The 1.6-acre Lombardy Street parcel planned for a mixed-use development is just northeast of Virginia Union University. (BizSense file)
Diamond District land sale closed session, Northside mixed-use project on City Council agendas
Richmond City Council meets Tuesday this week, a day later than usual due to the Columbus Day holiday. Full agendas can be found here.
A 4 p.m. informal meeting includes a closed session to discuss disposition of city-owned properties for the Diamond District project, as well as contract negotiation with developer RVA Diamond Partners, and for the Bon Secours Training Center at 2401 W. Leigh St.
Business on the 6 p.m. regular meeting agenda includes rezoning and special-use requests to allow a six-story mixed-use building at 2500-2536 N. Lombardy St. The Planning Commission endorsed the project last week.
Also on the consent agenda is a special-use request from Lewis Little’s Siwel Renovations for a three-story, eight-unit apartment building on a vacant lot at 2818 Monument Ave., and grant agreements to facilitate development and construction of income-based residential projects including Highland Grove, The View at Belle Isle apartments and a development at the site of Oak Grove Elementary School.
Proposed industrial buildings near GreenCity site on Henrico agenda
The industrial buildings would be similar in appearance to this one that Merritt Properties developed in Durham, North Carolina. (County documents)
Henrico supervisors meet in regular session Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Full agenda here.
Business includes a request from Baltimore-based Merritt Properties to rezone 14 acres at the entrance to the Park Central office park off East Parham Road for development of two light industrial or flex buildings that would include office and retail uses.
Deferred from last month is Markel | Eagle’s proposal for an 80-home subdivision on a 46-acre site southwest of Pouncey Tract Road and Wyndham West Drive, and a request from Fulton Hill Properties to add 15 units to a seven-story apartment building it is planning at the intersection of Thalbro and Westmoreland streets. The board approved the project last year for 253 units.
Goochland board gives thumbs down to land-use plan for Centerville
The Centerville Small Area Plan’s boundaries conmprised a portion of eastern Goochland County adjacent to the Short Pump area of Henrico County. (Courtesy Goochland County)
Goochland supervisors voted last week to deny a proposed land-use plan for the Centerville area of the county, which is adjacent to the Short Pump area of Henrico County.
The controversial Centerville Small Area Plan, which had been close to two years in the making, is not currently planned to be revisited. County staff resources are being allocated to other land-use planning projects.
The draft plan mapped out mixed-use, commercial and residential development as well as road, pedestrian and recreational improvements for the area that sits just across the Goochland-Henrico line from Short Pump.
The area that would have been subject to the plan is bisected by the section of Broad Street Road that runs from around the state Route 288 interchange to just west of Broad Street’s intersection with Manakin Road. The Food Lion-anchored Broad View Shopping Center is within the plan’s area, which is south of Interstate 64.
The board voted down the plan after a final public-comment exercise solicited 679 amendment proposals from more than 200 respondents. Much of the citizen input advocated that current land-use plans for the area stay unchanged, and that lower intensity and smaller scale development should be the focus.
Hanover fire chief, general services deputy director both retiring
Hanover recently announced the retirement of two senior county staff leaders.
Fire Chief Jethro Piland plans to retire Oct. 31, following the retirement of General Services Deputy Director Don Lee in late September.
Piland was named fire chief in 2012, and joined the fire department in 1997. He volunteered with East Hanover Rescue Square as a teenager.
Piland served on the Virginia Fire Chiefs Association Board of Directors and the Reynolds Community College EMS Advisory Committee. He also received numerous service awards in a career that spanned more than three decades, according to a county news release.
Deputy Chief Christopher Anderson will serve as the department’s acting chief effective Nov. 1 while a search is conducted to find a new chief for the department.
Lee, the recently retired deputy director of general services, had held the role since May 2020.
He became the fleet manager at general services in 2015, after working as a Chesterfield County custodian and school bus mechanic.
Hanover extends hours, reduces fare for transportation program for seniors
Hanover Dash, the county’s transportation program for seniors, reduced the cost of the service and expanded its operating hours earlier this month.
The program now costs $5 for each one-way trip, a $1 reduction of the prior rate. The program now also operates seven days a week, according to a county news release.
The countywide service transports Hanover residents who are 65 or older to medical appointments, grocery stores and government buildings. Trips are required to start or end in the county and be within the county’s service area that consists of the entirety of Hanover and seven miles beyond its borders, according to the county’s website.
The county’s release stated that more than 700 people are registered with the program.
