A rendering of the proposed building on Hull Street. (BizSense file)
Apartment projects, lab grants on City Council agenda
Richmond City Council meets Monday starting with a budget work session at 3 p.m., an informal session at 4 p.m. and regular session at 6 p.m. Full agendas can be found here.
Business on the regular meeting agenda includes special-use requests for a five-story, 60-unit apartment building planned at 1401-1407 Hull St., and for a plan to convert a former residence-turned-office building at 207 W. Franklin St. into 11 apartments.
Also on the agenda are performance agreements with PPD Development LP for planned investments in the Thermo Fisher Scientific bioanalytics facility in the Bio+Tech 8 building at 737 N. Fifth St. The agreements provide a nearly $152,000 grant from Virginia Economic Development Partnership and a $75,000 matching grant from the city to PPD for investments totaling $4.7 million and creation of 48 new jobs. Thermo Fischer acquired PPD in 2021.
$113M in road projects, budget hearing on Henrico agenda
The planned pedestrian bridge that would replace the existing Scott Road bridge across I-95 near the GreenCity development site. (BizSense file)
Henrico supervisors meet in regular session Tuesday at 5 p.m., earlier than usual due to a public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2024-25 budget.
Business on the agenda includes several resolutions to fund $113 million in road projects across the county, with some funding to be reimbursed through agreements with the Central Virginia Transportation Authority.
Projects include widening Woodman Road between Hungary and Mountain roads to a four-lane divided road with a shared-use path and sidewalk ($46.4 million); traffic flow and pedestrian improvements along Brook Road between Villa Park Drive and Hilliard Road ($10.7 million); the GreenCity connector trail and bridge across Interstate 95 ($20 million); the Magellan Parkway extension to support GreenCity ($33 million); and survey and preliminary design for the planned North Gayton Road interchange on I-64.
The board also will consider resolutions to provide $4.5 million to the Economic Development Authority to support housing revitalization in the county, and to fund a property acquisition at Virginia Center Commons to provide parking for the Henrico Sports & Events Center.
Chesterfield police chief Katz to retire in May
Jeffrey Katz
Jeffrey Katz is getting ready to step down from leadership of Chesterfield Police Department.
Katz expects to end his more than six years as chief in Chesterfield on May 1, according to a county news release. He is heading to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he will be an instructor and train senior law enforcement officials and FBI agents at Quantico.
“At this juncture in my life, it’s time to give back to a profession I so deeply respect and this new role will give me an opportunity to do that from the broadest possible platform,” Katz said in a prepared statement. “I plan to use what we have built in Chesterfield as a benchmark example of what can be accomplished in local policing and help others answer the call for leadership in their communities.”
Katz plans to work until March 31, and then he will be on leave during the month of April. Brad Badgerow will serve as the county’s acting chief.
Katz became Chesterfield’s chief in 2018, and has served as president of the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police.
A rendering of the proposed building on Hull Street. (BizSense file)
Apartment projects, lab grants on City Council agenda
Richmond City Council meets Monday starting with a budget work session at 3 p.m., an informal session at 4 p.m. and regular session at 6 p.m. Full agendas can be found here.
Business on the regular meeting agenda includes special-use requests for a five-story, 60-unit apartment building planned at 1401-1407 Hull St., and for a plan to convert a former residence-turned-office building at 207 W. Franklin St. into 11 apartments.
Also on the agenda are performance agreements with PPD Development LP for planned investments in the Thermo Fisher Scientific bioanalytics facility in the Bio+Tech 8 building at 737 N. Fifth St. The agreements provide a nearly $152,000 grant from Virginia Economic Development Partnership and a $75,000 matching grant from the city to PPD for investments totaling $4.7 million and creation of 48 new jobs. Thermo Fischer acquired PPD in 2021.
$113M in road projects, budget hearing on Henrico agenda
The planned pedestrian bridge that would replace the existing Scott Road bridge across I-95 near the GreenCity development site. (BizSense file)
Henrico supervisors meet in regular session Tuesday at 5 p.m., earlier than usual due to a public hearing on the proposed fiscal year 2024-25 budget.
Business on the agenda includes several resolutions to fund $113 million in road projects across the county, with some funding to be reimbursed through agreements with the Central Virginia Transportation Authority.
Projects include widening Woodman Road between Hungary and Mountain roads to a four-lane divided road with a shared-use path and sidewalk ($46.4 million); traffic flow and pedestrian improvements along Brook Road between Villa Park Drive and Hilliard Road ($10.7 million); the GreenCity connector trail and bridge across Interstate 95 ($20 million); the Magellan Parkway extension to support GreenCity ($33 million); and survey and preliminary design for the planned North Gayton Road interchange on I-64.
The board also will consider resolutions to provide $4.5 million to the Economic Development Authority to support housing revitalization in the county, and to fund a property acquisition at Virginia Center Commons to provide parking for the Henrico Sports & Events Center.
Chesterfield police chief Katz to retire in May
Jeffrey Katz
Jeffrey Katz is getting ready to step down from leadership of Chesterfield Police Department.
Katz expects to end his more than six years as chief in Chesterfield on May 1, according to a county news release. He is heading to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, where he will be an instructor and train senior law enforcement officials and FBI agents at Quantico.
“At this juncture in my life, it’s time to give back to a profession I so deeply respect and this new role will give me an opportunity to do that from the broadest possible platform,” Katz said in a prepared statement. “I plan to use what we have built in Chesterfield as a benchmark example of what can be accomplished in local policing and help others answer the call for leadership in their communities.”
Katz plans to work until March 31, and then he will be on leave during the month of April. Brad Badgerow will serve as the county’s acting chief.
Katz became Chesterfield’s chief in 2018, and has served as president of the Virginia Association of Chiefs of Police.