The 60-plus acres are bordered by Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Hermitage Road, the interstate and the railroad tracks. (File image courtesy City of Richmond)
Diamond District items go before commission, council committee Monday
The Richmond Planning Commission meets Monday at 1:30 p.m. Full agenda here.
Business on the consent agenda includes a special-use request for a planned conversion of the former Manor at Woodland Heights building at 310 W. 31st St. into 19 apartments. Local real estate agents Joseph Lawson, Cabell Childress and Jess McLaughlin are behind the plan, which would renovate the 18,500-square-foot former nursing home building that has sat unused for more than 10 years.
On the regular agenda is an ordinance to direct the conveyance of the 60 city-owned acres that make up the bulk of the Diamond District redevelopment site to the Economic Development Authority. The EDA plans to sell the land in phases to RVA Diamond Partners, which is developing the 67-acre site that includes the VCU-owned Sports Backers Stadium.
The city land consists of 3017, 3001, 2909, 2907 and 3101 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd. and 2728 Hermitage Road.
Also on Monday, the City Council’s Organizational Development Standing Committee meets at 4 p.m. Business includes an ordinance to authorize the chief administrative officer (CAO) to execute the Diamond District development agreement between the city, the EDA and RVA Diamond Partners. The recently finalized agreement would go back to the council for final approval.
Slavery museum location study also on committee agenda
A conceptual rendering of the slavery museum planned between the train tracks and the interstate. (File image courtesy of SmithGroup)
At the same meeting, the Organizational Development Standing Committee will consider a resolution to request that the CAO review potential locations for the planned National Slavery Museum. The report would recommend at least three viable options “in close proximity” to the Lumpkin’s Jail/Devil’s Half Acre site and could lead to acquisition of a property for the museum.
The report is due back to the committee by June 30. The museum is part of the planned Enslaved African American Heritage Campus in Shockoe Bottom.
The full meeting agenda can be found here.
Parking minimums repeal, 140-unit townhome project approved
At its meeting last week, the City Council voted unanimously to amend the zoning ordinance to eliminate parking space minimums currently required in the city. The change is intended to encourage market-based parking strategies, including shared parking so that each property does not have to dedicate land to parking spaces.
Also approved was Harper Associates’ plan for a 140-unit townhome development on 16 acres at 6140 Hull Street Road and developer Louis Salomonsky’s plan for a 70-unit addition and renovation to the Bacon Retirement Community at 815 N. 35th St.
Chesterfield adopts new zoning restriction on vape stores
New rules are on the books in Chesterfield for where new vape and CBD stores can be located and when they can operate in the county.
The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors last week approved a zoning ordinance amendment to require new stores that specialize in selling vape, CBD and related products to be at least 2,000 linear feet from the property line of pre-K through grade 12 schools, as well as an equal distance away from the property lines of similar stores. Stores also will be limited to operating from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Sunday.
New vape and CBD stores are limited to commercial zoning districts (C-3, C-4 and C-5) and will need to apply for conditional-use permits in order to operate.
Existing specialty stores that sell vaping and tobacco products are able to operate as they have been, even if they’re not in line with the new requirements.
Chesterfield schools, economic development offices to take space at Spring Rock Green redevelopment
Demolition work underway on the Spring Rock Green shopping center in April 2023. (Photo courtesy of Chesterfield County)
Chesterfield supervisors inked a lease last week for half of a 150,000-square-foot office building planned as part of the first phase of Springline at District 60, which will be built on the site of the old Spring Rock Green shopping center at the interchange of Midlothian Turnpike and Chippenham Parkway.
The school district’s administrative office will consolidate at the upcoming mixed-use development, and will occupy the majority’s the county’s share of the planned office. The Chesterfield economic development department also plans to relocate there.
After school administrators are relocated from their offices currently at the county’s Career and Technical Center on Hull Street Road, the county plans to introduce new programming and increase student enrollment at the center.
A dozen declare candidacies for Hanover School Board
There are 12 Hanover residents looking to get the nod for two seats on the School Board, according to a county news release.
For the Beaverdam District seat there are eight candidates – Laurie Anderson, DeShaunda Artis, William “Greg” Coleman, Karen Fleetwood, Garrett Gordon, Brianne Jackson, George Monroe Jr. and Richard Waldrop.
And in the Henry District Tanya Hall, Emily Koye, Charles “Chuck” McGhee and Whitney Bishop Welsh want to serve as the district representative on the School Board.
The Hanover Board of Supervisors is expected to name its appointments to the two seats on the School Board on May 24. In Hanover, School Board members are appointed by the Board of Supervisors rather than directly elected by voters. School Board members serve four-year terms.
The residents announced their candidacies at the Hanover Board of Supervisors meeting last week.