The 1.6-acre Lombardy Street parcel planned for a mixed-use development is just northeast of Virginia Union University. (BizSense file)
Diamond District land sale closed session, Northside mixed-use project on City Council agendas
Richmond City Council meets Tuesday this week, a day later than usual due to the Columbus Day holiday. Full agendas can be found here.
A 4 p.m. informal meeting includes a closed session to discuss disposition of city-owned properties for the Diamond District project, as well as contract negotiation with developer RVA Diamond Partners, and for the Bon Secours Training Center at 2401 W. Leigh St.
Business on the 6 p.m. regular meeting agenda includes rezoning and special-use requests to allow a six-story mixed-use building at 2500-2536 N. Lombardy St. The Planning Commission endorsed the project last week.
Also on the consent agenda is a special-use request from Lewis Little’s Siwel Renovations for a three-story, eight-unit apartment building on a vacant lot at 2818 Monument Ave., and grant agreements to facilitate development and construction of income-based residential projects including Highland Grove, The View at Belle Isle apartments and a development at the site of Oak Grove Elementary School.
Proposed industrial buildings near GreenCity site on Henrico agenda
The industrial buildings would be similar in appearance to this one that Merritt Properties developed in Durham, North Carolina. (County documents)
Henrico supervisors meet in regular session Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. Full agenda here.
Business includes a request from Baltimore-based Merritt Properties to rezone 14 acres at the entrance to the Park Central office park off East Parham Road for development of two light industrial or flex buildings that would include office and retail uses.
Deferred from last month is Markel | Eagle’s proposal for an 80-home subdivision on a 46-acre site southwest of Pouncey Tract Road and Wyndham West Drive, and a request from Fulton Hill Properties to add 15 units to a seven-story apartment building it is planning at the intersection of Thalbro and Westmoreland streets. The board approved the project last year for 253 units.
Goochland board gives thumbs down to land-use plan for Centerville
The Centerville Small Area Plan’s boundaries conmprised a portion of eastern Goochland County adjacent to the Short Pump area of Henrico County. (Courtesy Goochland County)
Goochland supervisors voted last week to deny a proposed land-use plan for the Centerville area of the county, which is adjacent to the Short Pump area of Henrico County.
The controversial Centerville Small Area Plan, which had been close to two years in the making, is not currently planned to be revisited. County staff resources are being allocated to other land-use planning projects.
The draft plan mapped out mixed-use, commercial and residential development as well as road, pedestrian and recreational improvements for the area that sits just across the Goochland-Henrico line from Short Pump.
The area that would have been subject to the plan is bisected by the section of Broad Street Road that runs from around the state Route 288 interchange to just west of Broad Street’s intersection with Manakin Road. The Food Lion-anchored Broad View Shopping Center is within the plan’s area, which is south of Interstate 64.
The board voted down the plan after a final public-comment exercise solicited 679 amendment proposals from more than 200 respondents. Much of the citizen input advocated that current land-use plans for the area stay unchanged, and that lower intensity and smaller scale development should be the focus.
Hanover fire chief, general services deputy director both retiring
Hanover recently announced the retirement of two senior county staff leaders.
Fire Chief Jethro Piland plans to retire Oct. 31, following the retirement of General Services Deputy Director Don Lee in late September.
Piland was named fire chief in 2012, and joined the fire department in 1997. He volunteered with East Hanover Rescue Square as a teenager.
Piland served on the Virginia Fire Chiefs Association Board of Directors and the Reynolds Community College EMS Advisory Committee. He also received numerous service awards in a career that spanned more than three decades, according to a county news release.
Deputy Chief Christopher Anderson will serve as the department’s acting chief effective Nov. 1 while a search is conducted to find a new chief for the department.
Lee, the recently retired deputy director of general services, had held the role since May 2020.
He became the fleet manager at general services in 2015, after working as a Chesterfield County custodian and school bus mechanic.
Hanover extends hours, reduces fare for transportation program for seniors
Hanover Dash, the county’s transportation program for seniors, reduced the cost of the service and expanded its operating hours earlier this month.
The program now costs $5 for each one-way trip, a $1 reduction of the prior rate. The program now also operates seven days a week, according to a county news release.
The countywide service transports Hanover residents who are 65 or older to medical appointments, grocery stores and government buildings. Trips are required to start or end in the county and be within the county’s service area that consists of the entirety of Hanover and seven miles beyond its borders, according to the county’s website.
The county’s release stated that more than 700 people are registered with the program.