Gold mine operation, Manakin Towne project on Goochland agenda
Goochland supervisors meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. Public hearing items include a conditional-use permit request from Big Dawg Resources LLC for mining operations at the old Moss Mine site at 4385 Shannon Hill Road. A CUP for mining at the site was approved in 2014 and expired last July without any activity taking place. Big Dawg is proposing to mine for gold at the site.
An aerial rendering of Manakin Towne. (Courtesy 510 Architects)
Other business includes a hearing on Towne and Country Partners’ Manakin Towne project, which was deferred from the board’s December meeting. The $100 million mixed-use development would consist of a mix of commercial and residential uses, including 245 residential units and retail and office space, on land west of Broad View Shopping Center at 68 Broad Street Road. Full agenda here.
Wegmans project info meeting to be held Thursday
A public information meeting on the proposed Wegmans distribution facility and regional headquarters in Hanover County is scheduled Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Oak Knoll Middle School, 10295 Chamberlayne Road. Attendees can review the application submitted by Air Park Associates LP for the $175 million, 1.1 million-square-foot facility on about 220 acres just east of Hanover County Municipal Airport.
The 220-acre site east of the Hanover County airport is planned for a Wegmans distribution facility and regional headquarters. (Hanover County)
Wildlife rehab facility, ‘tourist homes’ on city planning agenda
The Richmond Planning Commission meets Monday at 1:30 p.m. Business includes a special-use permit request from Carol Adams to allow so-called “tourists homes” at 2615, 2617 and 2619 W. Cary St.
Deworth Restoration Associates, which developed a nearby block of 19th-century rowhouses along O Street, is requesting a special-use permit to develop three “live/work” units at 821 N. 25th St. Barbara Slatcher requests a special-use permit to authorize a home-based wildlife rehab facility at 4647 Arrowhead Road. Full agenda here.
City approves Salvation Army HQ move, Hild properties rezoning
The Salvation Army has the former Eternity Church building in Northside under contract for an undisclosed price. (BizSense file photo)
Richmond City Council last week approved a special-use request allowing The Salvation Army to move its Central Virginia headquarters from 2 W. Grace St. to 1900 Chamberlayne Ave. The organization is under contract to purchase the Chamberlayne property from Eternity Church, which operated there until it moved to 1200 Wilmington Ave. in late 2017.
Council also approved a previously continued request from Laura Dyer Hild, who with husband Michael Hild runs real estate firm Church Hill Ventures, to rezone 17 properties in the Swansboro neighborhood to accommodate mixed-use residential and commercial development through the city’s TOD-1 and B-7 zoning designations. The rezoning would accommodate a mix of infill development, including multifamily residential, retail, office, restaurant and brewery/distillery.
The former Siegel’s Supermarket at 2005 Hull St. is part of a 17-parcel portfolio of proprieties Laura Dyer Hild is having rezoned to be sold to accommodate residential and commercial uses. (BizSense file photo)
Short-term home rental rules floated for Henrico
Henrico supervisors last week introduced an ordinance to create a registry for short-term residential rentals and impose a transient occupancy tax on them. Registrants would be charged a $200 annual fee, and the tax would be 8 percent of the rental charge. The ordinance would take effect July 1, and operators would be able to register before then. A public hearing on the regulations would be held Feb. 25.
City’s minority business development office to move
Richmond’s Office of Minority Business Development is moving to the Main Street Station facility at 1500 E. Main St., joining the economic development and housing and community development departments. The office will be located on the fifth floor effect Feb. 5. All phone numbers will remain the same.
Richmond 300 conducting meetings, survey
The Richmond 300 Advisory Council, which is overseeing an update to the city’s master plan, will hold its next meeting Feb. 12 at 4 p.m. at the Main Library, 101 E. Franklin St. The meeting agenda will be posted here Feb. 7.
The third in a series of Richmond 300 meetings on a conceptual plan for the “Greater Scott’s Addition” area will be held Feb. 18 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at a location to be announced. Attendees will hear a summary of nearly 1,000 survey responses and can provide input on the conceptual plan.
Shockoe Alliance is conducting a survey on a small area plan for Shockoe Bottom. Survey results will help the group in developing the plan. The plan can be taken here through Feb. 10.
