A rendering of the north-of-Broad portion of the site with the national slavery museum in the distance. (File image courtesy City of Richmond)
Slavery museum site study, surplus property transfer on Richmond agendas
Richmond City Council meets Monday starting with a special meeting at 4 p.m. to introduce six ordinances, including an expedited resolution approving the city’s participation in a proposed settlement of opioid-related claims against grocery chain Kroger and related corporate entities.
Council also will introduce an ordinance declaring surplus and conveying city-owned real estate at 4929 Chamberlayne Ave. to Virginia League for Planned Parenthood for a health center there.
Following the special meeting, council’s Organizational Development Standing Committee will convene. On the committee agenda and continued from previous meetings is a request for a feasibility study of potential locations for a planned national slavery museum, which would anchor the likewise in-the-works Shockoe Bottom Heritage Campus, now called The Shockoe Project.
The full agendas for the meetings can be found here.
RRHA hires D.C.-area housing exec as chief of staff
Kimberley Cole
Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority hired Kimberley Cole, a former executive with Charlotte’s Inlivian housing authority, as chief of staff. Cole will serve on the senior executive team and support the CEO and chief operations officer on strategic issues and provide leadership and operational oversight to RRHA.
In addition to Inlivian, Cole has worked at the District of Columbia Housing Authority and was managing principal of LewisCole Group, a housing group in Maryland. She most recently was COO at Resource Solutions, a management consulting company in Washington, D.C.
Cole has a bachelor’s in political science from Hampton University and a master’s in public management from University of Maryland.
Goochland names new information technology director
Jonathan Hughes
Jonathan Hughes has been tapped to lead Goochland County’s information technology department.
Hughes was scheduled to assume his post Monday (today). The county announced his appointment to the role last week.
Most recently, Hughes was the director of IT infrastructure and networks at Summit Cos., a national fire safety equipment and services firm, according to a Goochland news release. He has a degree from ITT Technical Institute, and has more than 16 years of experience in the IT field.
Chesterfield board approves residential project in Rockwood area
Rockwood Grove would feature 260 townhomes on a 35-acre site near the Hull Street and Courthouse roads intersection. (BizSense file)
The Board of Supervisors last week approved a 260-unit townhome project for an area of Chesterfield that county officials see as ripe for redevelopment.
The Rockwood Grove project by StyleCraft Homes is anticipated to rise on a 35-acre site on Hull Street Road next to Oxbridge Square Shopping Center.
The approved development plan has been scaled down from a previous pitch for up to 420 residential units, which would have been split between 180 townhomes and 240 apartments.
The latest version of the project, in addition to nixing apartments entirely, now features a 2-acre commercial tract. The project is anticipated to break ground in late 2025.
The development would have an entrance on Hull Street and also extend Paulett Road in the Falling Creek neighborhood to connect with Oxbridge Road, per a conceptual plan.
StyleCraft will build its development on a four-parcel assemblage that consists of 9801 Oxbridge Place and 9701, 9725 and 9727 Hull Street Road.
In addition to a rezoning, the Chesterfield supervisors approved StyleCraft’s requests for an exemption from building a shared-use path that would run along the southern end of the property. Instead, StyleCraft proffered an easement on the property to set aside space for another entity to one day build the path, which is part of a larger proposed trail that’s recommended in county land-planning documents.
The board voted unanimously to approve the Rockwood Grove request.
StyleCraft’s project falls within the Rockwood Special Focus Area. The plan, which was approved by Chesterfield supervisors in 2021, provides guidance on the redevelopment of the aging retail centers at Hull Street and Courthouse roads and the surrounding area.
Chesterfield wins 31 NACo awards
Chesterfield departments earned 31 achievement awards from the National Association of Counties, a national advocacy and resources organization for county governments. The achievement awards program started in 1970 and recognizes county government programs and services.
Chesterfield won awards for programs and services created by economic development, public safety, library, information technology, planning and other departments, according to a news release.
“These awards highlight the dedication of county staff’s commitment to providing outstanding service to citizens in creative and innovative ways,” Board of Supervisors Chairman Jim Holland said in a prepared statement.
The county announced the awards last week, and said it earned awards for all but one of its submissions this year.
Richmond International Airport wins HR award
Pictured from left: RIC HR team members Althea Veney, Uday Nethula and Pamela Kelley. (Photo courtesy RIC)
Richmond International Airport was recognized for its human resources programs in the 2024 Human Resources Excellence Recognition Program Awards. The awards are put on by Airports Council International-North America, a trade association that represents commercial service airports in the U.S. and Canada.
RIC won the Change Management Program Award for its HR programs, which a release from the airport described as taking “an innovative and proactive approach for airports to engage with its employees, track employee growth, provide employee development opportunities, and establish community engagement initiatives.”
RIC representatives in attendance at the awards ceremony included Uday Nethula, chief human resources officer; Pamela Kelley, human capital and benefits manager; Basil Dosunmu, CFO; Russ Peaden, director of properties and concessions; and Aimee Gagliardone, contract administrator for properties and concessions.
