The six-story apartment building proposed to rise along Grove Avenue between Thompson Street and Interstate 195. (City documents)
260-unit apartment project on Grove Avenue goes to planning commission
The Richmond Planning Commission meets Monday at 1:30 p.m. Full agenda here.
Public hearing items include Flournoy Development Group’s plan to build a six-story, 260-unit apartment building at 3600 Grove Ave., the site of the former Windsor Senior Living facility.
On the consent agenda is a location, character and extent review of plans to demolish the existing George Wythe High School and construct a replacement school with sports fields and associated site work at 4314 Crutchfield St. Planning staff will also present draft changes to the TOD-1 Transit-Oriented Nodal District zoning classification.
City attorney resigns following impaired-driving charge
Richmond City Attorney Haskell Brown III resigned last week after being charged a week earlier with driving under the influence. Brown was stopped March 8 on West Broad Street after allegedly sideswiping a car, according to a Times-Dispatch report. His blood alcohol content was determined to be 0.22, above the 0.08 legal limit.
Brown had served as city attorney since August, when he was appointed by the City Council after serving three years on an interim basis. He had worked in the city attorney’s office since 1998 and served as deputy city attorney since 2010.
176-lot subdivision from Rogers-Chenault up for final vote in Hanover
The Hanover Board of Supervisors is slated to vote on final zoning approval for a proposed subdivision on Wednesday.
Rogers-Chenault wants to build 176 detached single-family homes on 161 acres and is seeking a rezoning of the land in order to do so. The project site is near the intersection of Winns Church and Greenwood roads, which is in the southern part of Hanover and near the Glen Allen area of Henrico.
The proposal is a tweaked iteration of a request brought before the Planning Commission in 2022. The current proposal has trimmed the number of lots down from 250 to 176, and increased the acreage of the project area from 155 acres to 161 acres, according to a staff report.
The Planning Commission recommended denial of the amended proposal at its meeting in February.
The agenda for the meeting can be found here.
Chesterfield to hold public hearing on proposed hotels marketing fee
The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors is scheduled to meet Wednesday. On the agenda is a public hearing to gather feedback on the proposed creation of a so-called “tourism improvement district” for the region.
If established, the program would establish a 2 percent fee on nightly room rates for hotels that have 41 rooms or more. The money would flow to Richmond Region Tourism, which plans to use the funding for marketing and sales activities.
Written notice of the hearing and the proposed district has been sent to lodging businesses in the county. Hotel owners will be able to submit written comments for 30 days after the public hearing, according to a county memo. The Chesterfield board would then vote next month on whether to approve the district in the county.
Chesterfield will also hold public hearings related to its proposed fiscal year 2024 budget, including hearings on proposed tax rates. The board is scheduled to consider adoption of the budget in April.
Full meeting agenda here.
Henrico approves Ukrop’s mixed-use project, Sauer VCC rezoning
A site plan shows the Sauer project’s four development bays with industrial buildings at the top and residential and mixed-use buildings toward the bottom. (County documents)
At their meeting last week, Henrico supervisors approved the Ukrop family’s plan for a mixed-use infill and partial redevelopment at 2000 Westmoreland St., where their Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods bakery and catering businesses are based and would remain. The multi-phased project could ultimately consist of 1,000 multifamily residential units, along with a mix of retail, restaurant, office and hotel uses.
The board approved Sauer Properties’ plan for a development with industrial, office and retail uses and 780 residential units on 93 acres along Jeb Stuart Parkway south of Virginia Center Commons. It also approved rezoning and permit requests for a proposed a six-story building with four levels of apartments above structured parking at 4909-4911 Augusta Ave., on the east side of Willow Lawn.
Henrico supervisors to workshop proposed budget this week
Henrico County Manager John Vithoulkas formally presented his proposed fiscal year 2024 budget to the board at its meeting last week. The proposal includes a general fund of $1.15 billion, up from $1.1 billion this year, and maintain the real estate tax rate that was lowered last year to 85 cents per $100 of assessed value.
In a presentation to employees two weeks earlier, administrators had highlighted parts of the budget, which would the personal property tax rate for qualifying vehicles by 10 cents, and provide county government and school system employees with 8.2 percent merit-based pay raises.
Supervisors will meet to review the budget Monday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday from 1 to 5 p.m., Wednesday from 9 to 5, and Thursday from 9 to noon. All of the meetings will be held in the county manager’s conference room in the administration building at the Parham Road government center.
Henrico starts $2M in renovations to Cheswick Park
Henrico officials broke ground on a $2.1 million project to renovate Cheswick Park, the county’s oldest park. The 25-acre park is on Forest Avenue across from Henrico Doctors’ Hospital.
A 2016 bond referendum project, the renovation will include replacing the open grid paver parking lot with an asphalt lot, stormwater management improvements, entrance and signage upgrades, restroom building renovation, playground surfacing, and pedestrian bridge and trail surface improvements.
Richmond-based John K. George & Co. is performing the work after winning a competitive bid in December. The park will be closed for the duration of the project, which is scheduled for completion in January 2024.