Gold mine operation, Manakin Towne project on Goochland agenda
Goochland supervisors meet Tuesday at 6 p.m. Public hearing items include a conditional-use permit request from Big Dawg Resources LLC for mining operations at the old Moss Mine site at 4385 Shannon Hill Road. A CUP for mining at the site was approved in 2014 and expired last July without any activity taking place. Big Dawg is proposing to mine for gold at the site.
An aerial rendering of Manakin Towne. (Courtesy 510 Architects)
Other business includes a hearing on Towne and Country Partners’ Manakin Towne project, which was deferred from the board’s December meeting. The $100 million mixed-use development would consist of a mix of commercial and residential uses, including 245 residential units and retail and office space, on land west of Broad View Shopping Center at 68 Broad Street Road. Full agenda here.
Wegmans project info meeting to be held Thursday
A public information meeting on the proposed Wegmans distribution facility and regional headquarters in Hanover County is scheduled Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at Oak Knoll Middle School, 10295 Chamberlayne Road. Attendees can review the application submitted by Air Park Associates LP for the $175 million, 1.1 million-square-foot facility on about 220 acres just east of Hanover County Municipal Airport.
The 220-acre site east of the Hanover County airport is planned for a Wegmans distribution facility and regional headquarters. (Hanover County)
Wildlife rehab facility, ‘tourist homes’ on city planning agenda
The Richmond Planning Commission meets Monday at 1:30 p.m. Business includes a special-use permit request from Carol Adams to allow so-called “tourists homes” at 2615, 2617 and 2619 W. Cary St.
Deworth Restoration Associates, which developed a nearby block of 19th-century rowhouses along O Street, is requesting a special-use permit to develop three “live/work” units at 821 N. 25th St. Barbara Slatcher requests a special-use permit to authorize a home-based wildlife rehab facility at 4647 Arrowhead Road. Full agenda here.
City approves Salvation Army HQ move, Hild properties rezoning
The Salvation Army has the former Eternity Church building in Northside under contract for an undisclosed price. (BizSense file photo)
Richmond City Council last week approved a special-use request allowing The Salvation Army to move its Central Virginia headquarters from 2 W. Grace St. to 1900 Chamberlayne Ave. The organization is under contract to purchase the Chamberlayne property from Eternity Church, which operated there until it moved to 1200 Wilmington Ave. in late 2017.
Council also approved a previously continued request from Laura Dyer Hild, who with husband Michael Hild runs real estate firm Church Hill Ventures, to rezone 17 properties in the Swansboro neighborhood to accommodate mixed-use residential and commercial development through the city’s TOD-1 and B-7 zoning designations. The rezoning would accommodate a mix of infill development, including multifamily residential, retail, office, restaurant and brewery/distillery.
The former Siegel’s Supermarket at 2005 Hull St. is part of a 17-parcel portfolio of proprieties Laura Dyer Hild is having rezoned to be sold to accommodate residential and commercial uses. (BizSense file photo)
Short-term home rental rules floated for Henrico
Henrico supervisors last week introduced an ordinance to create a registry for short-term residential rentals and impose a transient occupancy tax on them. Registrants would be charged a $200 annual fee, and the tax would be 8 percent of the rental charge. The ordinance would take effect July 1, and operators would be able to register before then. A public hearing on the regulations would be held Feb. 25.
City’s minority business development office to move
Richmond’s Office of Minority Business Development is moving to the Main Street Station facility at 1500 E. Main St., joining the economic development and housing and community development departments. The office will be located on the fifth floor effect Feb. 5. All phone numbers will remain the same.
Richmond 300 conducting meetings, survey
The Richmond 300 Advisory Council, which is overseeing an update to the city’s master plan, will hold its next meeting Feb. 12 at 4 p.m. at the Main Library, 101 E. Franklin St. The meeting agenda will be posted here Feb. 7.
The third in a series of Richmond 300 meetings on a conceptual plan for the “Greater Scott’s Addition” area will be held Feb. 18 from 6 to 7:30 p.m. at a location to be announced. Attendees will hear a summary of nearly 1,000 survey responses and can provide input on the conceptual plan.
Shockoe Alliance is conducting a survey on a small area plan for Shockoe Bottom. Survey results will help the group in developing the plan. The plan can be taken here through Feb. 10.