Hanover accepting applications for small business grants
Hanover County is offering up to $5,000 in recovery funding for businesses with 50 or fewer employees. The grant program is made possible by federal funding under the CARES Act. The county has made a total of $300,000 available to small businesses.
The county has made $300,000 available to small businesses. (Submitted)
The application period began Friday and runs through July 27. Applicants are required to demonstrate eligibility, that they were operational pre-COVID-19 and that they have suffered negative impacts from closures related to the pandemic. More information about the program is available here.
Ashland launches incentive program for arts, cultural businesses
The Town of Ashland launched an arts and culture incentive program available to designated businesses located within Ashland’s Arts & Culture District. Up to $4,000 per qualified business will be administered and disbursed by the town for projects that contribute to and enhance the town’s arts and cultural offerings.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year until all available funds have been allocated. To apply, businesses must be a qualified arts organization that contributes to arts and cultural activities and venues available within Ashland. More detailed information on selection criteria and an application can be found here.
Hanover mine set to switch operators
Hanover supervisors meet Wednesday at 3 p.m. Business includes a request from Monarch Mountain Minerals and Aggregates LLC to permit a stone, sand or gravel mine on 250 acres of a 1,200-acre property at the terminus of Bullfield Road. Monarch plans to take over the mine that has operated continuously with a state permit for over 50 years. Full agenda here.
160-unit apartment complex planned at 288-Midlothian Turnpike interchange
The Chesterfield County Planning Commission meets Tuesday at 6 p.m. Business includes a request from S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co., Salisbury Corp. and Ralph Costen Jr. to rezone 10 acres at 14726 Wylderose Ave. and 14731 Midlothian Turnpike for a 160-unit apartment complex. Called Wylderose Apartments, the complex would rise northeast of the turnpike’s interchange with Route 288. Full agenda here.
Chesterfield to set hearing on $20.8M CARES funding appropriation
Chesterfield supervisors meet Wednesday at 6 p.m. Business on the agenda includes setting a public hearing for Aug. 26 regarding appropriation of the $20.8 million in remaining CARES Act funding. The county received $30.8 million in federal stimulus funding and appropriated up to $10 million for use in fiscal year 2020. The remaining $20.8 million would be put toward expenditures related to virus mitigation, community support and customer service, workforce costs, supporting a remote work environment and equipping schools. Full agenda here.
6-story apartment building on city planning agenda; Pulse rezonings deferred again
The Richmond Planning Commission meets Monday at 1:30 p.m. Full agenda here.
The project would be Outlier’s first in the Richmond region. (Submitted)
Business includes a request to allow a six-story cohousing building at 1101 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd. D.C.-based Outlier Realty Capital is planning a nearly 65,000-square-foot structure with 29 apartments totaling 148 bedrooms with shared kitchen and living areas. The building would include 1,500 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and 30 parking spaces.
The commission plans to defer for another month its review of a third phase of rezonings recommended in the city’s Pulse Corridor Plan, focusing on land primarily north of Broad Street in and around the Carver and Newtowne West neighborhoods. The review was initially deferred from the commission’s meeting in May and is now scheduled Aug. 3.
100-acre Varina development, Stanley Martin project move forward in Henrico
At its meeting this month, the Henrico County Planning Commission deferred five cases and endorsed six others, including two cases that were deferred from the May 14 meeting.
Godsey Properties was recommended for zoning approval for a nearly 100-acre mixed-use development with townhouse and business uses along East Williamsburg Road north of its intersection with Dry Bridge Road. The zoning involves land near the Interstate 64 and 295 interchange that was sold in 2018 and Godsey is under contract to purchase.
Stanley Martin Homes and Wilton Acquisition LLC was recommended for approvals for a residential development with townhomes and houses on 32 acres north of Scott Road between Interstate 95 and Aberdeen Street. The land is just south of the site of Stanley Martin’s approved ReTreat at One development, totaling 500 homes east of Brook Road.
Henrico herb farm receives clean business award
Lavender Fields Herb Farm was named this year’s recipient of Henrico County’s Clean Business Award. The award is one several presented annually by the Keep Henrico Beautiful Committee to recognize properties that are beautifully landscaped and highlight best practices for soil and water conservation and garden habitats.
Located at 11300 Winfrey Road, Lavender Fields and surrounding property is slated to become a future county school site. In January, Henrico supervisors voted to acquire a 35-acre property that includes the herb farm, which would lease the bulk of the land from the county for a year, for $1, as it winds up and relocates operations.
