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Community Profile
SECTOR 1 Issues
The homes of the Gatewood residential area are
Description mostly smaller (under 1500 square-feet) Cape
Sector 1 occupies the northern portion of the Cod, bungalow, and cottage-style constructed
plan area and includes the Morrison, Maury in the 1940s and 1950s. The narrow streets
Place, and Perrymont Heights subdivisions, have rights-of-way under 40 feet in width
collectively known as the Gatewood with adjacent open drainage ditches and no
neighborhood. The sector also contains several sidewalks. As such, pedestrian connectivity and
prominent community facilities, including access to services is limited.
Riverside Regional Medical Center (RRMC), The
Mariners’ Museum and Park and Noland Trail, The Riverside Health System is one of the largest
Mariners’ Lake Natural Area and mountain employers in Hampton Roads with nearly 3000
bike trails, Warwick High School, Our Lady of employees located on the RRMC campus.2 The
Mount Carmel Catholic Church and School, and campus, which is on property owned by The
Warwick Recreation Center. The park and natural Mariners’ Museum and Park, is essentially built
area comprise approximately 70% of the sector out with limited opportunity for growth other
and 33% of the total plan area. This sector also is than vertical expansion of existing structures.
home to multiple other religious There is currently only surface parking, which is
facilities and small businesses within the Gatewood in high demand. Hampton Roads Transit (HRT)
neighborhood and along Harpersville Road. has expanded transit access to the campus for
both patients and employees which should
alleviate some parking concerns.
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Figure 12 – Sector 1 Boundary Map
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https://www.vhi.org/Riverside+Regional+Medical+Center.html?=h4086/
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