Arts District To Be Established Tonight?

In addition to food trucks, another big ticket item will be voted on at tonight's City Council Formal Session.  Council will vote on whether to designate the area on Granby St. north of Brambleton Ave. on Granby St. (known as D-4) as the Downtown Arts and Design District revising an out of date city ordinance to promote development in the area.

Since Better Block wrapped up last month, arts district proponents, city planners and the surrounding civic leagues have been busy taking the lessons learned from the successful weekend event and incorporated them into a revised ordinance.

The proposed Arts District takes the entire area north of Brambleton Ave. all the way west towards Harrison Opera House, the Chrysler Museum and the Chrysler Glass Studio, already popular art attractions.

According to the proposed zoning ordinance, "In order to confirm Norfolk as preeminent regional center for the visual, performing, and design arts, the D-4 Downtown Arts and Design District includes a variety of uses designed to support creativity, skill and talent in fine arts, creative arts, advertising, architecture, antiques, culinary arts, crafts, design, fashion, live performance, music, publishing, radio and television."

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