RICHMOND, Va. — Richmond Animal Care and Control (RACC) Director Christie Chipps-Peters believes she has found her “dream” property to serve as the city’s next shelter.
“From the beginning, I had said to [the city], like a pie-in-the-sky dream, I want a beautiful space on Cary Street that we can make an adoption center where everyone will want to come and visit and fall in love with the animals that we have available for adoption,” Chipps-Peters recalled.
WTVRShe gave CBS 6 an exclusive tour of 2310 West Cary Street, which has served as studio space for artists.
The city plans to pay $2 million for the building using funds that were allocated for an improvement project for Commerce Road, but state funding freed up that money, Richmond BizSense first reported on Monday…