Hanover accepting applications for small business grants
Hanover County is offering up to $5,000 in recovery funding for businesses with 50 or fewer employees. The grant program is made possible by federal funding under the CARES Act. The county has made a total of $300,000 available to small businesses.
The county has made $300,000 available to small businesses. (Submitted)
The application period began Friday and runs through July 27. Applicants are required to demonstrate eligibility, that they were operational pre-COVID-19 and that they have suffered negative impacts from closures related to the pandemic. More information about the program is available here.
Ashland launches incentive program for arts, cultural businesses
The Town of Ashland launched an arts and culture incentive program available to designated businesses located within Ashland’s Arts & Culture District. Up to $4,000 per qualified business will be administered and disbursed by the town for projects that contribute to and enhance the town’s arts and cultural offerings.
Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis throughout the year until all available funds have been allocated. To apply, businesses must be a qualified arts organization that contributes to arts and cultural activities and venues available within Ashland. More detailed information on selection criteria and an application can be found here.
Hanover mine set to switch operators
Hanover supervisors meet Wednesday at 3 p.m. Business includes a request from Monarch Mountain Minerals and Aggregates LLC to permit a stone, sand or gravel mine on 250 acres of a 1,200-acre property at the terminus of Bullfield Road. Monarch plans to take over the mine that has operated continuously with a state permit for over 50 years. Full agenda here.
160-unit apartment complex planned at 288-Midlothian Turnpike interchange
The Chesterfield County Planning Commission meets Tuesday at 6 p.m. Business includes a request from S.L. Nusbaum Realty Co., Salisbury Corp. and Ralph Costen Jr. to rezone 10 acres at 14726 Wylderose Ave. and 14731 Midlothian Turnpike for a 160-unit apartment complex. Called Wylderose Apartments, the complex would rise northeast of the turnpike’s interchange with Route 288. Full agenda here.
Chesterfield to set hearing on $20.8M CARES funding appropriation
Chesterfield supervisors meet Wednesday at 6 p.m. Business on the agenda includes setting a public hearing for Aug. 26 regarding appropriation of the $20.8 million in remaining CARES Act funding. The county received $30.8 million in federal stimulus funding and appropriated up to $10 million for use in fiscal year 2020. The remaining $20.8 million would be put toward expenditures related to virus mitigation, community support and customer service, workforce costs, supporting a remote work environment and equipping schools. Full agenda here.
6-story apartment building on city planning agenda; Pulse rezonings deferred again
The Richmond Planning Commission meets Monday at 1:30 p.m. Full agenda here.
The project would be Outlier’s first in the Richmond region. (Submitted)
Business includes a request to allow a six-story cohousing building at 1101 N. Arthur Ashe Blvd. D.C.-based Outlier Realty Capital is planning a nearly 65,000-square-foot structure with 29 apartments totaling 148 bedrooms with shared kitchen and living areas. The building would include 1,500 square feet of ground-floor commercial space and 30 parking spaces.
The commission plans to defer for another month its review of a third phase of rezonings recommended in the city’s Pulse Corridor Plan, focusing on land primarily north of Broad Street in and around the Carver and Newtowne West neighborhoods. The review was initially deferred from the commission’s meeting in May and is now scheduled Aug. 3.
100-acre Varina development, Stanley Martin project move forward in Henrico
At its meeting this month, the Henrico County Planning Commission deferred five cases and endorsed six others, including two cases that were deferred from the May 14 meeting.
Godsey Properties was recommended for zoning approval for a nearly 100-acre mixed-use development with townhouse and business uses along East Williamsburg Road north of its intersection with Dry Bridge Road. The zoning involves land near the Interstate 64 and 295 interchange that was sold in 2018 and Godsey is under contract to purchase.
Stanley Martin Homes and Wilton Acquisition LLC was recommended for approvals for a residential development with townhomes and houses on 32 acres north of Scott Road between Interstate 95 and Aberdeen Street. The land is just south of the site of Stanley Martin’s approved ReTreat at One development, totaling 500 homes east of Brook Road.
Henrico herb farm receives clean business award
Lavender Fields Herb Farm was named this year’s recipient of Henrico County’s Clean Business Award. The award is one several presented annually by the Keep Henrico Beautiful Committee to recognize properties that are beautifully landscaped and highlight best practices for soil and water conservation and garden habitats.
Located at 11300 Winfrey Road, Lavender Fields and surrounding property is slated to become a future county school site. In January, Henrico supervisors voted to acquire a 35-acre property that includes the herb farm, which would lease the bulk of the land from the county for a year, for $1, as it winds up and relocates operations.