The 60-plus acres are bordered by Arthur Ashe Boulevard, Hermitage Road, the interstate and the railroad tracks. (File image courtesy City of Richmond)
Diamond District items go before commission, council committee Monday
The Richmond Planning Commission meets Monday at 1:30 p.m. Full agenda here.
Business on the consent agenda includes a special-use request for a planned conversion of the former Manor at Woodland Heights building at 310 W. 31st St. into 19 apartments. Local real estate agents Joseph Lawson, Cabell Childress and Jess McLaughlin are behind the plan, which would renovate the 18,500-square-foot former nursing home building that has sat unused for more than 10 years.
On the regular agenda is an ordinance to direct the conveyance of the 60 city-owned acres that make up the bulk of the Diamond District redevelopment site to the Economic Development Authority. The EDA plans to sell the land in phases to RVA Diamond Partners, which is developing the 67-acre site that includes the VCU-owned Sports Backers Stadium.
The city land consists of 3017, 3001, 2909, 2907 and 3101 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd. and 2728 Hermitage Road.
Also on Monday, the City Council’s Organizational Development Standing Committee meets at 4 p.m. Business includes an ordinance to authorize the chief administrative officer (CAO) to execute the Diamond District development agreement between the city, the EDA and RVA Diamond Partners. The recently finalized agreement would go back to the council for final approval.
Slavery museum location study also on committee agenda
A conceptual rendering of the slavery museum planned between the train tracks and the interstate. (File image courtesy of SmithGroup)
At the same meeting, the Organizational Development Standing Committee will consider a resolution to request that the CAO review potential locations for the planned National Slavery Museum. The report would recommend at least three viable options “in close proximity” to the Lumpkin’s Jail/Devil’s Half Acre site and could lead to acquisition of a property for the museum.
The report is due back to the committee by June 30. The museum is part of the planned Enslaved African American Heritage Campus in Shockoe Bottom.
The full meeting agenda can be found here.
Parking minimums repeal, 140-unit townhome project approved
At its meeting last week, the City Council voted unanimously to amend the zoning ordinance to eliminate parking space minimums currently required in the city. The change is intended to encourage market-based parking strategies, including shared parking so that each property does not have to dedicate land to parking spaces.
Also approved was Harper Associates’ plan for a 140-unit townhome development on 16 acres at 6140 Hull Street Road and developer Louis Salomonsky’s plan for a 70-unit addition and renovation to the Bacon Retirement Community at 815 N. 35th St.
Chesterfield adopts new zoning restriction on vape stores
New rules are on the books in Chesterfield for where new vape and CBD stores can be located and when they can operate in the county.
The Chesterfield Board of Supervisors last week approved a zoning ordinance amendment to require new stores that specialize in selling vape, CBD and related products to be at least 2,000 linear feet from the property line of pre-K through grade 12 schools, as well as an equal distance away from the property lines of similar stores. Stores also will be limited to operating from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday to Sunday.
New vape and CBD stores are limited to commercial zoning districts (C-3, C-4 and C-5) and will need to apply for conditional-use permits in order to operate.
Existing specialty stores that sell vaping and tobacco products are able to operate as they have been, even if they’re not in line with the new requirements.
Chesterfield schools, economic development offices to take space at Spring Rock Green redevelopment
Demolition work underway on the Spring Rock Green shopping center in April 2023. (Photo courtesy of Chesterfield County)
Chesterfield supervisors inked a lease last week for half of a 150,000-square-foot office building planned as part of the first phase of Springline at District 60, which will be built on the site of the old Spring Rock Green shopping center at the interchange of Midlothian Turnpike and Chippenham Parkway.
The school district’s administrative office will consolidate at the upcoming mixed-use development, and will occupy the majority’s the county’s share of the planned office. The Chesterfield economic development department also plans to relocate there.
After school administrators are relocated from their offices currently at the county’s Career and Technical Center on Hull Street Road, the county plans to introduce new programming and increase student enrollment at the center.
A dozen declare candidacies for Hanover School Board
There are 12 Hanover residents looking to get the nod for two seats on the School Board, according to a county news release.
For the Beaverdam District seat there are eight candidates – Laurie Anderson, DeShaunda Artis, William “Greg” Coleman, Karen Fleetwood, Garrett Gordon, Brianne Jackson, George Monroe Jr. and Richard Waldrop.
And in the Henry District Tanya Hall, Emily Koye, Charles “Chuck” McGhee and Whitney Bishop Welsh want to serve as the district representative on the School Board.
The Hanover Board of Supervisors is expected to name its appointments to the two seats on the School Board on May 24. In Hanover, School Board members are appointed by the Board of Supervisors rather than directly elected by voters. School Board members serve four-year terms.
The residents announced their candidacies at the Hanover Board of Supervisors meeting last week.