

BACKGROUND: The Commercial Area Revitalization Effort (CARE) Program was established in 1992 by the Department of Economic Development, as a comprehensive program for revitalizing the Hull Street commercial corridor betw...

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