A rendering of the north-of-Broad portion of the site with the national slavery museum in the distance. (File image courtesy City of Richmond)
Slavery museum site study, surplus property transfer on Richmond agendas
Richmond City Council meets Monday starting with a special meeting at 4 p.m. to introduce six ordinances, including an expedited resolution approving the city’s participation in a proposed settlement of opioid-related claims against grocery chain Kroger and related corporate entities.
Council also will introduce an ordinance declaring surplus and conveying city-owned real estate at 4929 Chamberlayne Ave. to Virginia League for Planned Parenthood for a health center there.
Following the special meeting, council’s Organizational Development Standing Committee will convene. On the committee agenda and continued from previous meetings is a request for a feasibility study of potential locations for a planned national slavery museum, which would anchor the likewise in-the-works Shockoe Bottom Heritage Campus, now called The Shockoe Project.
The full agendas for the meetings can be found here.
RRHA hires D.C.-area housing exec as chief of staff
Kimberley Cole
Richmond Redevelopment and Housing Authority hired Kimberley Cole, a former executive with Charlotte’s Inlivian housing authority, as chief of staff. Cole will serve on the senior executive team and support the CEO and chief operations officer on strategic issues and provide leadership and operational oversight to RRHA.
In addition to Inlivian, Cole has worked at the District of Columbia Housing Authority and was managing principal of LewisCole Group, a housing group in Maryland. She most recently was COO at Resource Solutions, a management consulting company in Washington, D.C.
Cole has a bachelor’s in political science from Hampton University and a master’s in public management from University of Maryland.
Goochland names new information technology director
Jonathan Hughes
Jonathan Hughes has been tapped to lead Goochland County’s information technology department.
Hughes was scheduled to assume his post Monday (today). The county announced his appointment to the role last week.
Most recently, Hughes was the director of IT infrastructure and networks at Summit Cos., a national fire safety equipment and services firm, according to a Goochland news release. He has a degree from ITT Technical Institute, and has more than 16 years of experience in the IT field.
Chesterfield board approves residential project in Rockwood area
Rockwood Grove would feature 260 townhomes on a 35-acre site near the Hull Street and Courthouse roads intersection. (BizSense file)
The Board of Supervisors last week approved a 260-unit townhome project for an area of Chesterfield that county officials see as ripe for redevelopment.
The Rockwood Grove project by StyleCraft Homes is anticipated to rise on a 35-acre site on Hull Street Road next to Oxbridge Square Shopping Center.
The approved development plan has been scaled down from a previous pitch for up to 420 residential units, which would have been split between 180 townhomes and 240 apartments.
The latest version of the project, in addition to nixing apartments entirely, now features a 2-acre commercial tract. The project is anticipated to break ground in late 2025.
The development would have an entrance on Hull Street and also extend Paulett Road in the Falling Creek neighborhood to connect with Oxbridge Road, per a conceptual plan.
StyleCraft will build its development on a four-parcel assemblage that consists of 9801 Oxbridge Place and 9701, 9725 and 9727 Hull Street Road.
In addition to a rezoning, the Chesterfield supervisors approved StyleCraft’s requests for an exemption from building a shared-use path that would run along the southern end of the property. Instead, StyleCraft proffered an easement on the property to set aside space for another entity to one day build the path, which is part of a larger proposed trail that’s recommended in county land-planning documents.
The board voted unanimously to approve the Rockwood Grove request.
StyleCraft’s project falls within the Rockwood Special Focus Area. The plan, which was approved by Chesterfield supervisors in 2021, provides guidance on the redevelopment of the aging retail centers at Hull Street and Courthouse roads and the surrounding area.
Chesterfield wins 31 NACo awards
Chesterfield departments earned 31 achievement awards from the National Association of Counties, a national advocacy and resources organization for county governments. The achievement awards program started in 1970 and recognizes county government programs and services.
Chesterfield won awards for programs and services created by economic development, public safety, library, information technology, planning and other departments, according to a news release.
“These awards highlight the dedication of county staff’s commitment to providing outstanding service to citizens in creative and innovative ways,” Board of Supervisors Chairman Jim Holland said in a prepared statement.
The county announced the awards last week, and said it earned awards for all but one of its submissions this year.
Richmond International Airport wins HR award
Pictured from left: RIC HR team members Althea Veney, Uday Nethula and Pamela Kelley. (Photo courtesy RIC)
Richmond International Airport was recognized for its human resources programs in the 2024 Human Resources Excellence Recognition Program Awards. The awards are put on by Airports Council International-North America, a trade association that represents commercial service airports in the U.S. and Canada.
RIC won the Change Management Program Award for its HR programs, which a release from the airport described as taking “an innovative and proactive approach for airports to engage with its employees, track employee growth, provide employee development opportunities, and establish community engagement initiatives.”
RIC representatives in attendance at the awards ceremony included Uday Nethula, chief human resources officer; Pamela Kelley, human capital and benefits manager; Basil Dosunmu, CFO; Russ Peaden, director of properties and concessions; and Aimee Gagliardone, contract administrator for properties and concessions.