Province Group is seeking a rezoning to allow the construction of a data center campus on 120 acres on the Powhatan-Chesterfield line. (BizSense file)
Data center project comes before Powhatan Planning Commission
On the Powhatan Planning Commission’s docket this week is a data center project that would be built on a 120-acre site in the western part of the county.
California-based developer Province Group is seeking zoning approval to build a 1.5-million-square-foot data center project at 1318 Page Road, near Page’s intersection with Anderson Highway. The project site is on the Powhatan-Chesterfield line.
The “campus styled” project would feature multiple data center buildings, according to the project’s rezoning application. An LLC tied to the developer filed the request to rezone the three-parcel project site to Light Industrial (I-1) from the current agricultural (A-10).
The site was formerly eyed for a 250-home project by local developer East West. Powhatan supervisors rejected the rezoning request tied to the proposal in 2019.
The full agenda for the Planning Commission’s Tuesday meeting can be found here.
Chesterfield marks completion of new Falling Creek Middle School
Board of Supervisors and Chesterfield school district officials cut the ribbon on the new Falling Creek Middle School, which Chesterfield says is the largest middle school in Central Virginia. (Chesterfield County Public Schools photos)
Chesterfield government and school district officials gathered last week for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the new Falling Creek Middle School.
The school opens to students Aug. 19, which is the first day of classes for the 2024-2025 school year. The three-story school on Hopkins Road next to the old school it replaces is the largest middle school by size and student population in central Virginia, a district spokeswoman said.
The 239,000-square-foot school cost $103 million to build, and has capacity for 1,800 students in grades six to eight, per a school news release. The school district broke ground on the project in 2022.
A science lab room in the new Falling Creek Middle School.
The new Falling Creek has a 1,000-seat auditorium, 1,200-seat gym with locker rooms and a 650-student cafeteria in addition to classrooms, labs and teacher workrooms, per the county release. There’s also a music suite with space for chorus, drama, band and orchestra.
The school’s safety features include a security vestibule between the counseling department and administrative offices as well as card-access readers, cameras and fencing.
The old Falling Creek will be demolished eventually to make way for athletic facilities like a soccer field with eight-lane running track as well as basketball and tennis courts. Through spring 2026, the old Falling Creek will be home to Bensley Elementary School during the time a replacement facility is built on the site of the current Bensley Elementary.
Richmond to hold open houses on zoning ordinance rewrite
The City of Richmond has scheduled open houses to receive public input on its underway update of the city’s zoning ordinance. The project is expected to help guide the city’s growth and development over the next two decades.
Open houses will be held Thursday, Aug. 15, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Main Branch Library auditorium at 101 E. Franklin St., and on Saturday, Aug. 17, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Studio TwoThree at 109 W. 15th St. The public is welcome to drop in anytime during the open houses.
Attendees will be able to engage with planning staff and members of Richmond’s code refresh consultant team to learn more about the goals, vision and progress of the zoning code update, provide input and ask questions, and learn how the changes will impact the community.
Province Group is seeking a rezoning to allow the construction of a data center campus on 120 acres on the Powhatan-Chesterfield line. (BizSense file)
Data center project comes before Powhatan Planning Commission
On the Powhatan Planning Commission’s docket this week is a data center project that would be built on a 120-acre site in the western part of the county.
California-based developer Province Group is seeking zoning approval to build a 1.5-million-square-foot data center project at 1318 Page Road, near Page’s intersection with Anderson Highway. The project site is on the Powhatan-Chesterfield line.
The “campus styled” project would feature multiple data center buildings, according to the project’s rezoning application. An LLC tied to the developer filed the request to rezone the three-parcel project site to Light Industrial (I-1) from the current agricultural (A-10).
The site was formerly eyed for a 250-home project by local developer East West. Powhatan supervisors rejected the rezoning request tied to the proposal in 2019.
The full agenda for the Planning Commission’s Tuesday meeting can be found here.
Chesterfield marks completion of new Falling Creek Middle School
Board of Supervisors and Chesterfield school district officials cut the ribbon on the new Falling Creek Middle School, which Chesterfield says is the largest middle school in Central Virginia. (Chesterfield County Public Schools photos)
Chesterfield government and school district officials gathered last week for a ribbon-cutting ceremony to commemorate the new Falling Creek Middle School.
The school opens to students Aug. 19, which is the first day of classes for the 2024-2025 school year. The three-story school on Hopkins Road next to the old school it replaces is the largest middle school by size and student population in central Virginia, a district spokeswoman said.
The 239,000-square-foot school cost $103 million to build, and has capacity for 1,800 students in grades six to eight, per a school news release. The school district broke ground on the project in 2022.
A science lab room in the new Falling Creek Middle School.
The new Falling Creek has a 1,000-seat auditorium, 1,200-seat gym with locker rooms and a 650-student cafeteria in addition to classrooms, labs and teacher workrooms, per the county release. There’s also a music suite with space for chorus, drama, band and orchestra.
The school’s safety features include a security vestibule between the counseling department and administrative offices as well as card-access readers, cameras and fencing.
The old Falling Creek will be demolished eventually to make way for athletic facilities like a soccer field with eight-lane running track as well as basketball and tennis courts. Through spring 2026, the old Falling Creek will be home to Bensley Elementary School during the time a replacement facility is built on the site of the current Bensley Elementary.
Richmond to hold open houses on zoning ordinance rewrite
The City of Richmond has scheduled open houses to receive public input on its underway update of the city’s zoning ordinance. The project is expected to help guide the city’s growth and development over the next two decades.
Open houses will be held Thursday, Aug. 15, from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Main Branch Library auditorium at 101 E. Franklin St., and on Saturday, Aug. 17, from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Studio TwoThree at 109 W. 15th St. The public is welcome to drop in anytime during the open houses.
Attendees will be able to engage with planning staff and members of Richmond’s code refresh consultant team to learn more about the goals, vision and progress of the zoning code update, provide input and ask questions, and learn how the changes will impact the community.