Lakeside pitched as a new Garden District bridging Bryan Park and Lewis Ginter

News Source : Richmond.com
News Summary
- Lakeside could be on the verge of a conversion into the county’s ‘Garden District’ Early plans call for the streets to be narrowed, lines of trees along the roadway, bike lanes, more prominent entrances and safer walking conditions.
- The plan calls for updated zoning that would bring more density to the strip.
- Single-family homes would be zoned to allow for duplexes or four-plexes.
- The business district was recommended to have more buildings with live-work units, where the ground floor is a storefront with one to two stories of apartments above.
Lakeside Avenue is bookended by two of the Richmond areas biggest natural assets Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens and Bryan Park.Despite those riches at both ends of the corridor, small and unique bu [+10011 chars]