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The planned 96-unit development from local firm The Real McCoy Companies earned special-use permit approval, as did Space Mountain Hi-Fi, an audio-focused bar from the owners of Cobra Cabana and Hot For Pizza.

Tuesday’s hours-long meeting saw four of Henrico’s five supervisors address their Goochland counterparts alongside Westin Estates residents who spoke against the approval.

The transfer hub is planned to be built as part of a mixed-use development, which would feature apartments and retail space in addition to the GRTC facility.

Officials converged on Bryan Park to mark the start of construction of Richmond’s 13-mile portion of the 43-mile trail that’s planned to run between Ashland and Petersburg.

“All of my employees are worried about whether they’ll have a job in 17 months,” said Million Air Richmond’s Mark Cooke said. “I can’t get any new customers… my customers that I have are being courted by other airports.”

“From there, we can start to look at Pulse all the way to Short Pump,” a GRTC spokesman said of the new transfer station planned at Broad and Parham.

“Richmond will finally be getting the ballpark it truly deserves, and we could not be more relieved and gratified,” said Flying Squirrels President Lou DiBella.

The agreements, which the parties have been negotiating for months, set the terms of the ballclub’s lease for the new stadium and the venue’s development by an entity tied to the Flying Squirrels’ parent company.

The changes means it is now impossible to get approval to build new solar projects on land with agricultural designations, which covers most of the county.

RRHA aims to contact each of the 3,200 units in the city’s public housing developments three times by the end of August to spread the word about late charges and help residents avoid eviction.