An elevation rendering of the two rows of townhomes Eagle Construction is planning on Libbie Avenue. (BizSense file)
City accepting applications for 200 donated outdoor heat lamps
Applications are being accepted through noon today for 200 outdoor heat lamps donated by Evergreen Enterprises for restaurants and small businesses in Richmond. Eligible businesses in the city can register online here.
Registration opened on Thursday. Businesses with up to six outdoor seats and/or an outdoor customer pickup area are eligible for one lamp, while those with seven or more outdoor seats are eligible for two. Approved businesses will be notified via email or telephone with instructions to pick up their lamps.
Libbie Avenue townhomes, Manchester apartments on city planning agenda
The Richmond Planning Commission meets Monday at 1:30 p.m. Full agenda here. The agenda includes items from the commission’s Jan. 19 meeting, which was cancelled due to concerns over civil unrest.
A rendering of The Box. (BizSense file)
On the consent agenda is a special-use permit request from developer Tom Papa for The Box, a seven-story mixed-use project with 118 apartments he’s planning at 501, 509 and 511 Decatur St. in Manchester. The regular agenda includes a special-use request deferred from last month for Eagle Construction of VA’s plan to build 14 four-story townhomes at 509 and 511 Libbie Ave.
$500,000 to be earmarked for City Hall deli space conversion
Other business on the commission’s consent agenda includes a budget amendment to appropriate $500,000 from the city’s fund balance excess for renovations to the former deli space on the first floor of City Hall. The space would be converted to accommodate a health clinic and potentially an RVA Financial employee credit union branch that would be relocated from an upper floor.
Padow’s City Hall Deli operated for two decades before being ordered to vacate. (BizSense file)
The space was previously occupied by Padow’s Hams & Deli, which operated there for more than two decades before it was ordered to vacate last year.
Ashland offering rental assistance, safety enhancement grants for small businesses
The Town of Ashland is accepting applications from qualified businesses for two grant programs aimed at providing continued economic support for local businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Both programs are funded by a $460,000 Community Development Block Grant from the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development.
The grants will provide rent assistance for small businesses with a physical presence or location in the town that rent or lease their primary business space. Grants of up to $10,000 per eligible business can be used to cover up to six months of rent payments for businesses related to tourism, accommodations, restaurants/food service, professional services, cultural and educational services, arts, recreation, retail, health practitioners, and personal care.
The town also is launching a second round of its Safety Enhancement grants to further assist businesses with the purchase of PPE and/or to help make safety enhancements to their physical location. The expanded grant program makes up to $5,000 per eligible business available to first-time applicants and at least $3,000 for businesses that applied and received funding in the first round of grants in 2020.
Applications and more information on the grants are available here.
Chesterfield meeting set on Rockwood land-use, development plan
Chesterfield County’s planning department will hold a virtual community meeting on the Rockwood Special Focus Area plan from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 9. The special focus area plan is a proposed long-term guide for redevelopment of a commercial area near Rockwood Park.
County staff will share a project presentation and field questions about the project. The meeting will be held via Microsoft Teams. Those who want to attend must send their name, email and phone number to Drew Noxon at [email protected] by 5 p.m. Feb. 8.
Two housing developments get green light in Chesterfield
Better Housing Coalition got approval last week from the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors for two low-income housing projects. The housing nonprofit filed requests for rezoning and conditional-use permits to pave the way for the two projects: a 49-unit, three-story development on 3.5 acres at 3901 Stigall Drive; and a 152-unit development on about 10 acres at 13916 and 13920 Jefferson Davis Highway.
Hanover supervisors shoot down events venue
The Hanover County Board of Supervisors last week voted to reject a request for a conditional-use permit tied to an events venue. The venue would have operated on a nearly 12-acre property on Horseshoe Bridge Road, near the road’s intersection with West Patrick Henry Road. The applicant sought to hold bridal showers, church gatherings, birthdays and other events at several farms on the property.
Hanover supervisors to change meeting times
Hanover County announced it would alter the start times for meetings of the Board of Supervisors.
Effective Feb. 10, the board will meet at 2 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month. Previously, the board met at 3 p.m. for its second Wednesday meeting.
Meetings on the fourth Wednesday of the month will kick off at 6 p.m., and public hearings could begin as early as that time. Previously, public hearings would begin at 7 p.m. as part of the fourth Wednesdays agenda. The board’s 2021 calendar can be found here.
