I ditched out on the Style Weekly reception early to head over to the Downtown Master Plan meeting. Last time we tried to do this thing the Free Press criticized the meeting for being a “sea of whiteness.” Something they did nothing to alleviate before hand, btw. It’s not like they run a paper widely read by black people in the city or anything.

Last night’s meeting, less snarkily summarized by John, was a boring rehash of the first couple of meetings. To be completely honest Valerie and I ducked out to get some coffee and then came back. But hey whatever, a packed room of people got to hear a refreshing and good plan for Richmond’s future — never a bad thing.

The best part of the night was the hour of Q&A moderated by DCD’s Rachel Flynn. Next time I’d love to see two hours of Q&A and one hour of powerpoint — especially if I’ve already seen the powerpoint two times before.