The Virginia Home at 1101 Hampton St. in Richmond. (BizSense file photo)
Virginia Home seeks zoning permission for new nursing facility in Hanover
The Hanover Board of Supervisors is scheduled this week to consider a special exception application filed by The Virginia Home for a new nursing facility, as the organization plots its exit from Richmond.
The Virginia Home has identified a Mechanicsville site for a new 160-bed nursing home for adults with disabilities. The project requires a special exception be granted by the board ahead of construction on the property, which is zoned Agricultural (A-1) Limited Industrial (M-1) and General Business (B-2).
In addition to the nursing facility, the new home would also feature a daycare facility for disabled adults, per a staff report.
The staff report describes the project site as an assemblage of more than 70 acres of wooded property. The Virginia Home facility would be built on land adjacent to the Food Lion-anchored The Shoppes at Bell Creek, near the intersection of Pole Green and Bell Creek roads.
The proposed Hanover facility would be a replacement for the nonprofit organization’s current facility at 1101 Hampton St. in Richmond. The Virginia Home has previously shared that it intends to relocate to Hanover around late 2027.
The Virginia Home seeks zoning permission for the facility as talks are underway on its request for bond financing for the project that would be issued through Hanover’s Economic Development Authority. The Virginia Home is also seeking state regulatory approval for the facility.
The Hanover board’s full agenda for its Wednesday meeting can be found here.
Chesterfield holds ground-breaking ceremony for new Cogbill Park
Chesterfield Supervisor Jim Holland speaks during the ground-breaking ceremony for the upcoming Cogbill Park. (Courtesy Chesterfield County)
Chesterfield officials gathered last week to break ground on a new park to the north of the county airport.
The project’s first phase is anticipated to include trails, a picnic shelter, a playground and restrooms, as well as courts for basketball, pickleball and tennis, according to a county news release. The project also includes plans for a turn lane on Cogbill Road.
The first section of the park, which is already under construction, is expected to open in fall 2025.
The park will be built on a 212-acre property at 6700 Cogbill Road that Chesterfield bought in 1989 with plans to use it as a site for a new school. Environmental regulations later changed to the point that construction of a school wouldn’t be possible, and the land was conveyed to the county parks department, according to the release.
The first phase of construction on Cogbill Park is being funded with funding from the federal American Rescue Plan Act.
The department’s long-range capital plans included the creation of Cogbill Park on the site, but the federal funding, which was allocated by the board to the parks department in 2021, has sped up the project’s development, according to the county.
Future phases are anticipated to feature community gardens, a dog park, a splash pad, mountain bike course and more trails.