An elevation rendering of the two rows of townhomes Eagle Construction is planning on Libbie Avenue. (BizSense file)
City accepting applications for 200 donated outdoor heat lamps
Applications are being accepted through noon today for 200 outdoor heat lamps donated by Evergreen Enterprises for restaurants and small businesses in Richmond. Eligible businesses in the city can register online here.
Registration opened on Thursday. Businesses with up to six outdoor seats and/or an outdoor customer pickup area are eligible for one lamp, while those with seven or more outdoor seats are eligible for two. Approved businesses will be notified via email or telephone with instructions to pick up their lamps.
Libbie Avenue townhomes, Manchester apartments on city planning agenda
The Richmond Planning Commission meets Monday at 1:30 p.m. Full agenda here. The agenda includes items from the commission’s Jan. 19 meeting, which was cancelled due to concerns over civil unrest.
A rendering of The Box. (BizSense file)
On the consent agenda is a special-use permit request from developer Tom Papa for The Box, a seven-story mixed-use project with 118 apartments he’s planning at 501, 509 and 511 Decatur St. in Manchester. The regular agenda includes a special-use request deferred from last month for Eagle Construction of VA’s plan to build 14 four-story townhomes at 509 and 511 Libbie Ave.
$500,000 to be earmarked for City Hall deli space conversion
Other business on the commission’s consent agenda includes a budget amendment to appropriate $500,000 from the city’s fund balance excess for renovations to the former deli space on the first floor of City Hall. The space would be converted to accommodate a health clinic and potentially an RVA Financial employee credit union branch that would be relocated from an upper floor.
Padow’s City Hall Deli operated for two decades before being ordered to vacate. (BizSense file)
The space was previously occupied by Padow’s Hams & Deli, which operated there for more than two decades before it was ordered to vacate last year.
Ashland offering rental assistance, safety enhancement grants for small businesses
The Town of Ashland is accepting applications from qualified businesses for two grant programs aimed at providing continued economic support for local businesses impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. Both programs are funded by a $460,000 Community Development Block Grant from the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development.
The grants will provide rent assistance for small businesses with a physical presence or location in the town that rent or lease their primary business space. Grants of up to $10,000 per eligible business can be used to cover up to six months of rent payments for businesses related to tourism, accommodations, restaurants/food service, professional services, cultural and educational services, arts, recreation, retail, health practitioners, and personal care.
The town also is launching a second round of its Safety Enhancement grants to further assist businesses with the purchase of PPE and/or to help make safety enhancements to their physical location. The expanded grant program makes up to $5,000 per eligible business available to first-time applicants and at least $3,000 for businesses that applied and received funding in the first round of grants in 2020.
Applications and more information on the grants are available here.
Chesterfield meeting set on Rockwood land-use, development plan
Chesterfield County’s planning department will hold a virtual community meeting on the Rockwood Special Focus Area plan from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 9. The special focus area plan is a proposed long-term guide for redevelopment of a commercial area near Rockwood Park.
County staff will share a project presentation and field questions about the project. The meeting will be held via Microsoft Teams. Those who want to attend must send their name, email and phone number to Drew Noxon at [email protected] by 5 p.m. Feb. 8.
Two housing developments get green light in Chesterfield
Better Housing Coalition got approval last week from the Chesterfield Board of Supervisors for two low-income housing projects. The housing nonprofit filed requests for rezoning and conditional-use permits to pave the way for the two projects: a 49-unit, three-story development on 3.5 acres at 3901 Stigall Drive; and a 152-unit development on about 10 acres at 13916 and 13920 Jefferson Davis Highway.
Hanover supervisors shoot down events venue
The Hanover County Board of Supervisors last week voted to reject a request for a conditional-use permit tied to an events venue. The venue would have operated on a nearly 12-acre property on Horseshoe Bridge Road, near the road’s intersection with West Patrick Henry Road. The applicant sought to hold bridal showers, church gatherings, birthdays and other events at several farms on the property.
Hanover supervisors to change meeting times
Hanover County announced it would alter the start times for meetings of the Board of Supervisors.
Effective Feb. 10, the board will meet at 2 p.m. on the second Wednesday of the month. Previously, the board met at 3 p.m. for its second Wednesday meeting.
Meetings on the fourth Wednesday of the month will kick off at 6 p.m., and public hearings could begin as early as that time. Previously, public hearings would begin at 7 p.m. as part of the fourth Wednesdays agenda. The board’s 2021 calendar can be found here.