The six-story apartment building proposed to rise along Grove Avenue between Thompson Street and Interstate 195. (City documents)
260-unit apartment project on Grove Avenue goes to planning commission
The Richmond Planning Commission meets Monday at 1:30 p.m. Full agenda here.
Public hearing items include Flournoy Development Group’s plan to build a six-story, 260-unit apartment building at 3600 Grove Ave., the site of the former Windsor Senior Living facility.
On the consent agenda is a location, character and extent review of plans to demolish the existing George Wythe High School and construct a replacement school with sports fields and associated site work at 4314 Crutchfield St. Planning staff will also present draft changes to the TOD-1 Transit-Oriented Nodal District zoning classification.
City attorney resigns following impaired-driving charge
Richmond City Attorney Haskell Brown III resigned last week after being charged a week earlier with driving under the influence. Brown was stopped March 8 on West Broad Street after allegedly sideswiping a car, according to a Times-Dispatch report. His blood alcohol content was determined to be 0.22, above the 0.08 legal limit.
Brown had served as city attorney since August, when he was appointed by the City Council after serving three years on an interim basis. He had worked in the city attorney’s office since 1998 and served as deputy city attorney since 2010.
176-lot subdivision from Rogers-Chenault up for final vote in Hanover
The Hanover Board of Supervisors is slated to vote on final zoning approval for a proposed subdivision on Wednesday.
Rogers-Chenault wants to build 176 detached single-family homes on 161 acres and is seeking a rezoning of the land in order to do so. The project site is near the intersection of Winns Church and Greenwood roads, which is in the southern part of Hanover and near the Glen Allen area of Henrico.
The proposal is a tweaked iteration of a request brought before the Planning Commission in 2022. The current proposal has trimmed the number of lots down from 250 to 176, and increased the acreage of the project area from 155 acres to 161 acres, according to a staff report.
The Planning Commission recommended denial of the amended proposal at its meeting in February.
The agenda for the meeting can be found here.
Chesterfield to hold public hearing on proposed hotels marketing fee
The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors is scheduled to meet Wednesday. On the agenda is a public hearing to gather feedback on the proposed creation of a so-called “tourism improvement district” for the region.
If established, the program would establish a 2 percent fee on nightly room rates for hotels that have 41 rooms or more. The money would flow to Richmond Region Tourism, which plans to use the funding for marketing and sales activities.
Written notice of the hearing and the proposed district has been sent to lodging businesses in the county. Hotel owners will be able to submit written comments for 30 days after the public hearing, according to a county memo. The Chesterfield board would then vote next month on whether to approve the district in the county.
Chesterfield will also hold public hearings related to its proposed fiscal year 2024 budget, including hearings on proposed tax rates. The board is scheduled to consider adoption of the budget in April.
Full meeting agenda here.
Henrico approves Ukrop’s mixed-use project, Sauer VCC rezoning
A site plan shows the Sauer project’s four development bays with industrial buildings at the top and residential and mixed-use buildings toward the bottom. (County documents)
At their meeting last week, Henrico supervisors approved the Ukrop family’s plan for a mixed-use infill and partial redevelopment at 2000 Westmoreland St., where their Ukrop’s Homestyle Foods bakery and catering businesses are based and would remain. The multi-phased project could ultimately consist of 1,000 multifamily residential units, along with a mix of retail, restaurant, office and hotel uses.
The board approved Sauer Properties’ plan for a development with industrial, office and retail uses and 780 residential units on 93 acres along Jeb Stuart Parkway south of Virginia Center Commons. It also approved rezoning and permit requests for a proposed a six-story building with four levels of apartments above structured parking at 4909-4911 Augusta Ave., on the east side of Willow Lawn.
Henrico supervisors to workshop proposed budget this week
Henrico County Manager John Vithoulkas formally presented his proposed fiscal year 2024 budget to the board at its meeting last week. The proposal includes a general fund of $1.15 billion, up from $1.1 billion this year, and maintain the real estate tax rate that was lowered last year to 85 cents per $100 of assessed value.
In a presentation to employees two weeks earlier, administrators had highlighted parts of the budget, which would the personal property tax rate for qualifying vehicles by 10 cents, and provide county government and school system employees with 8.2 percent merit-based pay raises.
Supervisors will meet to review the budget Monday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Tuesday from 1 to 5 p.m., Wednesday from 9 to 5, and Thursday from 9 to noon. All of the meetings will be held in the county manager’s conference room in the administration building at the Parham Road government center.
Henrico starts $2M in renovations to Cheswick Park
Henrico officials broke ground on a $2.1 million project to renovate Cheswick Park, the county’s oldest park. The 25-acre park is on Forest Avenue across from Henrico Doctors’ Hospital.
A 2016 bond referendum project, the renovation will include replacing the open grid paver parking lot with an asphalt lot, stormwater management improvements, entrance and signage upgrades, restroom building renovation, playground surfacing, and pedestrian bridge and trail surface improvements.
Richmond-based John K. George & Co. is performing the work after winning a competitive bid in December. The park will be closed for the duration of the project, which is scheduled for completion in January 2024.