Fire Department mum about plans for training site
4/20/2023, 6 p.m.
The Richmond Fire Department apparently will have to find another location for its planned fire training facility.
City Council appears to have accepted the Planning Com- mission’s April 3 recommendation to reject a plan to install the new training center on 2 acres of lawn at the Hickory Hill Community Center in South Side.
Council has not placed the commission’s recommendation on its agenda for reconsideration, which would allow it to stand.
The department has remained mum about its plans for the training facility since the commission’s vote. The department has said that it needs a new facility to replace a decaying building in Sandston that has been partially condemned and otherwise deemed unfit for use.
